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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 companys support of marriage equality in Washington State. This came after NOM members quizzed Starbucks board members on the companys 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 groups 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 bills 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 its losing the culture war its been waging against LGBT people.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/03/23/People_Rally_to_Starbuckss_Defense_After_NOM_Initiates_Boycott/
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)William769
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(32,886 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I will have to buy a couple of frappuccinos later.
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)There's not much they have that I can enjoy, but I will thank the barista the next time I go to work.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)at least from what I read. Has that changed, too?