Heh heh, you said "pulled out," heh heh.

[captainsblog]

I think I'm gonna get a box of Timbits for the office tomorrow:

 After outrage that Canadian coffee and bakeshop Tim Hortons was slated to sponsor a "traditional marriage" event by the National Organization for Marriage, the company has pulled out of the deal.

In a statement issued on Monday, the company said that it sponsors local events "thousands of times a year across Canada and the United States." However, its sponsorship policy bars them from supporting "religious groups, political affiliates, or lobby groups," therefore the NOM event would fall outside of company guidelines.

Christopher Plante of the National Organization for Marriage in Rhode Island told The Advocate on Monday that his organization is accepting the pullout with a heavy heart.

"It's stressful, it's sorrowful, it's saddening," Plante said. "The marriage equality folks are making this a boycott threat. That's sad. It has become our job now to remind Rhode Islanders that this is what's to come." Plante added that the event is apolitical, saying, "It's held by an organization that, whatever you think of our politics, is not religious, we accept folks of all faiths and of no faith."

Don't worry, though, bigots. You can still order some Krispy Kremes on the way to Rhode Island, after the Saturday night Klan rally and Sunday morning Fred Phelps church service.

Comments

[ellettra.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

Timbits - The Metric Equivilent Of Munchkins

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

I like it that they actually call their opposition (us) "marriage equality folks", thus admitting that they're against equality. Truth in oppression!