Coca Cola Runs Ad Campaign Featuring Gay Family; "We Choose Happiness over Tradition"

Pundit Press ^ | 5/29/15 | Aurelius

[rightistight]

Coca Cola is running ads that will appear on buses and signs featuring a gay couple and their adopted child.

The ad shows a picture of two men holding a baby, playing with crayons. A bottle of Coca Cola is next to them.

Over their heads reads, "We choose happiness ~over~ tradition. -the Van Bergen family." In the bottom right corner it reads, "#choosehappiness:"

The ad implies that, though their family is not "traditional," the Van Bergens are happy. They also drink Coke:

[Oliviaforever]

““OH NO, now I have to quit drinking coke”
The only time I drink coke is when I have a coke and rum. So as I don’t feel gay no more coke and rum for me.”

Easy solution.

Order a Rum & Coke, hold the coke.

[bgill]

Human Rights Campaign - Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights:

American Airlines

Apple

Citi

Coca-Cola

Diageo - brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Buchanan’s and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Microsoft

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams - home décor

Nationwide Insurance

VPI Pet Insurance

Northrop Grumman - global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems, cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers.

Target

Bank of America

Chevron

Deloitte - ? homepage too confusing

Los Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

Lexus

Prudential Insurance

W Hotels Worldwide - do NOT go to their homepage without a barf bag

Cox Enterprises - Cox Media Group (msm), Cox Communications (Phoenix fiber internet), Cox Automotive

Ernst & Young LLP - assurance, tax and transactions

Google

MGM Resorts International

Nike

Tylenol

Boston Scientific - medical supplies

BP Oil

Credit Suisse - banking

Dell Computers

Gay Destination Weddings

Sandos Hotels and Resorts

Goldman Sachs

Hershey's

Hyatt

IBM

JP Morgan Chase & Co

Lincoln Financial Group

Macy's

MetLife

Morgan Stanley

Orbitz - gay travel

PepsiCo

Pfizer

Replacements, Ltd - silverware and china

Shell Oil

Starbucks

Symantec

TD Bank

Whirlpool

[bgill]

Go with store brand cola.

[IrishBrigade]

Firstly, expecting honesty from the advertising industry is almost as foolish as expecting honesty from the politics industry ...

yes, of course, a moment of wishful foolishness on my part...

Secondly, all those two are likely to produce together is “Mr. Hanky, the Christmas Poo”.

had to look that one up...i wish I hadn’t...

[IrishBrigade]

Human Rights Campaign - Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights:

wonderful, I have holdings in some of those listed, and I’m a Pfizer retiree...I’ll have to go sit in the corner for a while...

[bgill]

Don’t forget Amazon.com had a gay commercial last year or so.

[bgill]

Don’t choose Pepsi. They are gay supporters, too. Check my post #142.

[bgill]

Coca Cola makes more than Coke, including Minute Maid products

Thanks, saved the list.

[bgill]

Thought it might as well be posted.

Coca Cola owns:

Aquapure

Aquarius

Bacardi Mixers *

Bacardi Premium Mixers *

Barq’s

Barrilitos

Beverly

Bright And Early

Caffeine-free Barq’s

Caffeine-free Coca-Cola

Caffeine-free Diet Coke

Cascal

cherry Coke

Chippewa

Citra

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla

Coca-Cola Cherry Zero

Coca-Cola Zero

Coca-Cola Zero Caffeine-Free

Cumberland Gap

DANNON *

DASANI

Delaware Punch

diet Barq’s

Diet cherry Coke

Diet Coke

Diet Coke Black Cherry Vanilla

Diet Coke with Lime

Diet Coke with Splenda

Diet Fuze Tea

diet Inca Kola

Diet Master Pour

Diet Northern Neck

Diet Sprite

Diet Sprite Zero

Dr Pepper*

Evian *

Fanta

Fanta Sugar Free

Fanta Zero

Five Alive

Flavor Rage

Fresca

Fruitopia

Full Throttle

FUZE

FUZE TEA

Georgia

glacéau fruitwater

glacéau smartwater

glacéau vitaminenergy

glacéau vitaminwater

glacéau vitaminwater zero

Gold Peak

H2OK

Hi-C

Honest Ade

Honest Fizz

Honest Kids

Honest Tea

Honest Tea Zero

Illy *

Inca Kola

Java Monster*

Jericho

Kinley

Krest

Lift

Master Chill

Master Pour

Mello Yello

Mello Yello Zero

Mezzo Mix

Minute Maid

Minute Maid Enhanced

Minute Maid Fruit Falls

Minute Maid Juices To Go

Minute Maid Light

Minute Maid Orchards

Monster *

Northern Neck

NOS

Odwalla

Peace Tea *

Pepe Rico

Pibb Xtra

Pibb Zero

POWERADE

POWERADE PLAY

POWERADE ZERO

Red Flash

Schweppes

Simply

Southern Sun

Spring!

