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Nat’l Organization for Marriage claims boycott has slowed Starbucks’ growth
The National Organization For Marriage’s two year boycott of global coffee giant Starbucks “has been an abject (and laughable) failure,” reports Jeremy Hooper at Good As You. The pro-equality company maintains 21,000 stores in over 65 countries, and is thriving. NOM, on the other hand, has lost just about every thing it has attempted in the 2+ years…
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Anti-gay groups call for Target boycott over retailer’s support for gay marriage
A number of anti-gay groups are calling for nationwide boycotts of Target after the chain signed on to a legal brief supporting marriage equality. The National Organization for Marriage, the Liberty Counsel and American Decency Association say the company’s public support for same-sex marriage is a “slap in the face to millions of pro-family customers.”
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Pasta maker to boost diversity after chairman sparks global LGBT boycott
ROME — Italy-based pasta maker Barilla is pledging to improve diversity after gay rights activists and allies launched a worldwide boycott of its products when a company executive said Barilla would never feature ads depicting gay families.
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‘Ender’s Game’ tops weekend box office receipts despite calls for LGBT boycott
LOS ANGELES — Despite calls for a nationwide boycott due to the anti-gay views of the author on whose novel the film was based, “Ender’s Game” scored the No. 1 slot at the weekend box office, earning $28 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Chairman of Barilla pasta: ‘Gays can go eat another brand’
Gay rights advocates are calling for a boycott of Barilla, the world’s leading pasta maker, after it’s chairman said he would never feature a gay couple in his advertisements.
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FRC: Boycott Betty Crocker for baking wedding cakes for gay couples
When gay rights advocates criticized Chick-fil-A for the company’s financial support of anti-gay organizations, the Family Research Council decried their “gaystapo tactics.” Apparently, the FRC believes that boycotts are only acceptable if they are organized by conservative groups.
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Anti-gay hate group claims three-year boycott of Home Depot was a success
The anti-gay hate group American Family Association (AFA) announced Thursday it was ending its three year boycott of the Home Depot because it was satisfied the home improvement retailer no longer supports gay rights groups. Randy Sharp, director of special projects for American Family Association, said that “after monitoring the company for several months,” the […]
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A gay dad’s open letter to the IOC: Move the damned Olympics already
Two masters of the art come face to face and battle wits, brawn, and skill to win their meet and emerge victorious. While that could be a description of an instance at the Olympic Games, it is really an observation of the game of chicken being played out now between Russia and the International Olympic Committee. Who will blink first and cave into the other’s will? On the one side you have the Russians with team leader Putin. Their goal is clear. They want it all. They want to oppress LGBT people into nonexistence, and have the rest of the world complacently back off as they do so…
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Latvian distiller owner tries to defuse boycott of Stoli vodka
RIGA, Latvia — Many gay bars in North America have stopped selling the famous Stolichnaya vodka brand to protest Russia’s crackdown on the gay community. But the vodka’s maker has joined forces with Latvia’s leading gay rights group to say that the boycott is misplaced.
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LGBT advocates target Russian vodkas in response to anti-gay legislation
LGBT activists, led by Seattle-based advice columnist and “It Gets Better” campaign founder Dan Savage, have launched a boycott of Russian vodka in response to anti-gay legislation signed by Russian president Vladimir Putin, and increased violence against LGBT citizens in Russia.