Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Hey, NOM, Send That Letter to Chick-fil-a, Too

Always a neutral organization which wants to keep corporations from forcing their views on their employees and customers whose positions on same-sex marriage vary, NOM sent a letter to corporations in Minnesota requesting just that:

As a cultural matter that has little to do with your corporate mission to serve customers, earn profits, and provide good jobs for the people of Minnesota we would request that _____ adopt a neutral stance on the Minnesota marriage amendment. We do not request that you endorse our efforts to protect the age-old definition of what is a marriage, but only that you stay neutral and respect the conscience rights of your customers and employees who are on both sides of the issue. [...]Wading into a culture war over an issue where _____ has no business interest is to invite public backlash, much like what Starbucks is experiencing in the DumpStarbucks.com campaign, with little upside.


No kiddin'. How about you send that letter to Chick-fil-a, a company that has already spent millions of dollars intruding on the same-sex marriage debate, including funding NOM? Tell those corporate tyrants to stop forcing their employees and customers to support a position with which they might disagree.

Yeah, right. As ZJ on freethoughtblogs pointed out, NOM is only selectively neutral, citing their statement on a partnership with Jitters & Bliss Coffee:

This week we are proud to roll out Jitters and Bliss Coffee as a provider of excellent coffee that can be brewed with a clean conscience any time you want at home, at the office or at your church. [...]During the month of July Jitters and Bliss is offering a 5% discount to every customer who enters the promotional code “marriage”. A small portion of each purchase made also goes to support the National Organization for Marriage as we work to educate people and corporations on the importance of marriage to our society.


You gotta wonder if the NOM people just ignore notions of honesty and integrity, or if they just don't care.

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