Sprite

Sprite Zero

Sugar Free Full Throttle

Sugar Free NOS

Sugar Free Sprite

Sunfill

Surge

TaB

Vanilla Coke

Vanilla Coke Zero

VAULT

Vault Zero

Vegibeta

Vegitabeta

Worx Energy *

Zico

[bgill]

Add to the trash:

General Mills

Kraft Foods - which also owns:

Cracker Barrel

Boca Foods

A.1. Steak Sauce

Athenos

Breakstones

CapriSun

Cheez whiz

Claussen Pickles

Cool Whip

Country Time Lemonaid

Crystal Light

Gevalis Kaffe

Jell-O

Jet-Puffed

Kool-Aid

Lunchables

Maxwell House

Mio

Miracle Whip

Oscar Mayer

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Planters Nuts

Polly-O Cheese

Stove Top

Tassimo coffee

Velveeta

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Coca-Cola - Odwalla

Pepsi - Naked Juice

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These companies hold stock in Kraft Foods - http://98.139.21.31/search/srpcache?p=kraft+foods+owns+what+other+companies&fr=yfp-t-901-s&fp=1&ei=UTF-8&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=kraft+foods+owns+what+other+companies&d=4811958206005929&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=zbgNKcnlCZmMOZCFaFPr9Oy7RTbB02Bo&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=y9mA3TOfrQ5gee3dVXqzrA--

[SoFloFreeper]

Time to start drinking generic soda. Cheaper and just as carbonated...if you're into that sort of thing.

Pretty pathetic, for Coca Cola to alienate more than 2% of their market....just to appease and pretend to care about less than 2% of the populace.

[bgill]

Instead of throwing the products in the trash, donate them. If nothing else, donating them saves from someone buying a product contributing to their profit line.

[bgill]

Huffpo was nice enough to provide more for the ban list:

Facebook
eBay
Gap
Ben & Jerry’s
Banana Republic
Levi Strauss & Co
Jet Blue
Master Card
AT&T
Johnson & Johnson
Mondelez International - Oreos
Marc Jacobs - apparel and accessories
Expedia
UBS - banking
Marriott International
Moody’s Investors Service

[bgill]

The Way Back Machine can’t verify this but a very long list from 2009 at Human Rights -

http://www.yourchristianspace.com/blog/view/id_18489/title_top-companies-that-support-gay-rights/

[bgill]

It’s easier to list those who don’t support sodomy.

http://www.businessinsider.com/major-brands-that-support-gay-marriage-photos-2013-3?op=1

Bud Light
Martha Stewart
Paula Deen
HBO’s True Blood
Smirnoff’s
Absolut
Kenneth Cole - shoes
Nordstrom dept store
American Apparel

And - http://ceoworld.biz/ceo/2012/07/02/list-of-companies-that-support-gay-marriage :
Allstate
Applebee’s
Best Buy
Clorox
Costco
Delta Airlines
Ford
General Motors
Gerber Baby Products
Hilton Hotels
Home Depot
IBM
McDonald’s
Olive Garden
Proctor & Gamble
Red Lobster
Rite Aid
Sears
Southwest Airlines
State Farm
United Airlines
UPS
Walgreens
Walt Disney

[the OlLine Rebel]

Your lead-in sentence is misleading!

(i.e., no, those following listed companies do indeed support homos)

Wow, even Nordstrom. Major disappointment. Finally Chick-fil-A has 1 up on them.

[fatnotlazy]

Thank you for the list.

[fatnotlazy]

Southwest? Phooey! My favorite airline.

[bgill]

Lead in sentence. So it is.

[Drew68]

It’s easier to list those who don’t support sodomy.

I suppose this would be Hobby Lobby and a shrinking number of bakeries and pizza joints.