Kraft attacked for backing Gay Games

[tuvor]

Kraft Foods came under attack this week by the American Family Association, a Mississippi-based anti-gay group, which urges the food maker to drop its corporate sponsorship of the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago.

Kraft, headquartered in suburban Chicago, is a business sponsor of the Gay Games and will also sponsor the swimming events.

In an e-mail sent Monday, AFA encouraged its 500,000 members to make a personal call to Kraft and "tell them to pull their financial support from the 2006 Gay Games." The group is not, however, calling for an official boycott of Kraft or other corporate sponsors, according to Kathryn Hooks, AFA's director of media.

"We believe many of Kraft's customers would be offended to know a portion of their finances from Kraft purchases is being used to support something they oppose, and we also believe Kraft corporation would want to hear from its customers," Hooks said.

http://www.gay.com/news/election/article.html?2005/05/12/1

[Joey Liberal]

1. Isn't the AFA Rev. Dobson's wacko group?

Aren't they the ones who complained about Sponge Bob? What idiots they are.

[pstokely]

14. no, AFA is Don Wildmon's group

[darkism]

2. "a Mississippi-based anti-gay group"

The fact that people form GROUPS specifically dedicated to homophobia...is really sad.

[Book Lover]

3. Just wrote Kraft an email

thanking them for their support for the Games. Thanks for posting this.

[tuvor]

10. Found it on BuzzFlash. n/t

[enigmatic]

4. What freakin' asshats

I never liked Kraft, but now I'll jhave to go out and buy some cheese to support them..

[tuvor]

11. Too bad Cheez Whiz is high in carbs, or I'd buy some of that myself.

I loooooves my Cheez Whiz. :(

[enigmatic]

15. You're doing the low-carb thing, too?

I've lost about 20 pounds since I've been on it, but man, I have to break down everytime I pass Tim Hortons..

[tuvor]

16. My second time on it. Works for me.

I find I don't miss the starchy stuff, nor the fast food.

Okay, I *do* get a bit weak around the smell of french-fry oil.

[Wizard777]

5. That's Cheezy! n/t

[kcass1954]

6. Well..........

I'm a Kraft customer, and I'd be offended if they were closed-minded and backed out of their support of the games.

Just sent them an email stating my support!

[HeeBGBz]

7. There's a company I can endorse

More cheese please!

[CornField]

8. Earlier in the week, I encouraged the Gay Games to sue AFA

for use of their logo without permission.

[ConfuZed]

9. Can anyone post the contact info for krafts so we can show them OUR...

support?

[Book Lover]

12. A few links

The sponsor page for the Games, in case you want to thank a few others
http://www.gaygameschicago.org/sponsors/home.php

Kraft's feedback page
http://kraft.com/contact/template.aspx?m=contact_us

[tuvor]

13. I imagine they have a corporate website that shouldn't be hard to find.

By golly, I was right.

http://www.kraft.com/newsroom/media.html

http://www.kraft.com/contactus/template.aspx?m=cu_form1

[Terran]

17. You know, this is pure hate right here.

Being gay myself, I can almost understand why there are so many people who oppose gay marriage, or gay people adopting kids, or even gay people teaching kids. Somewhere in those arguments is at least the possibility of some shred of actual concern about something legitimate. But this...this is just bald-faced triflin' nothing-else-to-do-so-let's-go-fuck-with-somebody hate. I mean, we're talking about the Gay Games here. It's goddamned sports, for god's sake. How can anyone actually convince themselves that there's anything to be worried about if several thousand gay people get together and watch each other run around a track and pole vault? What is it that the AFA "opposes" here? Surely not some good clean sporting fun? So what else could it be? Oh, oops: it's gay people themselves...our VERY FUCKING EXISTENCE.

These bastards are going to hell. Whether in this world or the next, they'll pay. God does not like ugly.

[Flying Dream Blues]

18. That is an excellent, if sad, analysis.

And I agree with you totally, they will pay.