Brands boycotted for supporting LGBT rights
In response to Google's recently announced "Legalize Love" campaign, the conservative non-profit group American Family Association has decided to boycott Google. Take a look at other brands and products that have been boycotted for supporting LGBT rights.
In response to Google's recently announced "Legalize Love" campaign, the conservative non-profit group American Family Association has decided to boycott Google.
In response to Google's recently announced "Legalize Love" campaign, the conservative non-profit group American Family Association has decided to boycott Google.
"We are a part of boycotting efforts similar to this with other businesses," American Family Association's Buster Wilson stated on his radio show.
Take a look at other brands and products that have been boycotted by various groups for supporting LGBT rights.
Betty Crocker, the staple of American domesticity, is part of the General Mills family of products, which has been boycotted by the National Organization for Marriage for opposing the Minnesota Marriage Agreement.
In June 2012, Oreo posted a photo of a rainbow sextuple-stacked cookie to its Facebook page in honor of Pride month. While the responses were mostly positive, some commenters were outraged, even calling for a boycott of the product.
In 2009, American Apparel put its "Legalize Gay" t-shirt in storefront windows in Washinton, D.C. When a group of anti-LGBT vandals broke the store's windows, the company didn't back down, but rather agreed to send shirts to any group in D.C. that was fighting for gay rights.
In 1992, Levi's found itself at odds with the Boy Scout's 'Three Gs' principle that had guided the Scouts' membership model for more than 80 years -- that everyone is welcome, provided they are not gay, godless, or a girl. San Francisco-based Levi's pulled its Boy Scout funding, due to the group's exclusion. In response, Republican Dana Rohrabacher encouraged a 'grassroots' counter-boycott of Levi Strauss
The anti-LGBT group Florida Family Association paid to have two planes fly over Walt Disney World with warning banners during Gay Days in an effort to deter unsuspecting families from attending the park during these days.
Aside from One Million Mom's infamous boycott of the store for choosing Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson, J.C. Penney also came under fire in June 2012 when its catalog featured two men on the floor playing and hugging their two children at home. The American Family Association urged members to "call or visit your local J. C. Penney store manager to politely inform them that you will not be shopping at their store this Father's Day."
As part of the General Mills family of products, Cheerios is one of the brands that has been boycotted by National Organization for Marriage for opposing the Minnesota Marriage Agreement.
In May 2012, Target announced that 100% of the purchase price of any of its Pride merchandise would be donated to the pro-LGBT Family Equality Council. The American Family Association lamented that "Target is joining President Obama in ramming same-sex marriage down the throats of the American people" and urged members to contact Target Chairman Gregg Steinhafel to voice their concerns.
In 2005, Microsoft came under fire from anti-LGBT activists for its support of a bill in that would outlaw discrimination against homosexuals at work in the state of Washington. In response, Microsoft withdrew its support of the bill, prompting outrage from gay and liberal activists.
In January 2012, when Starbucks released a memorandum voicing support of gay marriage, National Organization for Marriage launched DumpStarbucks.com to urge people to boycott the coffee chain.
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