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Posted on 10/19/2005 10:23:13 AM PDT by Mike Bates
A conservative Illinois Christian group is once again chastising a corporation for sponsoring the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago.
The Illinois Family Institute in Glen Ellyn is squaring off against Walgreen Co. for its $100,000 contribution to Olympic-style games to be held in July. Walgreens joins PlanetOut Inc., which runs an online network for the gay community and the national gay television network Q Television, as a Platinum-level sponsor of the event.
The Illinois Family Institute recently attacked Harris Bank and Kraft Foods for each contributing $25,000 to the Gay Games VII.
"The Gay Games are about homosexuality, and I think it's wrong for Walgreens to sponsor it," said Peter LaBarbera, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute. "They've taken the step of becoming an official sponsor, which is putting the Walgreens name to endorsing this event."
LaBarbera wants Walgreens to rescind its funding; otherwise he will encourage members of his group to consider boycotting the drugstore chain.
"There are a lot of prochoice people who don't like the idea of shopping at Walgreens if they are supporting the Gay Games," he said.
Walgreens officials said they are participating in the Gay Games to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS. The company's pharmacists have been serving HIV-positive patients since the early 1980s, said Michael Polzin, Walgreens spokesman.
"Each year, we raise millions of dollars in our stores for research education and building awareness for heart disease, diabetes and cancer," he said. "This is one way of giving back to the community."
LaBarbera said he has no problem with AIDS awareness and education, but he takes issue with a company providing funds to support the event.
"If they want to donate HIV drugs, that's one thing," LaBarbera said. "Homosexual behavior itself is a leading cause of HIV."
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Maybe they should support the KKK ... to increase awareness of racism.
ping a ling...
What the heck is the Gay-Games? If this is an Olympic-style event as described, why don't these Gays try out for the real thing? I'm amazed how a community that demands to be accepted...and thought of as normal, continues to segregate itself based solely on its sexuality.
I hate to think what the "events" will be at the Homosexual Games.
You do NOT want to watch the pole vault.
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Or the NRA to increase awareness of gun safety.
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What homosexual (or heterosexual for that matter) isn't 'aware' of AIDS?
The bowling-ball-through-a-tailpipe competition is usually the most popular.
Or the Clean and Jerk.
What homosexual (or heterosexual for that matter) isn't 'aware' of AIDS?
Walgreen Company Corporate Office
200 Wilmot Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 914-2500
Ask for Consumer Relations
Thanks for the contact info.
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