Starbucks promotes homosexual agenda with coffee cup

Baptist Press ^ | 08/12/2005 | By Erin Curry

[Die_Hard Conservative Lady]

Well, again, I'm lost for words...... What are these "people" doing to our country? How can they not realize what they are doing is so wrong?

[ScreamingFist]

Sorry SF.... this semi-rant is not directed at you....

Knew that, LOL. And thanks for the post, interesting debate.

[sportutegrl]

I've thought about this and I don't think we should make this an issue. A while back an airline, I think gave out God Bless You papers and liberals went nuts over this. Do we want to be those people? Besides, I can't give up Ben and Jerry's.

[RightWinger]

I drink and enjoy black coffee but Starbucks has the worst coffee. It tastes like it has been cooking for 5 hours.

Atlanta Bread's is much better.

[RightOnline]

Their coffee sucks. I am a bit of a coffee afficianado......and if you REALLY want to know what blows them away.....believe it or not......get to a Kroger grocery store and buy their own Premium brand of coffee beans. I prefer their Espresso Roast beans; dark,rich, oily......just heavenly. Blows away Starbucks. Not even close.

I've tried the expensive brands, and the Kroger Premium mops the floor with all of 'em. No idea where they get their beans, but trust me on this one, folks.

[rlmorel]

LOL!!!!!

USED KITTY LITTER!!!! AGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!

(THAT explains the flavor now...)

[rlmorel]

She said "log"...heh heh...heh heh...

[rlmorel]

LOL! I was going to make one in Illustrator and post it...but I think I would only succeed in wasting my time and getting my post pulled...:)

[rlmorel]

I think we are losing sight of the issue here.

Starbucks is a privately owned company (publicly traded with stockholders?) and can do what it pleases, as long as it does not break any laws, which I understand this cup does not.

I am just trying to boil it down:

Question 1: Is Starbucks or any other publicly traded company doing the right thing by openly promoting a gay lifestyle?

Question 2: If you disagree that openly promoting a homosexual lifestyle is a proper thing to do, can you take offense and boycott their product without being (or labeled as being) a dinosaur, homophobic, religious zealot (you name it)?

Question 3: If you are a homosexual and you think it is a good thing to have a pro-homosexual lifestyle promoted by a national chain, is it acceptable to vilify and slander those who disagree with your lifestyle and make their feelings known in a non-violent way?

[jer33 3]

Clemenza: Well, if you did, you would see that 50% or more of Starbucks employees are either gay or lesbian. At least that's the case in New York, South Florida, and Seattle

Same in Dallas.

Same in Atlanta

[Responsibility1st]

Answer #1. Yes, they have a legal right to their pro-gay viewpoints. Even on an economic level, I give them a pass here. If they are not profiting here, then they wouldn't be doing it. But as you know, this is a question of doing the right thing morally.

I don't think they are, so I won't go there, and I suggest no one else should go there either. That's my right to think that, but that's as far as it goes. I won't go so far as to say they should be prohibited from pandering to gays.

Answer #2. No. As long as there are democrats, I will always be a neo-con, homophobic, reactionary, bigot, etc.

Answer #3. The Gay Manual requires it! But seriously, this is the difference between conservatives and liberals. They call us intolerant, yet they allow no tolerance for our viewpoints.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Yeah, I don't go to Starbucks either. So let 'em do their thing: it isn't like I can take my money away from them...they didn't have it in the first place. :)

[rlmorel]

Well said. My stance as well.

[longtermmemmory]

The marketing department of Starbucks is just plain stupid.

Remember when "Real Men don't eat Quiche" was all the rage?

Well they are setting themselves up for a "straight men don go to starbucks".

or

"Oh you drink Starbucks? I did not know you were a homosexual..."

or

Never let a woman see you drinking starbucks, she will then know you are "gay".

or

Responsible parents don't let their kids go to starbucks. (GLSEN will have, homosexual diversity field trips to starbucks)

or

The competition can shoot back with "no politics, just coffee."

or

Starbucks: NEVER EVER USE THE CREAM!
(ok that's kind of gross but we are talking marketing.)

[tom h]

"Starbucks promotes homosexual agenda with coffee cup"

Most of the Starbucks employees in our neighborhood look like they were recruited right out of the local freak show, or the arts department at the local public high school. So, I am not surprised that this is happening.

That said, I think that all Freepers should complain to the site managers and refuse to buy the coffee.

[DLfromthedesert]

Hey, it can't hurt to ask. I can handle dirty looks and snide remarks just fine.

[Natural Law]

"And most are drug runners, money launderers, operate in and around sex trades, etc."

What rock are you under. While they may not be like you and me I seriously doubt that the homosexual community is any more crime ridden than your family (which probably includes some gays). Does your religion condition you to be so judgmental or like so many others are you here to be judged?

[Maven]

Leave off the first sentence, and it becomes damned good advice. Starbucks should have just made that edit and this would be a non-issue. ;)

I've been reading this thread and wondering if I should "come out."

No, I'm not gay. I'm a straight, 45-year-old conservative, objectivist woman.

But I am an Armistead Maupin fan and have been for 20-plus years. He creates truly unforgettable characters - some gay, some straight, some not too sure, but many of them not only likeable but loveable, and all of them very, very human. And I wonder if any of the people making these comments about him have even read any of his books. May I recommend "Maybe the Moon" to start with?

Maven

[Bella_Bru]

and don't be SURPRISED when others are starting to get tired of your "anything goes" mindset.

Sorry, you won't be able to get rid of homosexuals anytime soon. Or Starbucks.

[Bella_Bru]

And most are drug runners, money launderers, operate in and around sex trades, etc

You mean like the mafia? All those good Italian, married, Catholic men?