Burger King sells gay pride Whopper

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This is the same Burger King that several years ago had a national TV ad featuring that weird plastic “Burger King” guy measuring scantily clad women’s posteriors as “I Like Square Butts” played in the background. And this was an ad for kids meals! I haven’t been in a BK since.

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gianfranco said:
What bothers me is that there are no special flags flown or special Whoppers made for other marginalized people (the poor, the deaf, the autistic).
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Perhaps you can work with a local organization and arrange for a Burger King franchise to do something similar?
 
Coatimundi said:
Perhaps you can work with a local organization and arrange for a Burger King franchise to do something similar?
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They wouldn’t be interested. We know that mainstream media and political pundits and corporations have jumped on the rainbow agenda because it really isn’t just for the 2%; it is for an agenda which affects all. No one would be interested in flying flags for these other minorities. There is no corporate agenda behind it.
 
gianfranco said:
They wouldn’t be interested. We know that mainstream media and political pundits and corporations have jumped on the rainbow agenda because it really isn’t just for the 2%; it is for an agenda which affects all. No one would be interested in flying flags for these other minorities. There is no corporate agenda behind it.
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Perhaps it is different in the US, but in Australia a lot of minorities, especially those associated with disease or disabilities have marketing campaigns that focus on them.

Whether it is by a charity endorsing a product because they get something from every sale or through their own campaigns where they solicit donations, or sell overpriced items liked $5 pens for the cause.

I find it hard to believe that doesn’t happen in other western countries.
 
CatholicSheila said:
Perhaps it is different in the US, but in Australia a lot of minorities, especially those associated with disease or disabilities have marketing campaigns that focus on them.

Whether it is by a charity endorsing a product because they get something from every sale or through their own campaigns where they solicit donations, or sell overpriced items liked $5 pens for the cause.

I find it hard to believe that doesn’t happen in other western countries.
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There is a big difference between a business or corporation participating in a marketing campaign for some cause, and businesses participating in the leftist social agenda which seeks to marginalize or destroy traditional institutions such as marriage and the Church.

Coming soon to a corporation near you:

washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/3/chase-bank-surveys-workers-see-if-theyre-ally-lgbt/

Ishii
 
ishii said:
There is a big difference between a business or corporation participating in a marketing campaign for some cause, and businesses participating in the leftist social agenda which seeks to marginalize or destroy traditional institutions such as marriage and the Church.

Coming soon to a corporation near you:

washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/3/chase-bank-surveys-workers-see-if-theyre-ally-lgbt/

Ishii
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Because the slogan “we’re all the same inside” and raising money for gay and lesbian kids to be able to afford college is a “leftist social agenda” seeking to “marginalize or destroy traditional institutions such as marriage and the Church.”

Or, you know, it could be what it is in reality, which is actually a marketing campaign completely, 100% in line with Church teaching. I will find it interesting how you explain how a marketing campaign consistent with Church teaching is destroying the Church, Ishii.
 
ishii said:
There is a big difference between a business or corporation participating in a marketing campaign for some cause, and businesses participating in the leftist social agenda which seeks to marginalize or destroy traditional institutions such as marriage and the Church.
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No. There isn’t. BK isn’t even Catholic for crying out loud.
 
gianfranco said:
They wouldn’t be interested. We know that mainstream media and political pundits and corporations have jumped on the rainbow agenda because it really isn’t just for the 2%; it is for an agenda which affects all. No one would be interested in flying flags for these other minorities. There is no corporate agenda behind it.
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That’s funny. In my country, I’ve seen McDonald’s representing its own charity. 🤷

Honestly, unless you run one yourself, people shouldn’t be quick to judge corporations for jumping on bandwagons.
 
Morwenna said:
They are indeed! :yup:

Have one for me, too, mexolic; it’s been 8 months since my last one 😦
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My favorite, In N Out burger.

Too bad I can’t find it in my neck of the woods.

What exactly is wrong with the Burger King message? I think it is true.
 
Prodigal_Son said:
This commitment gets pretty darn theoretical in some cases. :rolleyes:

A hint for the slow of learning:

(1) Gays and lesbians are everywhere. You can never assume one isn’t in front of you.

Thus

(2) Speaking the truth about homosexuality must ALWAYS be done with consideration of the feelings of gay people.

(3) Speaking the truth plainly isn’t always speaking the truth lovingly. If it was, the qualifier “in love” would be redundant.

(4) When in doubt, be quiet. Saying a clever and incisive thing often only makes our egos grow, and those around us hurt. Evangelism is best done in the context of close friendships.

(5) There are times when the truth must be spoken courageously and well. These are times when we pray that the Holy Spirit guide us to speak lovingly and compassionately, even as we are as accurate as we can be. See Archbishop Cordileone’s recent speech for pointers on this.
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Another thing to keep in mind,

Individual gay person does not equate to gay activist/gay agenda
 
livingwordunity said:
Is it not true that the “Gay Pride” movement calls Christians hateful bigots for not agreeing with homosexual behavior? All of the law suits by gay activists against Christians and protests at the Vatican had me assuming that they don’t like us.
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“They” want it “Their” way and they don’t care what they have to do to get it! They have to force “Their” way on our whole society till we all learn to love them for it. I don’t recall adulterers ever doing all that, Or thieves, or cheats or liars. We may all have similar internals but we far from being the same morally. Do you ever stop to think just what they do!!!
Burger King is out to make money by pandering everyone they can and they are in a city to do so there. St. Francis, please help us rebuild our Church in America and our Society. God Bless. Memaw
 
Lost_Wanderer said:
That’s funny. In my country, I’ve seen McDonald’s representing its own charity. 🤷

Honestly, unless you run one yourself, people shouldn’t be quick to judge corporations for jumping on bandwagons.
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I’m not saying that American corporations don’t represent other minorities or charities. I’m saying that the manner in which they do so with the Rainbow agenda is more vast, more slick, more media-hyped. And we know why.
 
