Posted on 06/16/2017 3:36:10 AM PDT by Morgana
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) -- For Gay Pride month, McDonald’s franchises in San Francisco and in the nation’s capital are issuing “Pride Fries” in rainbow-colored containers.
“The rainbow fry boxes are a fun way to show our support of the LGBTQ community, using one of McDonald’s most iconic and recognizable items,” Cathy Martin of the restaurant corporation’s “Pride Network” stated in a press release.
She added that McDonald’s is “proud to honor and celebrate the LGBTQ community, including our employees, customers and beyond – each and every day.”
McDonald's is acknowledged as a corporate leader in homosexual affirming and enabling policies. As OneNewsNow reports, “The Golden Arches is a major player and sponsor in promoting homosexual behavior across the nation.”
McDonald’s franchises in the D.C. area are also big sponsors of the homosexual group Capital Pride Alliance, which seeks to normalize homosexual practices across the country.
The fast food behemoth, which raked in $25 billion last year, supports the 2017 Capital Pride parade theme, “Lovin’ Is Lovin,” to show gay support. The theme is apparently a take-off of McDonald’s popular “I’m Lovin’ It” commercial tagline.
Not all customers are happy with the gay fries. Evangelist and online personality Joshua Feuerstein issued a call for Christians to boycott the fast food chain.
“DISGUSTING! McDonald’s released their RAINBOW FRIES today in honor of GAY PRIDE!” Feuerstein wrote to his 2 million followers.
“I’m tired of corporations trying to influence our families like this,” Feuerstein continued. “SHARE THIS and let people know to STOP EATING at McDonalds!”
“Plus, their food is crap. Really,” the evangelist added.
Feuerstein received media attention in 2015 when he exposed the hypocrisy of Cut the Cake, a Longwood, Florida bakery. He videoed his order for a sheet cake with the message, “We do not support gay marriage” on it. After the owner refused to write the message, Feuerstein used the refusal to highlight the double standard in law where numerous Christian businesses have been forced to offer services to homosexuals and violate their sincerely-held beliefs.
Feuerstein has since been the target of vitriol from gay advocates. He was even threatened with possible felony charges for requesting the cake.
A San Francisco McDonald’s spokeswoman defended the Pride Fries, saying that the corporation has “a long history of supporting diversity and inclusion of its employees.”
McDonald’s added “sexual orientation” to its anti-discrimination policy in 1999, and updated it in 2013 to include “Gender Identity and Expression.” The fast food giant began offering homosexual partner benefits identical to married spouses in 2004. McDonald’s PRIDE Network for its employees was instituted in 2005.
The pro-homosexual group Human Rights Campaign gives McDonald’s a perfect score on its corporate “Equality Index,” a measure of employer pro-homosexual policies.
You have a point. Most McDonald’s are franchises, owned be individuals and by location. No reason to punish local, conservative people for what Leftist San Fran is doing. Not necessarily corporate decision.
The owners of the McDonald’s here are Christians. Franchise owners like them must feel betrayed by the corporation.
I won’t be boycotting the local McDonald’s as I’m positive they would never bring in obnoxious food packaging. I don’t eat there much, but my husband brings the kids there.
Boycott and go where? almost all the major corporations have gone over to the left.
I don’t eat at McDonald’s anyways, but if I did, I would stop.
It’s easy to make your own Egg McMuffins.
That’s the best thing on their breakfast menu and anyone can make those and have some OJ to go with it.
Look at how proud they are to honor lgbts.
I hadn’t heard this story. During my drive to work, there was a story about Skittles ‘celebrating’ gay pride by not producing any multi-colored skittle packages because “we’re giving up our rainbow for you.” Open a package and the skittles are all white. The company is now being attacked for being racist for having only white skittles.
“They need to make ketchup packets that resemble a guy’s butt. If you want ketchup on your fry, you just stick it in the little hole...”
How about gay pride month brown ketchup in there? Show that pride!!!!
I had some disgusting thoughts about how they would be served, but I’ll keep them to myself.
It has nothing to do with what the audience wants, it has everything to do with the agenda they want to push onto the audience. Not to mention Velocity is aiming to cater to the man-bun set.
If McDonalds really wants to celebrate this maybe they should shape the fries like, well....
Marketing 101: Pandering to <3% of the population, while simultaneously pi$$ing off a much larger percentage, is not a strategy for success.
Franchisers dance to the tune called by the home office.
Clearly, McDonald’s corporate has no problem with this.
Bye-bye, Ronald.
Gays have long been a marketer’s dream since they tend to have more disposable income.
They used to make a nice cigar also. That’s how I found out about the coffee...bought a box of the cigars, got the coffee thrown in with it.
Still have cigars with that name, I see:
https://www.jrcigars.com/item/mayorga/toro
What a smart business decision. McDonald’s ceo must have went to the same school of business administration as the ceo of Target. I’ll bet the stockholders will be pleased.
http://www.food.com/recipe/classic-french-fries-39897
Better than McDonald’s fries. Coffee? There’s about 1000 varieties to choose from. You’ll find something. Carrot muffin? Can’t help you there.
Thanks, markomalley, but I guess I’m not supposed to enjoy this coffee lol. Both the Amazon and the Costco would not ship to Canada. I do appreciate you trying though!
Do they give instructions as to how to insert the extra long ones??
Yes - the BEST carrot muffins in my limited carrot muffin knowledge.
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