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Bar boycotts Sam Adams after pullout
Boston Herald ^ | 3/15/14 | Antonio Planas

Posted on 03/15/2014 8:34:48 AM PDT by raccoonradio

The fight over Southie’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade got frosty yesterday, with Boston Beer Co. pulling its longtime sponsorship from the parade over the organizers’ refusal to let gay veterans march — and one Southie bar fighting back with a vow to boycott the brew.

“Sam Adams doesn’t support South Boston. They don’t want to support veterans like my father and uncle, so they can go sell their beer elsewhere,” said Tommy Flaherty Jr., a lifelong Southie resident whose father and uncle own the landmark Cornerstone Pub & Restaurant on West Broadway.

Flaherty Jr. said he and his father, Thomas Flaherty Sr., 70, and his uncle John Flaherty, 81, were “taken aback” when they learned yesterday afternoon from reading bostonherald.com that the brewing behemoth pulled its sponsorship, so they decided not to sell Sam Adams indefinitely.

“(Boston Beer Co. has) no problem taking the money from the people drinking at the bars along the parade route,” Flaherty Jr. said, adding he has no qualms with gay people. “We serve to everybody. I don’t have a problem with gay people, nor do my father and uncle.”

Boston Beer Co. could not be reached last night for comment on Cornerstone’s boycott. Representatives of the beer company — until yesterday listed as a “proud sponsor” on the parade’s website — have marched in past years, but announced yesterday morning they will not participate this year because the organizer, Allied Veterans War Council, is refusing to change its longtime policy of banning anyone from marching under a gay-rights banner.

“We have been participating in the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade for nearly a decade,” Boston Beer Co. said in a statement. “We were hopeful that both sides of this issue would be able to come to an agreement that would allow everyone, regardless of orientation, to participate in the parade. But given the current status of the negotiations, we realize this may not be possible.”

The flap came after other supporters, including Westin Hotels and Gillette, distanced themselves from the parade. Yesterday, the parade’s website — which had featured dozens of business backers — erased its sponsorship page and replaced it with a message saying, “We’re updating our sponsors, thank you for your patience.”

Mayor Martin J. Walsh said last night he was “still hopeful” a deal can be made.

“We’ve gotten pretty close to an agreement here, and I think a lot of people thought this was the year we were going to have an agreement,” Walsh said. “I’m not giving up on that hope, we still have some time left. ... I have a glimmer of hope that we’re going to be able to work something out.”

As for Boston Beer Co. pulling its sponsorship, the mayor said, “They made a policy decision there, and I commend them for it.”


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: boston; bostonbrewing; boycott; corporateliberalism; gays; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; pinklisted; samadams; stpatricks
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1 posted on 03/15/2014 8:34:48 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Sam Adams will do just fine without this bar and their supporters.


2 posted on 03/15/2014 8:36:30 AM PDT by G Larry (There's the Beef!)
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To: raccoonradio

“Roast me! Hang me! Do whatever you please,” said Brer Rabbit. “Only please, Brer Fox, please don’t throw me into the briar patch.”.


3 posted on 03/15/2014 8:39:06 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: raccoonradio

Sam Adams will from this day forward be known as...
Queer Beer!


4 posted on 03/15/2014 8:39:09 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: raccoonradio
Bravo Cornerstone !

May it become a trend !

5 posted on 03/15/2014 8:39:40 AM PDT by tomkat (3%+1)
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To: G Larry
Sam Adams stinks anyways.

I'd rather have a Yuengling Lager instead.

6 posted on 03/15/2014 8:40:46 AM PDT by bayliving
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To: raccoonradio

What the Hell happened to this country? :(


7 posted on 03/15/2014 8:41:49 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Beagle8U

Or to use Jim Koch’s slogan, with a substitution: “A better glass...of queer.”


8 posted on 03/15/2014 8:42:37 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: G Larry
Sam Adams would never have buckled to the demands of the Gay Nazis.

The company should not be allowed to use his name to promote their sewer swill.

Piss on them and their dishwater queer beer.

9 posted on 03/15/2014 8:43:04 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: raccoonradio
Sam is prolly spinning 9000RPM in his grave right about now
10 posted on 03/15/2014 8:44:07 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: raccoonradio

““(Boston Beer Co. has) no problem taking the money from the people drinking at the bars along the parade route,” Flaherty Jr. said, adding he has no qualms with gay people. “We serve to everybody. I don’t have a problem with gay people, nor do my father and uncle.”

Well, I do. That’s why there are fag bars. They cater to fags and vice versa with normal, straight, hetero dive bars. Now Flaherty, I dare you to place a big sign on your bar as “gar friendly”, and watch your customer base change and let’ see you try to cope with the homo demographics.


11 posted on 03/15/2014 8:45:57 AM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: G Larry

My reading of the article is that the beer company which distributes Sam Adams pulled its sponsorship because the parade won’t let gay groups march. Then the bar promptly said it would boycott Sam Adams. Meaning the bar appears to support the parade organizers, and not the gay groups.


12 posted on 03/15/2014 8:46:32 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: P-Marlowe

With so many layers of protesters protesting protesters, I misunderstood which side Sam Adams, or the Bar, was on.


13 posted on 03/15/2014 8:46:55 AM PDT by G Larry (There's the Beef!)
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To: raccoonradio

Sam Adams swill had better hope that the Gay Sam Adams drinkers and their left wing buddies out number those who will stop drinking Sam Adams.


14 posted on 03/15/2014 8:47:41 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: G Larry

Having given up beer for lent, I can safely sit this one out for another five weeks.


15 posted on 03/15/2014 8:47:44 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: raccoonradio
I'm getting real tired of all this ,, I'm sure gay veterans have been in the parade as long as it's been around ,,, just as straight veterans have been in it... I'm sure the promoters and sponsors just want this to be a respectful event ,, no veterans in purple speedo's and chaps with their boyfriends alongside all oiled up like a bodybuilder show... there is no reason to split the event up into various warring factions...


16 posted on 03/15/2014 8:48:19 AM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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To: bayliving

I’m not a fan of Sam Adams beer, either. I feel it’s overhopped (i.e. a little too bitter) for the light body it has.

I’ve never had Yuengling, though I have heard good things. Especially about their porter.


17 posted on 03/15/2014 8:49:51 AM PDT by DemforBush (A Repo Man is *always* intense.)
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To: raccoonradio

The gaybistas won’t be happy til everybody’s marching in green leather assless chaps.


18 posted on 03/15/2014 8:50:23 AM PDT by Argus
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To: G Larry

Oh, and I thought the “G” stood for “Gay”


19 posted on 03/15/2014 8:50:52 AM PDT by DLfromthedesert (She accomplished nothing: should have stayed at home and baked cookies)
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To: raccoonradio

Do gays drink beer?


20 posted on 03/15/2014 8:51:16 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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