Tag Archives: boycotts

Queer Nation Responds To Stoli CEO

Via press release: A Statement From Queer Nation; Marketing Is Not Enough Val Mendeleev, the chief executive officer of SPI Group, the owner of the Stolichnaya brand, confirmed in an open letter on July 25 that SPI produces this vodka in Russia and that SPI has offices and operations in Russia. Stolichnaya is a Russian vodka that is owned by …

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Stoli CEO Issues Open Letter To Gays

The CEO of Stolichnaya Vodka has written an open letter to the LGBT community in order to stave off the nascent boycott campaign. The letter opens: The recent dreadful actions taken by the Russian Government limiting the rights of the LGBT community and the passionate reaction of the community have prompted me to write this letter to you. I want …

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TRAILERS: Ender’s Game

Man, this thing looks terrible.

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Dan Savage: Boycott Russian Vodkas

“Seattle’s bars, gay and straight, must dump Stoli. Seattle’s drinkers, gay and straight, must dump Stoli. Some are arguing—based on Stoli’s outdated Wiki page—that Stoli isn’t a Russian vodka. ‘Presently the internationally distributed version of Stolichnaya is not a Russian vodka but is distilled and bottled in Latvia,’ Stoli’s Wiki page reads. ‘In 2009, William Grant & Sons signed an …

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Facebook Graphic Of The Day

Via Memeographs.

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Queer Nation: Dump Russian Vodka

Via email: In light of the Putin regime’s attacks on the LGBT community, Queer Nation is calling for a worldwide boycott of Russian vodka. Do not buy or drink Russian vodka: Brands include Russian Standard and Stolichnaya. Demand that bar owners do not buy or serve Russian vodka. Ask your favorite club promoters, DJs, and entertainers to insist that Russian …

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Editorial Of The Day

The New York Times is accusing Geeks Out of blacklisting Orson Card Scott. This isn’t about stopping the dissemination of antigay sentiments; it’s about isolating Mr. Card and shaming his business partners, thus cutting into their profits. If Mr. Card belongs in quarantine, who’s next? His views were fairly mainstream when the Sunstone article appeared and, unfortunately, are not unusual …

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Dustin Lance Black: I Won’t Boycott Movie

Openly gay Oscar winner and activist Dustin Lance Black says he won’t take part in the boycott of Ender’s Game.  Via the New York Times: Not every advocate of gay equality and same-sex marriage is convinced that turning away from “Ender’s Game,” which cost about $110 million to make, is the best way to counter Mr. Card. “No way am …

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Lionsgate Denounces NOM & Orson Scott Card, Will Host Ender’s Game LGBT Benefit

“As proud longtime supporters of the LGBT community, champions of films ranging from GODS AND MONSTERS to THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER and a Company that is proud to have recognized same-sex unions and domestic partnerships within its employee benefits policies for many years, we obviously do not agree with the personal views of Orson Scott Card and those …

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Orson Scott Card Pleads For “Tolerance”

“Ender’s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every …

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Esurance: $100K For LGBT Charities

Yesterday Esurance announced a $100,000 giveaway to “three worthy charities” which will get a percentage of the donation based on the votes made on the company’s Facebook page.  Right on cue, Bryan Fischer tweeted out a call for a boycott. Expect Esurance’s stock value to triple shortly, a la Home Depot.

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Jerry Falwell Jr: Boycotts Don’t Work

“Boycotts are ineffective and only cost Christian organizations time and money. They are futile and ineffective. Boycotting is not how Jesus did business. He was a carpenter and routinely mingled with known sinners.” – Jerry Falwell Jr, responding to a Christian Post survey of religious leaders on anti-gay boycotts. Concerned Women head Penny Nance disagrees. “One of the most notorious …

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AFA: We’re Still Boycotting Home Depot

Today’s press release from the American Family Association: The Home Depot just gave $8,500 to the Atlanta chapter of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) as a “Silver” sponsor of the Atlanta Gala Dinner and Auction in May.  HRC is the nation’s largest and most aggressive gay marriage advocacy group, leading the charge to the Supreme Court against California’s constitutional amendment …

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Donald Trump Threatens To Sue Organizer Of Campaign For Macy’s To Drop Him

Donald Trump says he’s might sue the man who launched an online petition drive that calls for Macy’s to stop selling his branded items. Trump’s attorney, Alan Garten, has sent a letter to Angelo Carusone, who launched an online petition urging Macy’s to drop Trump, saying that Trump will sue Carusone for damages “not less than $25,000,000” if he continues …

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One Million Moms Ends JCP Boycott

Claiming “victory” over JC Penney, today One Million Moms announced the end of their boycott because the retail giant has allegedly broken off its love affair with Satanic homofascists. Via press release:  VICTORY! JC Penney has most definitely felt the impact of the stand you have taken! Thank you for your diligence. One Million Moms is ready to announce that …

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NOM Launches T-Mobile Boycott

(Via Good As You)

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Gay Boycotts Will Bring Another Holocaust

“In April of 1933, the Nazi Party in Germany began a nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses; this occurred shortly after Adolf Hitler became chancellor of that nation. The official program of discrimination was the first of many measures with which most Americans of my generation are familiar, and which ended with the Holocaust. In keeping with the uncannily Orwellian tack …

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Quote Of The Day – Jonathan Merritt

“So should the 45 percent of Americans who oppose gay marriage opt for Chips Ahoy! instead of Oreos? Should they begin shopping at Belk instead of JC Penny? If they did, it wouldn’t make any more sense than the endless failed calls for liberal consumers to boycott Urban Outfitters, because its owner is a conservative and Rick Santorum donor, or …

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NOM Provides A Grocery List For Gays

From NOM’s General Mills boycott petition.Suspiciously missing from the list: Fruit Roll-Ups!

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Iowa Hate Group Backs Starbucks Boycott

Bob Vander Platts, whose Family Leader hate group asked GOP candidates to pledge that black people fared better under slavery, has joined in NOM’s embarrassingly failed boycott of Starbucks.UPDATE: Good As You points out that the above is merely an edited reposting of an earlier Vander Platts video in which he outrageously lied that Starbucks had literally declared that “God’s …

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