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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:25 PM
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WooHoo! Buy Pepsi!
I got this as an email; don't know how to link to it.

A message from the American Fascist Family Association (Wild Don Wildmon's pack of fundie crazies):

January 8, 2009


Dear <<Jackpine>>

PepsiCo gives $1,000,000 to help promote the gay agenda

Company forces employees to attend sexual orientation classes

PepsiCo has refused a request by AFA to remain neutral in the culture war. The company indicated that it will continue major financial support of homosexual organizations. AFA wrote Pepsi two times (on October 14 and October 29) requesting a meeting to discuss Pepsi’s neutrality in the culture war.

On November 17, AFA received a condescending letter (dated Nov. 7) from Paul Boykas, director, public policy, in which he refused to address Pepsi’s support of the homosexual agenda.

In the last two years, Pepsi has given $500,000 to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and $500,000 to the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). The $1,000,000 was to be used to help promote homosexuality in the workplace. Pepsi refuses to give money to any pro-family organization that opposes the homosexual agenda. Plus, every homosexual organization we know of is overwhelmingly pro-abortion.

Both HRC and PFLAG supported efforts in California to defeat Proposition 8 which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. HRC, the homosexual group financially supported by Pepsi, gave $2.3 million to defeat Prop 8.

Pepsi forces all employees to attend sexual orientation and gender identity diversity training where they are taught to accept homosexuality.
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:28 PM
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1. I love this line
"Plus, every homosexual organization we know of is overwhelmingly pro-abortion."

Homosexual AND Abortion - LOL - they get all those emotional buzzwords in there to fire up the fundie nutcases.

Good for Pepsi!
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:52 PM
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16. they forgot to include the demoniacally possessed part. LOL
Edited on Thu Jan-08-09 03:53 PM by Javaman
does anyone really listen to them? or is it just a few really wealthy fundies that keep them going?
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:02 PM
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19. But, but, but
I thought gays and lesbians couldn't procreate but had to recruit. So, how come they have abortions? Do they do it for fun? Do the gays get abortions, too? How does that work?

:crazy: :sarcasm:
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:20 PM
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27. "So, how come they have abortions?"
you misunderstand. They don't have abortions, they run around finding straight women and force THEM to have abortions. Sounds crazy, but true. I accidently received a copy of the Gay Agenda :)
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-09-09 11:52 AM
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41. Shameless
Abortion envy, that's what it is.
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NOW tense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:28 PM
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2. Progressive Pepsi
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:29 PM
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3. always knew I liked pepsi best
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Tangerine LaBamba Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:30 PM
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4. This dedicated Diet Coke With Lime drinker
just cracked open a case of Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi, and that will be the drink in this home from now on.

Way to go, Pepsi!!

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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:30 PM
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5. I'm sipping on a diet pepsi as I type this. n/t
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:31 PM
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6. I like those 1-liter diet Pepsis - especially after a workout.
just bought a pile of them.
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:32 PM
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7. have a couple of 12 packs in the kitchen
And will definitely keep buying it now.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:33 PM
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8. "PepsiCo has refused a request by AFA to remain neutral in the culture war."
WTF!?

These AFA people really take themselves WAY too seriously!

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Romulox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:33 PM
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9. DP Max will be the death of me, but I do love it! nt
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:34 PM
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10. I'm not a big fan of Pepsi Cola, but they do make lots of other products:
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:22 PM
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29. Neither am I...
but Sierra Mist, and the new Sierra Mist Cranberry are to kill for.
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SmileyRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 05:46 PM
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35. Taco Bell, KFC, Tropicana, Quaker and FritoLay are all PepsiCo I do believe.
Edited on Thu Jan-08-09 05:48 PM by SmileyRose
Crack open a bowl of oatmeal for the gays. LOL :)
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 05:56 PM
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37. That's right! I thought they had food products, too.
There must be another website that is more comprehensive than the one I found.
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SmileyRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-09-09 10:16 AM
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39. Oops Taco Bell and KFC are Brand Inc. - see pepsico.com
eat some oats and OJ - feel good inside and out. :)
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cags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:38 PM
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11. Well Hell, My local grocery is running a buy 2 get 3 free promotion...Guess I'll go by more...LOL
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:39 PM
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13. bought one yesterday n/t
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:39 PM
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12. Diet Pepsi Jazz (in all three flavors) and Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi ROCK.
Now I have yet another good excuse to give less of my money to Coca-Cola.
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Terry in Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:40 PM
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14. Agendas
Now it's got me curious about what the heterosexual agenda is...

Anybody get the memo?



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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:04 PM
Response to Reply #14
22. Not sure
But I think it involves a lot of posturing and butt scratching.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:23 PM
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30. Not me...
As I said above, I accidently received a copy of the Gay Agenda.
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UP_4012 Donating Member (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 03:41 PM
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15. Wow, I guess I'll be buying more Mountain Dew!
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DebbieCDC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:00 PM
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17. Lifelong Pepsi drinker here and proud of it
Although at one brief time I worked for one of Coca-Cola's subsidiaries and had to keep my Pepsi addiction secret. Also use of blue binders in the offices was forbidden -- I am not joking -- because "blue is Pepsi; RED IS COCA-COLA".
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ForeignSpectator Donating Member (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:24 PM
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31. Politically too?
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:01 PM
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18. Fuck Pepsi and their 8 packs. nt
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:02 PM
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20. I refuse to buy Pepsi since they replaced 12 packs with 8 packs
I understand they've done a good thing here, but I refuse to let them jerk me around by trying to give a false impression their product's price hasnt increased by decreasing the size.
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:03 PM
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21. Always liked Pepsi better than Coke
Guess all my taste is NOT only in my mouth (as has been suggested by my mother a time or two).
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Cid_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:08 PM
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23. WTF is sexual orientation class?
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:09 PM
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24. I dunno but I assume it has something to do with moral compasses.
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Cid_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:36 PM
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32. Ugh.... more mandated classes that people only resent....
If you think that the vast majority of people in "sensitivity" courses are not internally sighing and heaving their shoulders...

Compassion cannot be taught. You either have it or you don't. If you don't you obtain it on your own not through 0900-1630 seminars with a latte break at 1500.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 05:39 PM
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33. I understand where you're coming from, but the opposite side of th coin
is that, while compassion may not be instantly teachable, it is still possible to let people know what sorts of behavior will and will not be tolerated. And, in the long run, there is some social-psych evidence that attitudes follow behaviors, even when the behaviors are required.
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:14 PM
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26. You know...
It teaches straight people how to be gay. :hide:
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Yes We Did Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:12 PM
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25. I always buy pepsi products.
Now I have another great reason.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 04:21 PM
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28. The only pepsi product...
I can stomach is Sierra Mist. Guess I will buy a 12 pack on the way home.
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SmileyRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 05:44 PM
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34. Pepsi is forcing workers to have homo sex at work? Kewl !!
the $1,000,000 was to be used to help promote homosexuality in the workplace.

Sounds like fun. :)
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 05:47 PM
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36. Well, I guess I might prefer to work for Coke then, but I'll still drink Pepsi
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-08-09 06:00 PM
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38. It's not enough to make me drink Pepsi
But I might start drinking Mountain Dew again if they took the high fructose corn poison out of it.

Maybe the religious reich should invest in the fucking corn lobby so that possibility is taken more seriously.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-09-09 10:29 AM
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40. Good for Pepsi!
I can't stomach anything that contains HFCS anymore,
but I'll gladly buy more Quaker Oatmeal.


:D :thumbsup:
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