[EDINVA]

One piece left out is that the Boston Brewing Co/Sam Adams pulled its sponsorship after a gay bar said it would boycott Sam Adams for continuing its sponsorship of the parade. Then Flaherty decided they would boycott for Sam Adams’s withdrawal of support.

I was never great at math or statistics, but assume there are more beer-drinking Irishman than beer-drinking gays. The mayor is an a$$ for commending Boston Brewing Co’s principled policy decision.

[raccoonradio]

Mayor wants the gay vote as well as liberals of course. Some twitter posts about Sam Adams posts seem to mostly applaud them for it; people don't know the whole story incl the court decision. Just type gay sam adams into twitter search. Example: gerry ‏@gerryeisenhaur 2h . @SamuelAdamsBeer drops out of the Boston St. Paddys parade because of its exclusion of gay marchers. Nicely done.

[Enterprise]

I’m thinking along the same lines. Boston Beer and the Mayor may have done irreparable harm to Sam Adams beer. And at a time when beer consumption is in a slow decline, it couldn’t have been a more stupid time to take such a stand.