&#62; Similarly, your computer does not have any rights, but you do have the right to post hacker news comments using your computer (provided pg lets you).<p>But you're assuming a company is purely a vessel to voice a group's opinions, when that's not the case. Furthermore the government is supposed to serve individual people and to <i>make sure</i> that every person gets an equal voice in government.<p>Is it morally okay to let a company, which is designed to increase profit and power, to be used to also push certain agendas? For example, if Apple, who sells computers, decides to push an agenda to segregate schools using the money and influence it acquired from selling iPods and iPads, do you think this is okay? What the hell do iPods and iPads have to do with racial segregation? See the problem here? Apple has a vested interest in profit and sales.<p>!!!If you let people use power accrued through unrelated methods push certain agendas, then special interests that stand weakly on their own merits' will have undeserved representation in our government!!!<p>Contrast it with an organization designed to <i>emphasize</i> a certain agenda by collecting the people who support it together. The power and influence of that interest is directly correlated to its demand.