Posted on 09/26/2013 3:13:33 PM PDT by barmag25
The president of Barilla is apologizing for saying that he would never use a gay family in the pasta maker's ads.
Guido Barilla said in an Italian radio interview that his pasta is for the traditional family and said gay people could eat another pasta if they did not like his message.
"We accept his invitation to not eat his pasta," said Aurelio Mancuso, president of gay-rights group Equality Italia, in a statement in Italian.
Boycotting Twitter users shared the hashtag #boicottabarilla, or "boycott Barilla."
But Barilla quickly walked back his comments.
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Did he, or did he not say he respects Gay Marriage? Did he, or did he not say he reiterates that?
but he did not offer to put an image of two gays on his pasta boxes. Which was the original quote of this 'controversy'.
I see. That is true. I should mention I’ve never seen pictures of people on the boxes, but maybe that’s what’s new.
It was a silly story not even worth reporting, but typical. The news media never miss an opportunity to push their crusade forward.
Thank you, will read it.
But it never does, only one way and not in our favor.
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