I generally don’t engage in promoting boycotts based upon the politics or even social positions of various companies; except, of course, anything associated with the treasonous Jane Fonda.Having said that, I am now declaring that unless Miller Brewing Company withdraws its support of San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair (billed as the "world's largest leather event") I will never wet my palate with a Miller product again. This is not much of a sacrifice on a personal level because my beer of choice comes from Colorado. But, I will resist allowing any of the number of organizations I am involved to purchase Miller products for events, and I will decline the offer of any Miller product and explain my reasons to the generous host.
Miller is the major sponsor of the Folsom Street Fair, and I have written and asked that they withdraw their support. The following story explains my consternation.
California Taxpayers Subsidize Gay Mockery of Last Supper
Organizers of San Francisco’s hedonistic Folsom Street Fair -- sponsored by Miller Brewing, Co. -- have portrayed Christ and His disciples as half-naked homosexual sadomasochists in the event’s promotional advertisement. The bread and wine representing Christ’s broken body and lifegiving blood are replaced with sadomasochistic sex toys in this twisted version of Da Vinci’s The Last Supper.
Read the full story at Human Events.
UPDATE:
The media relations department at Miller Brewing Company has indicated that the company does not support the offensive poster (above) and that Miller has asked that their logo be removed from the poster immediately. This did not satisfy this consumer, so I submitted an email asking if Miller will remove its corporate funding of this offensive event. I'll keep OAF readers (all several of you) posted about any response I receive from Miller.
2 comments:
It's "palate," not "pallet," unless you're used to wetting a wooden platform with beer.
By the way, artists have been parodying the Last Supper in popular culture FOR YEARS. It's very common. If you're only outraged when gays do it, that would say something about your biases, I believe.
A sincere thank you for the correction on pallet vs. palate - I am humbly embarrassed, and I have fixed the error.
I don't care whether "artists" have been doing "parody" of the Last Supper for years or not, this particular poster is offensive and the fact (conceding the point) that others have done something similar does not make it any less offensive.
I view the poster to be an affront to Christianity, and I doubt that the poster was done by the promoters of the Folsom Street Fair without realizing the offensive nature of it. There is a difference between parody and provocation. I believe that the intent falls under the color of the latter and not the former.
I have no problem with homosexuals, but I do have a problem with promoting public sex acts and immoral behavior. The Folsom Street Fair promotes both; I could care less if the individuals involved are homosexual or heterosexual.
I did not call for government intervention or any type of censorship. I stated that my personal choice will be to no longer patronize Miller if that particular company chooses to be a corporate sponsor of such filth.
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