Posted on 11/19/2014 8:49:01 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o
But in a sign of how toxic it has become for a company to be viewed as unfriendly toward gays, Barilla has made a dramatic turnaround in the space of one year, expanding health benefits for transgender workers and their families, contributing money to gay rights causes, and featuring a lesbian couple on a promotional Web site.
...companies, which typically shy away from controversy, are increasingly being forced to take sides in the cultural battle over gay rights and same-sex marriage — and pro-gay forces have decisively gained the upper hand.
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The company’s 100 rating in the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index, which is based on internal company policies as well as corporate citizenship, is remarkable, said Deena Fidas, director of the workplace program for the Human Rights Campaign.
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Talita Erickson, chief diversity officer for Barilla, said that the company has demonstrated its sincerity with its actions. It has expanded its health benefits to include transgender-related care. It has instituted a thorough diversity training that all 8,000 of its workers will eventually undergo. It has broadened its anti-discrimination policy to cover gay and transgender people.
The company also has donated money to the Tyler Clementi Foundation, an anti-bullying organization founded by the parents of a gay Rutgers University student who committed suicide, and featured a lesbian couple on a Web site devoted to urging families to eat more meals together.
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“My understanding is we’re absolutely open to having the LGBT community represented in our ads in the future,” she said. “It’s going to happen gradually.”
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It would depend on whether you cook it together with the solid waste product just supplied by Barilla...
I buy the store brand now, or just use rice.
Saves us a lot of money, anyway. Sorry Barilla owner, it was your decision.
Nothing would surprise me with this group of thugs.
While there are companies that have been vocal about their support for gays, diversity, tolerance, and all that crap, there are many more that have taken the same stance but done it quietly.
They aren’t just catering to the gays, they are also catering to the people who feel all warm and fuzzy when they say they support diversity, tolerance, gays, minorities, etc... these people align themselves and take their business to the companies who publicly support all those warm and fuzzy key words and phrases.
Those who make decisions based on emotion and how it makes them look are outnumbering those that make decisions based on logic, intelligence, wisdom, and what is right.
If nobody bought Barilla anymore the problem would remain. America has gone godless in its heart. Its faith is usually shallow.
It’s kind of like meat offered to idols. I won’t ask questions about it as long as nobody says something about it. But if people start trumpeting how it’s offered to idols, I will refrain from eating it lest I set a bad example.
If Barilla now revolts you, research store brands. They vary in quality.
There is a phalanx of devils in the country now, pushing people to do self destructive things. But it didn’t get there overnight and it was largely invited.
Never heard of the company; I guess they don’t distribute here.
Indeed, you are correct. God and I had a major falling out many years ago. I have since made amends. It is easy, almost trendy, to throw God to the curb when you are young, especially in the current state of times. It is a sad fact that plagues many of our youth and even follows many into adulthood.
We are in a very difficult period that I believe will get much worse before it gets any better.
It’s common, but perhaps not universally US wide, in groceries.
Its quality is pretty fair for dried pasta. I knew a very good Italian style eatery chain in the Chicago area that used nothing but Barilla pasta.
Sounds like an “HR coup” took place. For whatever it’s worth, if observant Christian America took part in a disgust-cott and let Barilla’s top executives know, it would be worth it whether or not they manage to make a further impact.
Put homos in your ads, and I won’t buy it.
It’s that simple.
If that means I end up living without anything retail,
so be it.
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