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Birdpreacher
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Its funny til you realize that the majority of young republicans support gay marriage
List:Boycott companies after Same Sex Marriage Court Decision
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Digosisenor
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Pharisee ~ (A) ~ one of a group of Jews who thought that they kept all God’s rules. They did not like the things that Jesus taught. They thought that they did not do any wrong things. So, they thought that they were very important and clever.
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Horton
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Done deal! I think boycotting Democrats is a fabulous idea:extrahappy:
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jediliz
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Bradski
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Likewise a majority of Catholics have no problem with it. Why don’t you boycott…oh, hang on…that wouldn’t work…
What happens when you go out shopping?
‘This is just the shirt I was looking for. Could you tell me how much and whether your shop supports SSM?’
‘Hi, my brakes need fixing. But before you do them, could you tell me if your auto shop supports SSM?’
‘You’re going to need a filling there, Birdy’
‘Well, let’s discuss your position on the recent Supreme Court first’.
‘Two beers thank. Assuming, of course, that this establishment does not support SSM’.
‘Excuse me waiter. Could you tell me if the constituent parts of this excellent looking pizza were obtained from companies that do not support SSM?’
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mikekle
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Yes, but that is ONLY because they dont want to offend ANYONE, they couldnt care less what type of person you are, as long as you spend your money with them, thats all they care about…GREED. They basically have no beliefs, morals, standards, in other words, they are ‘for sale’. Point is, as long as its popular, these companies will support anything and everything, but they will VERY carefully word official statements, so they never even risk offending the opposing side.
I saw this first hand years ago when I was a manager at a pizza place, a man had rented the store front next to ours, he was planning to open a porn video rental shop, of course the media was all over, since this was to be first of its kind in the city, our chain CEO told us if asked by media, we are to say ‘no comment’, he said “we dont want to offend anyone, we want the business of porn video renters and the christians opposing it”…Geez, could a person get any lower? LOL
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Larry1700
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Haha! I feel your pain! I drink 3 cans/day (Coke with Splenda).
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Larry1700
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Amazon would be extremely difficult for me to boycott. I don’t know of any viable alternatives. Same with Microsoft and Apple.
I’ll probably try buying from Walmart now. However, I’ve been meaning to send them an “hypocrisy-gram” about their removal of Confederate items, while leaving items related to Che Guevara and Louis Farrakhan.
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Yeoman
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It may be just me, but how about boycotting the supporters of this outrage directly?
Anthony Kennedy is a Catholic. Tomorrow he’ll be presumably at Mass. Perhaps the pew row he sits in should get up and move back a few rows so they don’t have to shake his hand.
Heck, maybe its time that his Parish Priest pulls him aside and ask him if he’s repented of his strike against Christian morality. If not, why should he receive communion?
Sounds harsh, I know, but we’ve tolerated this betrayal of our ideals from our co-religious since at least the early 1960s. Enough is enough. No reason to shake the hands of Kennedy’s at Mass, and he and his fellows ought to receive a direct blistering from the ambo tomorrow. If they don’t, why not? Hoping for better from Catholic judges and politicians who ignore their faith hasn’t worked so far, and it’s not going to.
And if you are a lawyer (and I am), ignore the decision. There’s no obligation to follow the “law of the land” if its immoral. I’m not acknowledging that these marriages are anything but a fraud victimizing the people who contract them, and nobody else, including jurists, should bother to either. Easy for me, of course, as I’m not a judge, but I’m pretty darned vocal, and I can at least do that.
Anthony Kennedy is a Catholic. Tomorrow he’ll be presumably at Mass. Perhaps the pew row he sits in should get up and move back a few rows so they don’t have to shake his hand.
Heck, maybe its time that his Parish Priest pulls him aside and ask him if he’s repented of his strike against Christian morality. If not, why should he receive communion?
Sounds harsh, I know, but we’ve tolerated this betrayal of our ideals from our co-religious since at least the early 1960s. Enough is enough. No reason to shake the hands of Kennedy’s at Mass, and he and his fellows ought to receive a direct blistering from the ambo tomorrow. If they don’t, why not? Hoping for better from Catholic judges and politicians who ignore their faith hasn’t worked so far, and it’s not going to.
And if you are a lawyer (and I am), ignore the decision. There’s no obligation to follow the “law of the land” if its immoral. I’m not acknowledging that these marriages are anything but a fraud victimizing the people who contract them, and nobody else, including jurists, should bother to either. Easy for me, of course, as I’m not a judge, but I’m pretty darned vocal, and I can at least do that.
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Bradski
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Maybe you could take a moment to let us know the basis for this rather bizarre claim. And while you are at it, could you tell us who, in your opinion, decides if something is moral in any case.
