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'LGBT' sandwich causes controversy: 'Using an entire community for publicity and profit'
Fox News ^ | May 06 2019 | Michael Bartiromo

Posted on 05/06/2019 7:46:12 AM PDT by knighthawk

A U.K. retail chain is getting toasted roasted on social media over a controversial sandwich.

In celebration of Pride festivities in the U.K., Marks and Spencer recently began offering its “LGBT” sandwich — a guacamole-inclusive twist on a BLT — complete with packaging decorated with the colors of the rainbow flag.

But despite praise from some within the LGBTQI+ communities, the item raised more than a few eyebrows on Twitter, with some accusing the retailer of marginalizing the community and culture.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bacon; blt; gaynewsrooms; lgbt; pinkjournalism; uk
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1 posted on 05/06/2019 7:46:12 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Should it be a fish sandwich?


2 posted on 05/06/2019 7:46:47 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

They for the Q for quesadilla


3 posted on 05/06/2019 7:48:03 AM PDT by john316 (JOSHUA 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve...)
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To: dfwgator

With some chocolate pie for desert?


4 posted on 05/06/2019 7:48:59 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: knighthawk

The GBLT people are an angry lot of homifascists, aren’t they?


5 posted on 05/06/2019 7:49:05 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: dfwgator

You misspelled fist


6 posted on 05/06/2019 7:49:29 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: knighthawk

Why not tacos instead?


7 posted on 05/06/2019 7:50:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: knighthawk

Lettuce - Guacamole - Bacon - Tomato.......................


8 posted on 05/06/2019 7:51:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: knighthawk
'LGBT' sandwich causes controversy

That image will be helpful in my effort to lose weight, appetite now gone!

9 posted on 05/06/2019 7:52:28 AM PDT by TruthWillWin ([[[MSM]]])
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To: knighthawk

For the LGBTQ$20 it should be a soup sandwich.


10 posted on 05/06/2019 7:53:31 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Prov 24: Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not associate with those given to change.)
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To: knighthawk

So, if I order a steak sandwich and I get chicken, is that a trannie sammich?


11 posted on 05/06/2019 7:56:19 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: knighthawk

Next up: Leftist Assault on Neapolitan Ice Cream.


12 posted on 05/06/2019 7:56:29 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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Forgot to ask, and if I want to give that trannie sandwich back and demand what I ordered, am I being politically incorrect?


13 posted on 05/06/2019 7:57:23 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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a guacamole-inclusive twist on a BLT

I would think that guacamole in Britain would be about as hard to find as steak and kidney pies in New Mexico.

14 posted on 05/06/2019 7:58:01 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Eff ‘em if they can’t take a joke.


15 posted on 05/06/2019 7:59:25 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: knighthawk

“I say, Mate, may I please have one of those queer sandwiches?”


16 posted on 05/06/2019 8:00:40 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: knighthawk

Raw pig meat.


17 posted on 05/06/2019 8:01:57 AM PDT by ravenwolf
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To: Red Badger

Probably pretty good.

Like a BLAT - Bacon-Lettuce-Avocado-Tomato


18 posted on 05/06/2019 8:02:42 AM PDT by null and void (The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
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Eat them all the time!

Didn’t know I was eating a PC sandwich!....................


19 posted on 05/06/2019 8:06:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: knighthawk

LOL. Try and kiss up to the sodomites, and get burned.


20 posted on 05/06/2019 8:08:21 AM PDT by SIDENET
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