Posted on 03/15/2014 6:41:02 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Billionaire Jim Koch’s Boston Beer SAM +1.41% Co., producer of the popular Sam Adams brew, will no longer be sponsoring Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade because of the organizer’s failure to include LGBT groups. The move comes after a Boston bar said it would no longer serve Sam Adams beer because of its support of the parade. Gay rights advocacy group MassEquality and organizers of the South Boston parade, the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council, have been embroiled in talks attempting to broker a deal to allow 20 LGBT veterans to march. A 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that the council could include or exclude groups at its discretion.
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“The company is remaining true to the sentiments of its namesake.”
I have a bad habit of posting before I read the rest of the responses, you’ve corrected me and I’m sorry to learn that about Sam Adams.
Why would a beer company get involved in garbage like this anyway? They should know they can’t win.
and I’ve pulled Sam Adams and Heineken out of my frig and off the shopping list
I have local microbrew in the fridge for the Sunday NASCAR race. My usual...Tommy Knockers Butthead Bock. No gayness in my fridge is the rule in my house. Let Sam Adams sell to the 5% the gays claim are non AIDS victim active participents. Good luck with that feces!
SAYIT ISN’T SO!!!!!! I love Sam Adams....but I’ve consumed my last can/bottle until I determine whether or not this story is true. If it is, I’m done with them!
Do your due diligence and please report back.
I’ll ask again: Seriously. Who drinks Sam Adams on St. Patrick’s anyway?
I used to enjoy the winter lager too. C’est la vie.
Wish I could get it in Pennsylvania.
Wishing I’d brought more with me on my last trip to Wisconsin.
Sam Adams is Queer Beer now & forevermore.
Available soon in a pink or brony edition, I suppose.
Sam is not a good beer. I’m a Smuttynose Star Island Ale drinker when I have a chance to pick some up. Good northern New England microbrew.
No Absolute Vodka or SamAdams beer in this household. Sam Adams would would of course not support their cause.
Sierra Nevada is comparable.
Keep yer sex life and activities to yourself...
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No kidding. TMI
Yeah, they may have Dixie Chicked themselves.
There is a joke in there somewhere.
Ok boys, for a real good drink try HeBrew, the chosen beer!
Ouch.
Smooth and rich as milk and honey!
lemme see....there is Ommegang, Victory, Peaks, Devils Backbone, Bells, Allagash, Pilsner Urquell, Lagunitas, Sierra Nevada, Uinta, Breckenridge, Green Flash, Left Hand, Blue Mountain, Sweetwater, Oskar Blues...
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