Starbucks issues ultimatum: People who believe in traditional marriage not welcomed as customers
From Natural News (I had to make sure this was not a hoax report, and it is not)
Slowly but surely, traditional American culture and values are being swept away by liberal, progressive activists and culture warriors who actively encourage a break from our past, even if they don't say so directly.
The latest example of this dramatic cultural shift comes from coffee icon Starbucks, whose CEO and founder recently told customers and shareholders who happen to believe in the historical nature of marriage as a construct between one man and one woman to stay out of his stores.
At the company's annual meeting in Seattle recently, CEO/founder Howard Schultz was challenged by a shareholder who questioned his well-publicized position of supporting gay marriage and last year's support of a referendum in Washington state backing same-sex marriages. Schultz's position led to calls to boycott Starbucks from the National Organization for Marriage, and the shareholder explained that led to lower-than-expected earnings.
No tolerance for traditional points of view
"In the first full quarter after this boycott was announced, our sales and our earnings, shall we say politely, were a bit disappointing," said the shareholder, Tom Strobhar, whom the Huffington Post identified as the founder of the anti-gay marriage group Corporate Morality Action Center.
The criticism did not seem to affect Schultz.
"Not every decision is an economic decision. Despite the fact that you recite statistics that are narrow in time, we did provide a 38 percent shareholder return over the last year," he said, according to a video of his response posted here. The original report (which has more in it) is HERE
http://www.naturalnews.com/051205_Starbucks_gay_marriage_Howard_Schultz.html
My comment: I have not been to Starbucks for about six months now, and do not need to return. Oh, dear Schultz: If I need Wifi in an emergency and the only way is a Starbucks I come across, I will have no qualms about playing the bum, will dig the trash, find a receipt with the latest password and let you keep the daily brew, if I am not a welcomed customer it just means WIFI IS FREE!
From Natural News (I had to make sure this was not a hoax report, and it is not)
Slowly but surely, traditional American culture and values are being swept away by liberal, progressive activists and culture warriors who actively encourage a break from our past, even if they don't say so directly.
The latest example of this dramatic cultural shift comes from coffee icon Starbucks, whose CEO and founder recently told customers and shareholders who happen to believe in the historical nature of marriage as a construct between one man and one woman to stay out of his stores.
At the company's annual meeting in Seattle recently, CEO/founder Howard Schultz was challenged by a shareholder who questioned his well-publicized position of supporting gay marriage and last year's support of a referendum in Washington state backing same-sex marriages. Schultz's position led to calls to boycott Starbucks from the National Organization for Marriage, and the shareholder explained that led to lower-than-expected earnings.
No tolerance for traditional points of view
"In the first full quarter after this boycott was announced, our sales and our earnings, shall we say politely, were a bit disappointing," said the shareholder, Tom Strobhar, whom the Huffington Post identified as the founder of the anti-gay marriage group Corporate Morality Action Center.
The criticism did not seem to affect Schultz.
"Not every decision is an economic decision. Despite the fact that you recite statistics that are narrow in time, we did provide a 38 percent shareholder return over the last year," he said, according to a video of his response posted here. The original report (which has more in it) is HERE
http://www.naturalnews.com/051205_Starbucks_gay_marriage_Howard_Schultz.html
My comment: I have not been to Starbucks for about six months now, and do not need to return. Oh, dear Schultz: If I need Wifi in an emergency and the only way is a Starbucks I come across, I will have no qualms about playing the bum, will dig the trash, find a receipt with the latest password and let you keep the daily brew, if I am not a welcomed customer it just means WIFI IS FREE!