CatholicSheila said:
Perhaps it is different in the US, but in Australia a lot of minorities, especially those associated with disease or disabilities have marketing campaigns that focus on them.

Whether it is by a charity endorsing a product because they get something from every sale or through their own campaigns where they solicit donations, or sell overpriced items liked $5 pens for the cause.

I find it hard to believe that doesn’t happen in other western countries.
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Of course in the U.S. there are corporate sponsorships of other minority campaigns. But it is not done in so commercial and open a way. Do you have huge Pride parades for the disabled? Special flags for them flown over government buildings? :eek: ( of course Burger King is not responsible for this: But it is the bandwagon I spoke about them jumping on.)
 
gianfranco said:
Of course in the U.S. there are corporate sponsorships of other minority campaigns. But it is not done in so commercial and open a way. Do you have huge Pride parades for the disabled? Special flags for them flown over government buildings? :eek:
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We don’t fly flags for the LGBT community over our government buildings so that we don’t do it for other minorities in rather irrelevant. Nor have I ever seen a marketing campaign that relates in any way to the LGBT community, except where it is by a business that caters specifically to said community.

What I do see is marketing campaigns for other minorities which are very much commercialized - they wouldn’t be effective if they weren’t. Nor have I ever seen a marketing campaign that relates in any way to the LGBT community, except where it is by a business that caters specifically to said community. Admittedly, many of the rights the LGBT community are still fighting for in the US have already been granted here. We’re only waiting on gay marriage, so a marketing campaign isn’t really necessary.

(Although I am embarrassed to admit my state government has recently restricted access to IVF for homosexuals. Perhaps we do need a marketing campaign for LGBT rights after all).
 
CatholicSheila said:
We don’t fly flags for the LGBT community over our government buildings so that we don’t do it for other minorities in rather irrelevant. Nor have I ever seen a marketing campaign that relates in any way to the LGBT community, except where it is by a business that caters specifically to said community.

What I do see is marketing campaigns for other minorities which are very much commercialized - they wouldn’t be effective if they weren’t. Nor have I ever seen a marketing campaign that relates in any way to the LGBT community, except where it is by a business that caters specifically to said community. Admittedly, many of the rights the LGBT community are still fighting for in the US have already been granted here. We’re only waiting on gay marriage, so a marketing campaign isn’t really necessary.

(Although I am embarrassed to admit my state government has recently restricted access to IVF for homosexuals. Perhaps we do need a marketing campaign for LGBT rights after all).
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So you believe this is compatible with Catholic teaching?
 
SMGS127 said:
Because the slogan “we’re all the same inside” and raising money for gay and lesbian kids to be able to afford college is a “leftist social agenda” seeking to “marginalize or destroy traditional institutions such as marriage and the Church.”

Or, you know, it could be what it is in reality, which is actually a marketing campaign completely, 100% in line with Church teaching. I will find it interesting how you explain how a marketing campaign consistent with Church teaching is destroying the Church, Ishii.
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SMGS, you can’t see the forest because the trees are in the way. What you see as a harmless “gays are the same as everyone inside” campaign is just another example of a subtle, incremental effort to further breakdown any resistance to the gay agenda whose goals are to destroy traditional institutions. It is the proverbial frog in the kettle. Perhaps you could understand it this way - could the show Modern Family have happened in the 70’s or 80’s? No - it would have been too controversial. In the 70’s you had Jack Tripper pretending to be gay in order to co-habitate. Now we have “Modern Family.”

In the 90’s you had Ellen DeGeneres kissing a woman on national television and later Brokeback mountain. Can you imagine a talk show host doing that 30 years ago?

Can you imagine Ellen, Brokeback Mountain, Modern Family, etc. happening in the 70’s and 80’s? Of course not. Can you imagine courts forcing states to accept legal gay marriage in the 70’s & 80’s? Of course not. Can you imagine a president embracing gay rights? Not until Obama. Thus it has been a slow, methodical, incremental breaking down of resistance to acceptance of gays and the gay lifestyle. The pace is quickening now:

“For decades, liberals - aided and abetted by the popular culture - have been bringing homosexuality into the mainstream. It is slowly being promoted in public schools and constantly being glamorized in television shows and movies. The more the homosexual agenda is spread, the more militant its advocates become. They no longer want toleration. They seek full social acceptance. Once marriage falls, only one institution will be left standing in their way: traditional Christianity.* The ultimate aim of the radical left has been to destroy religion - especially Western Christendom. Once a religion dies, so does the culture and civilization it spawned**. America is at a crossroads, enmeshed in a cultural war with homosexual advocates like Mr. Obama who are determined to strike at the very nexus of our civilization*.” (my bold italics)

washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/10/obamas-homosexual-america-833943949/

These campaigns are part of a larger agenda, SMGS. It is an agenda that is masquerading as “tolerance” but is ultimately aimed at destroying the Church.

Open your eyes.
 
ishii said:
These campaigns are part of a larger agenda, SMGS. It is an agenda that is masquerading as “tolerance” but is ultimately aimed at destroying the Church.

Open your eyes.
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Exactly, and I am growing impatient with those who refuse to see it as such. It is irresponsible. And it is not only aimed at destroying the Church, but family and the social order as well.
 
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