Posted on 05/21/2023 5:51:15 PM PDT by Libloather
The country's largest advocacy group for LGBTQ+ rights has suspended its equality and inclusion rating for Bud Light over its poor handling of the backlash that followed from a partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Last week the Human Rights Campaign told the Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch that it had suspended its Corporate Equality Index score - a tool that rates companies' friendliness to LGBTQ employees.
The suspension of Anheuser-Busch's CEI score means the company 'no longer has the right to use the 'Best Places to Work' distinction,' HRC's letter says. Before the suspension, Anheuser-Busch had a CEI score of 100, the group's top rating.
The rating is also linked to the financial health of a company - 15 of the top 20 Fortune-ranked companies received 100 percent ratings from HRC last year, according to its own data.
HRC's move comes as Senator Ted Cruz called for a federal investigation into whether Anheuser-Busch breached regulatory guidelines 'prohibiting marketing to individuals younger than the legal drinking age'.
In a letter dated May 9, the Human Rights Campaign notified the beer company of its decision to rescind its rating.
'Anheuser-Busch had a key moment to really stand up and demonstrate the importance of their values of diversity, equity and inclusion and their response really fell short,' wrote Eric Bloem, HRC's senior director, in the letter, which was first seen by USA Today.
Criticism for the management of the controversy was reiterated by Bloem.
'What we're seeing play out here is an example of companies making a decision to have and construct inclusive marketing, which is great - but a business should be standing by those decisions,' he told The Associated Press.
'The Anheuser-Busch (case) is a textbook example of what not to do.'
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Burn it down.
Cruz nees to cool his jets. This does not rise to the level of congressional hearings or investigatiosns.
Pure and simple...Budweiser screwed up. They’re paying the price.
Ted, find other venues to showcase your conservative values and morals.
Ted the constitution expert needs to defend the J6 prisoners.
Why does an hour side have ratings for companies like this. Seriously one of the gazillion of conservative think tanks should take it on. We must play their game.
On the other hand, if WE win, this whole surgically altered pedophile movement will die....
This is more important than most realize
check the dumpsters
they will pay and tell them to keep it
cost of transport would just be more money down the drain
the fascists want to force their ideology on everyone thru
esg
this is tyranny
and they are going after the children
definitely the hill to die on
LGBTQPEDOGROOMER’s have a SCORECARD?? OMG!
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