Heineken, Sam Adams boycott parades over gay bans

Heineken in New York, Sam Adams in Boston.

The parades, which are privately run, can limit who participates. But sponsors likewise have the right to decide where they put their dollars. Discrimination comes with a price.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/14/pf/heineken-sam-a … ?hpt=hp_t3
By BearinFW | 03/15/2014 06:06 PM | 8 comments
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  • The beer companies benefit more from the gay bars/clubs/restaurants than they do from
    sponsoring a once a year parade.
    bigfootsf 03/20/2014 01:17 PM
  • I'm surprised that the parades are still excluding the LGBT community. It seems, at this point, that the negative publicity and loss of sponsorship would be a force for change; and, it's the right thing to do.

    The attached video in my post has nothing to do with the post's topic, but is a cute Guinness commercial. Put a guy and a dog together and I'm a sucker....
    furball 03/18/2014 01:48 PM
  • Guinness has joined in by pulling their sponsorship of the NYC Parade.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/us-usa- … HY20140317
    greyhawk 03/17/2014 01:14 AM
  • Had lunch at a favorite restaurant today. I picked Sam Adams from the menu of beers; unusual choice for me, but from now on, that is the domestic beer I order and Heineken will be my international choice.
    rjzip 03/16/2014 06:42 PM
  • Well, good for Heineken and Sam Adams.

    "It said lesbian and gay veterans who had wanted to march as part of an LGBT veterans group could still march in the parade under the condition that they wouldn't identify themselves as gay with signs or t-shirts."

    SO, they are asking us to pretend we are straight? How is this different from what Putin is doing in Russia? Public display or propaganda about sexual orientation is strictly forbidden. Seems the right wingers are getting more Nazi authoritarian every day.
    rjzip 03/16/2014 01:03 AM
  • It is important for the public to know that gay men and women have served, fought and died for this country.
    bigfootsf 03/15/2014 11:25 PM
  • When the full equal rights issue is brought to the Supreme Court will a question be presented to Justice Clarence Thomas whether his vote is worth only three-fifths? If his vote is equal then is his equality as a US citizen worth more than any other citizen's?
    MachineToole 03/15/2014 09:56 PM
  • I'm hoping something comes out of this... I remember this controversy since my grammar school days...
    OCalig 03/15/2014 09:46 PM