Starbucks stuck its neck out to publicly support the right of all people to marry, regardless of the gender of their partner. Now it is under attack by the ironically-named, ultra-conservative "National Organization for Marriage." Already over 15,000 NOM members have pledged to boycott Starbucks. Let's blow the right wing out of the water -- join me in signing a giant Thank You card to Starbucks. Over 150,000 consumers have already signed the card. If we get to 200,000, SumOfUs.org members will deliver it to Starbucks executives in person -- they'll even wear giant Starbucks cup costumes! -- to give them moral support to keep standing up for equality. NOM is targeting Starbucks because the company recently stood up publicly to support gay marriage legislation in their home state of Washington. When it passed, the bill's lead sponsor said that support from business convinced moderate legislators to vote for it. Without support from companies like Starbucks, the gay marriage law might have failed. Now, if Starbucks backtracks because of opposition, then it will set the gay rights struggle back to a time when big corporations couldn't come out and support gay people for fear of public backlash. Even worse, it will embolden anti-gay activists to target other companies that support gay rights, and serve as a lesson to other companies to stay out of the fight for equal rights entirely. Let's show that supporting equal rights is good business: Click here to add your name to SumOfUs's giant thank you card. Thanks! ********** More Information: Starbucks' statement in support of gay marriage The Montreal Gazette, Business playing key role in U.S. drive for gay marriage, 22 March 2012 SumOfUs is a world-wide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy. You can follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook.
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