Posted on 11/05/2004 1:33:57 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
Big companies are hoping to marry their brands to gays and lesbians this weekend — about 20,000 of them. In the first days after the presidential election — in which gay marriage proved to be a pivotal issue — the nation's biggest exposition on homosexual life is setting attendance records. Booths for exhibitors are also sold out for the first time at the Javits Center, which since 1999 has hosted Gay Life Expo, one of the center's liveliest trade shows. Companies ranging from Citigroup and American Express to Jet Blue and J.P. Morgan Chase are hawking their offerings to the crowds, described by organizers as brand-loyal big spenders who are hard to please.
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"are hawking their offerings to the crowds, described by organizers as brand-loyal big spenders who are hard to please."
Unless of course you're into gay, whips and chains, freaky weirdo sex in which case they are easy to please.
Comment TWO - < barf >
? "Gay Life Expo" ?
don't even want to know
Why not court them? They've got plenty of disposable income, they don't have to spend it on those annoyances like kids or anything like that.
That was sarcasm by the way.
To name a few of the worst bigots against heterosexuals, American Express, Wells Fargo, Anheuser-Busch, Proctor & Gamble.
Lot more Bible-thumpers than bum-bumpers. Time to kick in the after burtners on the corporations that think pandering to perverts is good business.
I heard the K-Y Jelly booth was pretty slick.
I don't know why this would bother anyone. How does it in any way harm a straight person if a gay guy opens a bank account at Citibank?
I know Land Rover and Jaguar were doing a deal with GLAAD.
I wrote Land Rover and told them I had one, and was dissapointed they were moving away from family values.
They replied ( twice ) that they were dissapointed that I wouldn't want them reaching out to minorities. . .
Comment ONE - I'd like a full list of companies that participate so I can avoid them at all costs.
Comment TWO - < barf >
DITTO!
A homo NYPD officer with Met Life insurance who books Lufthansa flights on Orbitz, dresses in the latest fashions from Gaultier & Macy's, reads Time magazine, holds Tupperware parties, and takes Tylenol when having bum pains.
How does it in any way harm a straight person if a gay guy opens a bank account at Citibank?<<<
It doesn't harm any straight person like a slap in the face or something - it's all a matter of the "company one keeps".
To go with the Citibank example, I'm sure there are plenty of gay people with accounts at Citibank. I, too, have an account at Citbank. In what way have I been effected, in any way, by the fact that homosexuals have checking accounts at the same financial institution?
How are my checking, savings and investment accounts effected one bit by Citibank's renting a booth at this trade show?
I choose not to do business with any company which panders to homo's... is that okay?
Did you write back and ask them if they were reaching out to child molesters or beastialiphiles?
They are a minority, too
LOL!
Why are you asking me? You're free to do business with whomever you choose.
That doesn't mean it's a rational choice, however.
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