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David_Goliath
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At least one major pharmaceutical/medical technology companies support SSM (as do I, another issue): Pfizer. They produce numerous medications and medical devices that your doctors use. They produce even more with combined with other companies. I know because at least part of my career is scientific research and writing for Pfizer and associated medical technology groups.
Will you boycott them?
Move to Russia. Some CAF Catholics adore Putin.
Make a time machine back to the dinosaur ages.
Oh. Some of you are dinosaurs.
Will you boycott them?
Move to Russia. Some CAF Catholics adore Putin.
Make a time machine back to the dinosaur ages.
Oh. Some of you are dinosaurs.
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Larry1700
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RRROOOAAARRRR!!!
Hey, not all progress is good. Have you heard Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, and other high-tech folks express concerns about The Singularity?
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ThinkingSapien
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Uhm, this would be a very difficult boycott for someone to execute. It appears the the list of 379 alone covers a wide range of products and services that I’m sure everyone here is using. Microsoft, Google, and Apple made the list. So chances are if you have a smart phone or a computer you are using their products without good alternatives. There’s a good bit of entanglement between those companies too from previous and continued relationships.
If you want to execute a boycott there may be some impact analysis and strategy to consider first to see how effective targeting specific companies will be and getting to what ever the desired outcome is.
Some of these companies make the parts or provide the services that are used in delivering other products and services to people. G.E. would be a hard one to avoid. They make both finished products and components. Their reach goes from simple components and products (light bulbs and phones) up to much bigger and more complex machines (medical scanners such as radiology devices, jet engines, and a lot more). How would you boycott G.E. but still ride on planes powered by G.E. engines or get medical services with equipment made by G.E.? How would you know whether or not a product or service you purchase involved G.E.?The only way you are going to have a successful boycott is if you target one or two companies and get many people to boycott them all at once. Your best bet would be to target a smaller company. Of course, you have to target ones you actually visit.For instance, if you don’t buy from General Electric and you boycott them, you haven’t achieved nothing.
If you want to execute a boycott there may be some impact analysis and strategy to consider first to see how effective targeting specific companies will be and getting to what ever the desired outcome is.
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David_Goliath
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Not all of Judaism or even most American Jews (even “religious” one).
Just saying.
If anything, Jews are probably the most supportive (legally, at least) percentage wise.
ManyJews also have special admiration of the ACLU and likewise groups even though we do not agree with absolutely everything about them.
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ThinkingSapien
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I attended the service at the synagogue in Atlanta. There, that synagogue made an emphasis on social justice. Among other things, they mentioned that one of their goals wish to achieve equal rights for homosexuals.
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David_Goliath
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Social justice is very important in Judaism; it is part of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world). A certain Torah passages states “Justice, justice you shall pursue”.
In my opinion, the Catholic Church has several marks against it with regards to social justice. Numerous Papal Bulls mandated the humiliating treatment of Jews and other minority groups, such as forcing them to wear badges and forcing them into ghettos (sound familiar?). Of course, the Catholic apologist will only say “well those were not ex-cathedra infallible actions”. Whatever. It seems like every Catholic response to every “mistake” of the Church is that “it wasn’t infallible”.
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Tiago_Paolini
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So far the so-called progressive side has shown that they are more than willing to put out of business and ostracize everyone who disagrees with them, and they have no qualms with that. By now it should be clear that their position cannot be swayed by reason.
So, in order to protect religious freedom and conservatives in general, I do think that it is necessary to fight back at them and get them out of business and of any position of power. This case qualifies as both self-defense and righteous anger.
So, in order to protect religious freedom and conservatives in general, I do think that it is necessary to fight back at them and get them out of business and of any position of power. This case qualifies as both self-defense and righteous anger.
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captainrick
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I don’t plan to boycott anything, but I’m not going to stoop low enough to insult those who disagree with me.
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pnewton
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CHobani yogurt. I swore off ever eating their product again, and it was my wife’s favorite.
I really think organized boycotts are overdone. About the best one can do is avoid those which are the most offensive. It only takes a few market shares to make marketing departments reconsider their strategy. I also think it good to weigh reasonably successful campaigns versus futile efforts. Target and Amazon? Really?
I really think organized boycotts are overdone. About the best one can do is avoid those which are the most offensive. It only takes a few market shares to make marketing departments reconsider their strategy. I also think it good to weigh reasonably successful campaigns versus futile efforts. Target and Amazon? Really?
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utah_rose
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This is why I quit Facebook several months ago. Ever time a state ok’d same sex marriage or a company did, I’d get all kinds of comments lauding it. And if you comment negatively you’ll get all kinds of hate coo nets and accusations of bigotry. It was getting to be an occasion of sin for me (because I’d get so angry) so I just quit it entirely.
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