Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Coca-Cola File Brief Supporting of Gay Marriage

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Coca-Cola are among 379 companies that filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage. The brief asks the high court to overturn a lower court's ban on gay marriage in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The brief, filed by law firm Morgan Lewis on Thursday, argues that state law that prohibits same-sex marriage hampers the ability of employers to recruit and retain the most talented employees in those states.

The long list of companies that signed the brief also includes consumer products companies, such as General Mills and Kimberley-Clark; and major banks including J.P. Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo & Co. ...