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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Nation: The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day
The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day
on August 4, 2012 - 12:40 PM ET
With Chick-fil-A announcing record profits following Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, a fake holiday created by conservative pundits to support the controversial fast-food chain, angry liberals are setting out to respond in kind. August 7, if this Facebook event from gay rights organization Equally Wed is to be believed, is now National Marriage Equality Day, also known as National Starbucks Appreciation Day. The goal, Kirsten Palladino of Equally Wed wrote in the Huffington Post, is simple: Lets affirm a business that operates on moral principles and whose executives are willing to take a stand for human dignity and upstanding values, the same that we advocate by simply showing up, drinking and eating at Starbucks on Tuesday, August 7. While I support the right of gays and lesbians to marry about as much as anyone who is not gay can, I dont think Ill be joining Palladino and her friends at Starbucks on Tuesday.
Im not sure how we got to a place in which its considered a political act to buy fast food, but here we are. For the conservatives, it was fried-chicken sandwiches, and now, for the liberals turn, we get hastily prepared Frappuccinos. It would be one thing if Starbucks was working in conjunction with Equally Wed. If the coffee giant was giving some of the proceeds from National Marriage Equality Day to any of the very worthy nonprofits working to make same-sex marriage in America legal, Id be the first one in line on August 7. As it stands, however, Starbucks has yet to make a peep about Starbucks Appreciation Day. Rather, the day is a response to Starbucks corporate offices proclaiming in March of this year that it supports marriage equality in the companys home state of Washington. Good for Starbucks, but what has it done for me lately? Specifically, is it ready to put its money where its mouth is on August 7?
To be sure, anyone who supports gay rights should say kudos to Starbucks for sacrificing customers by coming out in support of marriage equality (the National Organization for Marriage, of course, has already called for a boycott). But unless Starbucks is going to donate a large percentage of the largesse it gets on August 7 to gay rights causes, why should liberals feel obligated to give their money to a giant corporation? In what way is further enriching a giant food and beverage manufacturer a statement on same-sex marriage? ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/169237/glaring-problem-national-starbucks-appreciation-day
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The Nation: The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2012
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xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. Du rec. Nt
d_r
(6,907 posts)2. if you had to support a corporation
I'd go with Ben and Jerry's.
msongs
(67,441 posts)3. Starbucks has NOTHING To do with this PR stunt and should detach and stay that way nt