The American Family Association is organizing a boycott of Pepsi for its support of the homosexual agenda. The group claims to have 500,000 signatures on a petition boycotting Pepsi and all Pepsi related products. The Pepsi boycott campaign has been ongoing since January based mostly on Pepsico’s donation of $500,000 dollars to a group which fought for the defeat of Proposition 8 in California.
The AFA has asked Pepsi to be neutral, neither supporting or promoting the homosexual agenda or lifestyle. Pepsi supposedly gave upwards of $1 million dollars to two groups that promote the homosexual agenda and lifestyle. One group is the (HRC) Human Rights Campaign and the other is Parents, Families, and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG).
The American Family Association is a group founded in 1977 based on Christian principles and who are actively engaged in what they call the “culture war”. You can go here to see more about the AFA.
Pepsi is a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), and reportedly asks employees to attend diversity training in which they are trained to accept the homosexual lifestyle. I couldn’t find confirmation of this but Pepsi does rank high in diversity for GLBT employees.
An interesting document from Human Rights Campaign website grades corporations on their handling of the homosexual agenda and treatment of homosexuals in general. You can check out the document here. Pepsi does rank high with (HRC) but so does a bevy of other corporations that I venture to say all of us frequent regularly.
The American Family Association also claims that Pepsi sponsors gay pride parades in New York and all over the country as well as sponsors television shows that promote the gay lifestyle. The Pepsi Boycott seems to be for one reason or another a corporate witch hunt aimed at Pepsico. There are billions in corporate dollars that go to groups such as Human Rights Campaign every year from a multitude of corporations.
Boycotting Pepsi won’t stop that from happening; whether you have 500,000 or 5 billion signatures.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
pepsi has no biz in gay issue
October 9th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I agree Tim V.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Neither do any of these other corporations. It’s pretty shocking when you take a look at some of the links I provided just how many everyday companies are supporting the gay agenda.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
re: The AFA has asked Pepsi to be neutral, neither supporting or promoting the homosexual agenda or lifestyle.
I’ve often wondered, does remaining neutral also mean not funding conservative agendas?
October 9th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Pepsi has “biz” in whatever Pepsi wants to do. It’s a private company, not a government entity. If people don’t like it, they can boycott.
For what it’s worth, HRC is a totally impotent, fair-weather institution that won’t enact anything real on the federal level. This stuff is happening state-by-state, with little to no help from HRC.
Also, Family Guy rules.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Jeezus…froots with bad teeth. Boggles the mind.
Actually, they prefer Coke bottles, must be the shape. We had one in the OR the other day that had a Coke bottle shoved so far up his a$$ we had to put him to sleep to get it out.
October 10th, 2009 at 2:37 am
gays must be the new pepsi generation
October 10th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Maybe they should get rid of the Obama logo on their cans and replace it with a gerbil.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Can someone tell me how Pepsi’s (or Ford, or MeDonald’s, or Disney’s) support of equality can legitimize boycotts, but boycotting businesses that suported Prop 8 was something wrong and had to be suppressed? Same for the oppressive, anti-rights signators in Washington state’s ballot.
October 10th, 2009 at 7:32 am
sounds like a public relations disaster really. I wonder who in the executive suites made that decision and sold it to management? it would be interesting to know.
October 12th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Well, I see that both of my questions got the answer I expected, that is to say NONE.
October 18th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
“Can someone tell me how Pepsi’s (or Ford, or MeDonald’s, or Disney’s) support of equality can legitimize boycotts, but boycotting businesses that suported Prop 8 was something wrong and had to be suppressed? Same for the oppressive, anti-rights signators in Washington state’s ballot.”
Agreed!
It’s unfortunate to see just how incredibly prejudiced people can be. It’s really quite sad to see people boycotting things like this.
“There are billions in corporate dollars that go to groups such as Human Rights Campaign every year from a multitude of corporations.”
I’m glad to see Pepsi is doing a bit to help out this current human rights campaign.