Oreo's Gay Pride Cookie: Progressive or Inappropriate?
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2012/06/27 14:22:40
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Here's a new way to celebrate Gay Pride Month -- eat an Oreo cookie. Kraft Foods posted a rainbow-colored, gay pride-themed picture of an Oreo cookie on Facebook on Monday, with the text: "June 25 | Pride" and "Proudly support love!" And while 217,816 Facebook users had "liked" the post as of Wednesday morning, others are calling for a boycott, Reuters reports.
Among the 35,535 comments, one person wrote: "By (sic) Oreo. I'll do my business elsewhere!" Another commenter said: "thought Oreos were a family cookie." But fans wrote things like, "Very glad to support a company like Oreo that joins the campaign for civil rights!"
Basil Maglaris, Kraft's associate director of corporate affairs, told Reuters: "As a company, Kraft Foods has a proud history of celebrating diversity and inclusiveness. We feel the Oreo ad is a fun reflection of our values." But you can't buy this Oreo at your local grocery store. The fine print under the picture reads: "Made with creme colors that do not exist."
Among the 35,535 comments, one person wrote: "By (sic) Oreo. I'll do my business elsewhere!" Another commenter said: "thought Oreos were a family cookie." But fans wrote things like, "Very glad to support a company like Oreo that joins the campaign for civil rights!"
Basil Maglaris, Kraft's associate director of corporate affairs, told Reuters: "As a company, Kraft Foods has a proud history of celebrating diversity and inclusiveness. We feel the Oreo ad is a fun reflection of our values." But you can't buy this Oreo at your local grocery store. The fine print under the picture reads: "Made with creme colors that do not exist."
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+31I really do applaud Oreos, I really don't get why people are getting upset. Those who are gay have fought as much as other minorities and still getting bad-mouthed and treated unequally. The idea is brilliant, yet sadly, I wish I could eat one :3 Also even though Oreo's is a family treat, I think the knowledge of diverse people such as the lgbt that are in the world is great for everyone of age in the family to know cause we are all one and equal. Homosexuals are just as sexual as straights, so everyone needs to stop being ignorant.
But the reason why people go around saying that they have gay pride rather than straight pride is because there are gay people who are NOT proud of being gay. I've said this to many other people on here who also wanted a heterosexual cookie. Claiming that you have gay pride is a way to show others that it's okay to be gay! For example, those who've committed suicide because of it. Those who were disowned by family, friends, etc. Those who were told that they were condemned. Since straight people don't have those problem (well, not solely because of their sexual orientation), why claim that they have straight pride? Until sexual orientation is treated and accepted equally, the pride stance will not be equal.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
So, this Bible verse is stupid to you? What does the end of verse 9 say? God says practicing homosexual's won't go to Heaven, and you want children to learn that being gay is right and not go to Heaven? ...
Chose the narrow path, this broad road you're on isn't leading you to good things. Take that as a friendly warning.
She must be right.
One World! One Love!
Good luck with that, Dry Humper.
In that case, go have a conversation with your mother. I'm sure she is accustomed to your acerbic personality.
I guess you're that lonely that you have to assume that some sleeps around, just cus I mentioned can attract any gender. As acerbic personalities i'm not the one with that issue it seems like you're referring to yourself and my comment must have hit a nerve because it seems like it hit you brainless toad :P
Wow and to think after calling you a brainless toad you go ahead and call me mindless that took you 24 hours to come up with. Let me ask you something in any event at all? Did you think you were cool at any point at all because you're pathetic.
I'm a very happy person i might have had a baby at a young age, but i have one guy in my life and I'm very happy with him. He takes care of his son. So please if you continue making rude comments it will no long be considered an opinion more like harassing.
I eat cookies and I don't have a family.