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Last Updated: Oct 31, 2008 |
Californians Against Hate will hold a mid-day demonstration tomorrow, Saturday, September 20th at 12:30 pm in front of the Ralphs Supermarket, 7257 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood (4 blocks west of LaBrea). The demonstration is to kick-off the campaign to ask consumers to "Don’t Buy Bolthouse" (Farms) fruit, vegetable and coffee drinks, carrots (they are the 2nd largest producer in the world) and Bolthouse Farms salad dressings.
William Bolthouse, Jr. contributed $100,000 to Protect Marriage / Yes on Proposition 8. His huge financial support was one of the main reasons that this constitutional initiative qualified for the November 4th ballot. His money helped enable the committee to hire hundreds of paid professional petition circulators to collect the signatures necessary to qualify this initiative for the November ballot. If passed on November 4th, Proposition 8 would eliminate same-sex marriage in California.
Today Fred Karger, Campaign Manager for Californians Against sent a letter to Bolthouse Farms Chairman, Andre Radandt (William Bolthouse’s son-in-law) in which he said;
"As of Saturday, September 20, 2008, we will embark on an effort to get the message out to the gay and lesbian community and our millions of friends, family members, neighbors and co-workers all over the United States to "Don't Buy Bolthouse."
There are many other juices, carrot brands, coffee drinks and salad dressings available without the Bolthouse name attached. Right next to the Bolthouse drinks you can choose from Odwalla, Purely Juice, Naked Natural Energy, Jamba and Evolution. Lots of options – just Don’t Buy Bolthouse.
We have set up a web site, too: www.dontbuybolthouse.com
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William Bolthouse’s $100,000 contribution is an insult to gay and lesbian Americans. Why should we spend our hard-earned money buying Bolthouse Farms’ products only to have it used against us?" concluded Karger.
© This Week In Texas
Comments
Brian Henley
25 Sep 2008, 16:11
I wish I was in California so that I could have participated in this
demonstration. Having been raised by fanatically Southern Baptist, I
attended a few demonstrations as a kid supporting their side (like
aggresive and extremelly rude anti-abortion rallies). It was not until I
was older and had left their extremelly biased home that I realized how far
off I was. The gay community needs to organize much more often to express
the financial power our community has and serve notice to these companies
that we will not allow such hatred to continue. Religious groups love a
boycott, so we should share that love.
Kelley Atteberry
22 Sep 2008, 08:37
I am appalled by Bolthouse Farms!! I am a HUGE consumer of their products.
No longer! I am sick of being stomped on and treated like a 2nd class
citizen while companies get away with all the hate they like. Meanwhile,
even the mention of a same sex partner in the work environment gets you
slapped with disciplinary actions by our companies that we work our asses
off for. This has just happened to me and I am pissed. After 22 years on
the job and this is the thanks I get!! On top of that they represented
themselves as gay friendly in this past Sunday's gay pride parade in
Dallas!!! Therefore, I did NOT attend my own peer groups parade because of
the blatant misrepresentation of this company!
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