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发信人: globalized (麻球), 信区: QueerNews
标 题: People Rally to Starbucks' Defense After NOM Boycott
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 23 18:16:51 2012, 美东)
Posted on Advocate.com March 23, 2012 03:25:00 PM ET
People Rally to Starbucks' Defense After NOM Boycott
By Neal Broverman
DUMP STARBUCKS NOM X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
After the National Organization for Marriage announced this week that it had
launched a boycott of gay-friendly Starbucks, the Internet exploded with
support for the Seattle-based coffee chain.
The notoriously antigay NOM announced Wednesday that the group was
boycotting Starbucks for the company’s support of marriage equality in
Washington State. This came after NOM members quizzed Starbucks board
members on the company’s marriage stance at a recent shareholder meeting (
watch video below). Almost immediately, the topic of Starbucks began
trending on social media, with Twitter hashtags supporting Starbucks
proliferating — #LatteLove, #StarbucksBrewsLove, #Equaliventi, #
LGrandeBTall, and #StarbucksEquality have all circulated.
The consumer advocacy group SumOfUs is asking people to sign a thank-you
card to Starbucks for its support of LGBT equality. Over 26,000 people have
signed their online card at the group’s website.
“The National Organization of Marriage is targeting Starbucks because the
company recently stood up publicly to support gay marriage legislation in
their home state of Washington,” reads a release from SumOfUs. “The bill’
s sponsor, Democratic senator Ed Murray, explained how support from major
brand-name businesses helped convince moderate legislators to vote for it.
Without support from prominent companies like Starbucks, the gay marriage
law might have failed. Starbucks customers are speaking loud and clear:
Being for equality is good for business ... NOM is soon going to have to
face the truth that it’s losing the culture war it’s been waging against
LGBT people.”
On NOM’s anti-Starbucks website, the group suggests alternative coffee
shops for homophobes to patronize. However, many of its suggestions,
including the popular West Coast chain Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, have either
voiced support for gay rights or are actually owned by LGBT individuals.
发信人: globalized (麻球), 信区: QueerNews
标 题: People Rally to Starbucks' Defense After NOM Boycott
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Mar 23 18:16:51 2012, 美东)
Posted on Advocate.com March 23, 2012 03:25:00 PM ET
People Rally to Starbucks' Defense After NOM Boycott
By Neal Broverman
DUMP STARBUCKS NOM X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
After the National Organization for Marriage announced this week that it had
launched a boycott of gay-friendly Starbucks, the Internet exploded with
support for the Seattle-based coffee chain.
The notoriously antigay NOM announced Wednesday that the group was
boycotting Starbucks for the company’s support of marriage equality in
Washington State. This came after NOM members quizzed Starbucks board
members on the company’s marriage stance at a recent shareholder meeting (
watch video below). Almost immediately, the topic of Starbucks began
trending on social media, with Twitter hashtags supporting Starbucks
proliferating — #LatteLove, #StarbucksBrewsLove, #Equaliventi, #
LGrandeBTall, and #StarbucksEquality have all circulated.
The consumer advocacy group SumOfUs is asking people to sign a thank-you
card to Starbucks for its support of LGBT equality. Over 26,000 people have
signed their online card at the group’s website.
“The National Organization of Marriage is targeting Starbucks because the
company recently stood up publicly to support gay marriage legislation in
their home state of Washington,” reads a release from SumOfUs. “The bill’
s sponsor, Democratic senator Ed Murray, explained how support from major
brand-name businesses helped convince moderate legislators to vote for it.
Without support from prominent companies like Starbucks, the gay marriage
law might have failed. Starbucks customers are speaking loud and clear:
Being for equality is good for business ... NOM is soon going to have to
face the truth that it’s losing the culture war it’s been waging against
LGBT people.”
On NOM’s anti-Starbucks website, the group suggests alternative coffee
shops for homophobes to patronize. However, many of its suggestions,
including the popular West Coast chain Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, have either
voiced support for gay rights or are actually owned by LGBT individuals.