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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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To: raccoonradio

The real problem is the need for sponsorships to begin with.

The sponsorships pay for a lot of permits and licensing etc. I say screw the permits and have the parade anyway.


21 posted on 03/15/2014 8:51:53 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: G Larry

Sam Adams is getting slaughtered by Yuengling and Yuengling is only available in 13 states. NE doesn’t deserve Yuengling. Go to Texas first (which I think Dick Yuengling has his eyes on).


22 posted on 03/15/2014 8:52:23 AM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: G Larry
Sam Adams (the beer) is on the side of the fudgepackers.

The Bar is on the side of the Parade Sponsors who are not buckling to the Gay Nazis.

I supsect that Sam Adams (the Patriot) would not approve of the company that bears his name.

23 posted on 03/15/2014 8:52:51 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Tzimisce

The silver lining is that you get to see the SPD parade with no fags ruining it like the Rose Bowl..


24 posted on 03/15/2014 8:53:01 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: Enterprise

The parade is about the Irish and St Patrick... not a sounding board for political messages (including the gay agenda).

The parade wouldn’t allow a pro-life group to march either... so why should they allow a gay group to march?


25 posted on 03/15/2014 8:54:29 AM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: raccoonradio

Either way, beer drinkers don’t tend to be people that want to be associated with the queer agenda.

There aren’t enough queer bars to keep Sam Adams in business.


26 posted on 03/15/2014 8:54:58 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: Enterprise

No fair! You actually read the article before commenting! :-P


27 posted on 03/15/2014 8:55:25 AM PDT by B Knotts (Just another Tenther)
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To: raccoonradio

Is the parade really refusing to let gay veterans march, or are they refusing to allow them to wear rainbow-colored thongs and “Pride” banners…therefore turning a Catholic holiday into an orgy?


28 posted on 03/15/2014 8:55:55 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: raccoonradio
There is NO exclusion of homos from marching in the St. Patrick's Parade! There are no bans! None, nada, zip, zero! Homosexuals just aren't allowed to hijack the parade and make it about them and THEIR cause! Sheesh! The Boston Beer Co. has completely drunk the homos' narrative and pissed off their customers! This is what happens when you pander and cower to a fringe but powerful and vocal minority.
29 posted on 03/15/2014 8:56:29 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (15 years of FReeping! Congratulations EEE!!)
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To: DemforBush

Fat Tire is a good beer.


30 posted on 03/15/2014 8:56:38 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: fhayek

I had to give up alcohol entirely, but these days I am making a list of businesses who support this movement to make depravity acceptable. Those on the list get no business from me.


31 posted on 03/15/2014 8:56:49 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: bayliving

“Sam Adams stinks anyways.
I’d rather have a Yuengling Lager instead.”

I agree completely.


32 posted on 03/15/2014 8:56:55 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: P-Marlowe

Honestly, the parade is probably better off without corporate sponsors or big-wigs, anyhow.


33 posted on 03/15/2014 8:57:33 AM PDT by B Knotts (Just another Tenther)
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To: willyd

Excellent! That’s my understanding of the parade. It was never intended to be a venue for political or social causes. It’s about the Irish!


34 posted on 03/15/2014 8:57:37 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: raccoonradio

It would be interesting to see the effects of a boycott of Sam Adams over this. If Sam Adams suffers because of this, it may cause other companies to rethink their support of homosexuals.


35 posted on 03/15/2014 8:57:41 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: raccoonradio

FiRst round’s on me!


36 posted on 03/15/2014 8:57:54 AM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: DLfromthedesert

You must be a real riot on the playground.


37 posted on 03/15/2014 8:58:30 AM PDT by G Larry (There's the Beef!)
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To: Beagle8U

I took a quick look at Sam’s site to post some quippy versions of there beer names with a gay theme.

Decided that FR would pull my comment and waste my time. FR not a fan of creative freedom.


38 posted on 03/15/2014 8:59:02 AM PDT by 12th_Monkey (One man one vote is a big fail, when the "one" man is an idiot.)
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To: FlJoePa

see my correction on post #13


39 posted on 03/15/2014 8:59:18 AM PDT by G Larry (There's the Beef!)
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To: Neidermeyer
Her tattoo reads, You stepped in it, you clean it


40 posted on 03/15/2014 8:59:27 AM PDT by laweeks
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