Posted on 02/07/2020 7:05:01 PM PST by Ennis85
Switzerland goes to the polls on February 9 in a national referendum that could criminalize homophobiaand Coca-Cola has made the bold move of supporting calls to make the anti-gay hate speech illegal.
If the country approves the move, it will criminalize homophobia to the same extent as other forms of discrimination based on race, gender and religion.
The Coca-Cola Company in Switzerland has publicly shared support for the initiative.
Early indications are that the referendum has the majority support of Swiss voters, says The Local.
But the campaign hasnt been without controversy.
The youth wing of the Swiss Peoples Party (SVP), the national-conservative, right-wing populist party, has called for a boycott of Coca-Cola in response to their support.
Launching their Equality Manifesto, the Coca-Cola company says:
"For a Switzerland of living #together. It is no coincidence that Coca-Cola is campaigning today for a colourful and indiscriminate Switzerland. Because Coca-Cola's credo - worldwide and here in Switzerland - is unquestionably equality, diversity and tolerance.
"We are steadfastly committed to equal rights, diversity and tolerance. Discrimination and exclusion are not acceptable to us in any form."
The brand backs up their words by reminding those reading the manifesto the company has achieved a 100% continuous score on the HRC's Business Equality Index since 2006, which measures equity and equal rights in the workplace.
The campaign, features as its central image as five Coca-Cola bottles shaped out with words in five European languages that say:
"Coca-Cola is enjoyed by many in Switzerland. Regardless of age, gender, skin colour, relation or sexual orientation. The vast majority in a small country like Switzerland requires understanding and solidarity from everyone.
"We also want to do out bit by bringing people together. Thats why we take a stand for a colourful and non-discriminatory society.
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One of my favorite movies.
Mine, too.
That diet stuff really isn’t good for you.
https://draxe.com/nutrition/phosphoric-acid/ (This one has great graphics)
I know. But I’ve been drinking it for about 50 years. The Guinness has probably hurt me a lot more.
(YMMV - :-)
Inasmuch as “homophobia” does NOT exist in the real world, this attempt to pass such a law in SZ is STUPID in the 1st degree.
“Homophobia” is the homosexual activist’s attempt to “normalize” something that a large percentage of humankind does not & (IMO) will not ever be accepted on the same basis that heterosexuality is.
Further, imo, ALL that is likely to be accomplished is TOLERENCE of the “same gender acts”. - Expecting full acceptance, much less approval, of homosexual behavior is UNLIKELY in much of the 21st Century/World.
Yours, TMN78247
Come up with a Counter slogan of ...” then let gays support your product.” Or “Only gays drink coke. Straight people drink Pepsi!” Kids alone will stop drinking it our of peer fear pressure, cuz they dont care about being PC! You want to change a corporate culture? Kill their profits!
Good to know Coca Cola is against freedom of speech in other countries.
Seems like Dr Pepper is already trying to corner the market, with their "The Sweet One" NASCAR commercials.
Guess we're going to have to stick with beer.
(damn queers wrecking everything)
Not sure why anybody drinks that diabetic $hit water. Sell it to the low info voters.
That’s alright. Let the preverts have the dental problems and other bad health consequences of drinking that nasty stuff.
I wonder how many European Jews the Swiss border guards turned back at the Austrian border, etc? Friends of mine were. Fortunately they were able to get in with the help of good Swiss citizens.
The Swiss made great clock/instrument innards that were badly need for the war effort, esp. for bomb guidance systems, etc. Otherwise we might have had to bomb their factories who also sold to the Germans (perhaps helping out the V-1 and V-2 rockets.
When you think you beat the cancer it finds another route
One might get the idea that “homophilia” is a religion, then, since it’s not a race or a sex.
So much for Switzerland being the neutral country.
These sexual orientation regulations are intentionally vague, just like discrimination laws. They become blank checks that offended degenerates are able to define in any way that they desire.
It will not work. No amount of propaganda will make me accept people who are knowingly doing something wrong and shoving it in our faces. Coca Cola should be selling sodas, that is all.
It will not work. No amount of propaganda will make me accept people who are knowingly doing something wrong and shoving it in our faces. Coca Cola should be selling sodas, that is all.
The CC bottling plant here in southern WI is located just up the road from the mountainous Milwaukee landfill.
What you’ve listed are things Switzerland now permits; the opposition to this particular issue stems from the fact that Swiss fear it will FORBID something: free speech.
Seems to me that Coca Cola is INTERFERING in the election of a country other than the USA....
They won’t hear a word from the Dems, will they???
But the Dems think Trump is interfering when he follows the treaty from the 90’s that says countries will help each other find & destroy corruption.
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