Posted on 03/13/2014 8:20:11 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
To many older Americans, the Schlafly name is most closely associated with Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative commentator known for her campaign to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s. A younger generation knows Schlafly as the brand of an up-and-coming St. Louis brewery co-founded by Schlafly's nephew.
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With a growing national profile and new owners who might want to expand, the brewery started by Tom Schlafly more than two decades ago is seeking a trademark that would give it the exclusive right to use the Schlafly name to sell craft beer. But Phyllis Schlafly has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny the request, lest any implied association with beer sully her 60-year political career.
"There are tens of millions of Americans who oppose alcohol," said Andrew Schlafly, a New Jersey lawyer who represents his mother in the matter. "Certainly alcohol has a connotation that is the opposite of conservative values."
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Why doesn’t he just call it Tom Schlafly Beer?
She ain’t much of a conservative is she?
Phyllis, I love you, but come on, it’s just a beer.
Tom and the crew did a very good job building up that brewery.
He is not involved with the day to day anymore but he still comes and drinks a beer or two with the regulars. Very good beers and ales.
http://schlafly.com/
Lighten up Phyllis! You should do the commercials! I would buy a case if 20% of the proceeds went to her awesome Eagle Forum.
She has a case —
I am sorry to see Phyllis Schlafly, a Catholic, putting forth the preposterous idea that selling beer or any alcoholic beverage is inconsistent with conservative values. Does Schlafly attend Mass? Of course she does. Has she never read any of Chesterton’s rhapsodies about beer and wine?
This is weird.
I love Phyllis and think the name “Schlafly” for the beer is great. It will attract young males to her ideology, maybe! She should be like Ben Franklin, and preach moderation.
All the Founders probably drank beer, so I see no problem at all, since she is about Founding principles. Responsible people can have a beer now and then. I drank beer all the time when I was nursing and have NEVER been close to being an “alcoholic” and my kids turned out brilliant. The beer is a source of Vitamin B and protein-—more so than wine. AND you can cook with beer.
Even kids drank beer back in the 18th century, it was safer than water in some places. (No, I am not advocating kids drinking alcohol-—just stating facts.)
Sorry, it’s skunky. I prefer O’Fallon Gold.
And those fancy beers? Ick.
Phyllis could resurrect prohibition.
I have to disagree with Phyllis. The neighboring county tea party even meets at a bar. Do all drink? No. Many have a beer or two. That’s far different than my dumb undergrad days when I drank way too much and made a poor decision or three after a bottle of Popov.
It seems apparent that many on here are not familiar with what the Bible says about alcohol.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs 20:1 (KJV)
Additonal information from the story:
“Andrew Schlafly has filed his own papers opposing the trademark. So has brother Bruce, an orthopedic surgeon in St. Louis. Each petition asserts that the word Schlafly when standing alone ‘has no usage or meaning other than as a surname.’
“Phyllis Schlafly’s petition says supporters commonly assume she’s connected to the beer company. Dr. Bruce Schlafly says his patients make the same mistake.
“Nearly 18 months after Phyllis Schlafly filed her complaint, settlement talks continue. The brewery filed its application in 2011, not long before Schlafly and his partner, Dan Kopman, sold a majority of the brewery to Sage Capital LLC, a local private equity firm.”
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“Opposition to the trademark may not be limited to members of Schlafly family. Anheuser-Busch has been given an extension through early April to file its own protest. Spokeswoman Lisa Weser said the makers of Budweiser have yet to decide on the issue but are keeping their options open.
“As the largest St. Louis brewery with more than 150 years of heritage in the city, we believe ‘The Saint Louis Brewery’ should not be trademarked by any one brewer,” she said in a written statement.”
What if the Shlafly organization’s corporate culture is not wholesome , so to speak? Ya know, like gay friendly or liberal donor type of thing?
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