AFA's Latest Soon-To-Fail Boycott

[furrbear]

I mentioned this in comments I made a couple weeks ago regarding their action against Campbell's Soup but forgot to post about it.

The American HomoPhobia Family Assoc is also in an uproar over PepsiCo's $500,000 donation to PFLAG to foster workplace diversity.

Pepsi's products include Pepsi soft drinks, Frito-Lay chips, Quaker Oats, Tropicana and Gatorade. From the excellent Joe.My.God:

The American Family Association routinely announces boycotts of corporations that have made gay-friendly advertising, employment, or charity decisions. And about a year later, when the boycott remains virtually unnoticed by the American consumer, the AFA fabricates the concession of the company in question and announces the triumphant end to their boycott.

Today's target is PepsiCo.

PepsiCo has refused a request by AFA to remain neutral in the culture war. The company indicated that it will continue major financial support of homosexual organizations. AFA wrote Pepsi two times (on October 14 and October 29) requesting a meeting to discuss Pepsi's neutrality in the culture war. On November 17, AFA received a condescending letter (dated Nov. 7) from Paul Boykas, director, public policy, in which he refused to address Pepsi's support of the homosexual agenda.

In the last two years, Pepsi has given $500,000 to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and $500,000 to the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). The $1,000,000 was to be used to help promote homosexuality in the workplace. Pepsi refuses to give money to any pro-family organization that opposes the homosexual agenda. Plus, every homosexual organization we know of is overwhelmingly pro-abortion. Both HRC and PFLAG supported efforts in California to defeat Proposition 8 which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. HRC, the homosexual group financially supported by Pepsi, gave $2.3 million to defeat Prop 8. Pepsi forces all employees to attend sexual orientation and gender identity diversity training where they are taught to accept homosexuality.

In a few months, expect the AFA to victoriously announce the tumbled revenues of PepsiCo, followed a few months later by the AFA claim that Pepsi has agreed to abandon gay-friendly policies. Lying makes the Baby Jeebus cry, y'all.

Comments

[thom413.livejournal.com]

PepsiCo knows that "remaining neutral" is actually being hostile to LGBT people. Fuck the AFA.

[blt4success66.livejournal.com]

Now I understand why I drink Diet Pepsi.

[major7.livejournal.com]

Ha1 There are going to be alot of Pepsi religious freaks freaking over having to Coke it up. LOL

[jkusters]

Aw, crap. I detest Pepsi. *sigh* The sacrifices I make for my community.

*goes out in search of Pepsi products to support the anti-boycott...*

:-)

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

You need not drink "Pepsi." Pepsi's products include Pepsi soft drinks, Frito-Lay chips, Quaker Oats, Tropicana and Gatorade.

[jkusters]

True, true. They also used to include Taco Bell and KFC, which would also be doable, but it doesn't look like they're part of the "family" any more.

Hey, I supported the anti-boycott already this morning! Love my Quaker oatmeal on winter mornings...

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

They spun-off all the fast food joints into YUM! Brands which now includes: Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silver's, Pizza Hut, A&W, and Wing Street.