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Five Wives Vodka deemed offensive to Mormons
The Telegraph ^ | 5/30/12

Posted on 05/30/2012 3:03:29 AM PDT by markomalley

It is made by Ogden's Own Distillery in Utah, where the Mormon church is based. Its label carries the name and an image of five women, an apparent reference to polygamy, a practice abandoned by the church more than a century ago.

Idaho State Liquor Division administrator Jeff Anderson said the brand is offensive to Mormons who make up over a quarter of Idaho's population.

Regulators in Idaho notified Elite Spirits Distributor that the brand's concept is "offensive to a prominent segment of our population and will not be carried," according to a letter sent on Thursday.

"The bottom line is, we represent everybody," Anderson added Tuesday. "It's masterful marketing on their part. But it doesn't play here."

Anderson said state stores already make hundreds of vodka brands available for sale and don't have room for another brand priced at around $20 (£13) a bottle.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: lds; mittromney; mormon; romney
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1 posted on 05/30/2012 3:03:35 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: Colofornian; Elsie

thought you’d get a kick out of this.


2 posted on 05/30/2012 3:05:29 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good-Pope Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley
Coming from a place called, "I d'ho"
3 posted on 05/30/2012 3:10:57 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: markomalley
Anderson said Idaho doesn't decide what beer brands can be sold in grocery and convenience stores.
Gee, I bet this statist Anderson is really upset about that. I bet he thinks it's a shame that Idaho doesn't get decide on what brands of everything get sold everywhere in Idaho.

I mean really, what's the point of government control of people's decisions if you can't control every decision they make?

4 posted on 05/30/2012 3:11:24 AM PDT by samtheman (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2888480/posts?page=2#2)
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To: markomalley

So let all the drinking Mormons boycott it.


5 posted on 05/30/2012 3:20:46 AM PDT by mindburglar (I'm not "The Man" anymore. Stick it to someone else.)
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To: markomalley

Don’t anyone tell these folks about Polygamy Porter which has been available in Utah for several years. Features two rather Rubenesque women on the front along with the motto. Polygamy Porter, one one just isn’t enough.


6 posted on 05/30/2012 3:21:12 AM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: markomalley

Once i had a facebook

Made it run,

Made it race against time.

Once i had a facebook,

Now it’s done...

Brother can ya spare a dime.

Or maybe a spare wife or two?


7 posted on 05/30/2012 3:21:59 AM PDT by Blado (THIS IS NOT AMERICA)
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To: markomalley

Just a matter of time before the Muslims join the chorus!


8 posted on 05/30/2012 3:22:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Sow the wind...reap the whirlwind!)
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To: markomalley
thought you’d get a kick out of this.

I get no kick from champagne,
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all,
But darlings, what can I do?
I get a kick out of you. (All five).

9 posted on 05/30/2012 3:27:06 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: mindburglar

Yeah, what do Mormons care about this as they (supposedly) don’t drink alcohol. It’s a private business, anyway. It can call its product whatever it wants. The free market will determine its success or failure.
But I guess we need to call the wambulance stat for someone’s hurt feewings.
But I pity a guy with five wives. He needs a lot of vodka.


10 posted on 05/30/2012 3:31:42 AM PDT by BIV (typical white person)
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To: BIV

The label depicts five wives drawing up their skirts, all at the same time.

That’d be fun for a while, anyway.....

;^)


11 posted on 05/30/2012 3:36:20 AM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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To: elcid1970

Trust in this: Five Mormon wives are not going to fulfill any fantasies you may harbor. It’d be like having four spare tires in your vehicle.


12 posted on 05/30/2012 3:38:53 AM PDT by Goldsborough
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To: markomalley
They could all be wives to different men, or to the same man over time ... not necessarily polygamous at all. Heck, they could have all been married to Ben Cartwright in Bonanza. cf. "The Stepford Wives" "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" "My Five Wives" (Rodney Dangerfield in Utah, not kidding) etc.
14 posted on 05/30/2012 3:48:02 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: elcid1970

true dat... for a while. Until one, two, or three of them decide to murder your sorry butt for ignoring them.


15 posted on 05/30/2012 3:50:33 AM PDT by BIV (typical white person)
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To: F15Eagle

Hey, I was on a radio talk show on WNYC with Cleavon Little when I was in high school, several years before that movie. Long story.


16 posted on 05/30/2012 3:50:58 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: markomalley

If there ever was a good reason to drink, five wives would be a good one.


18 posted on 05/30/2012 3:55:15 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: BIV

What if they called it “Four Wives Vodka”, depicting four Muslimahs in burkas showing T&A (toes & ankles)?

The distillery would need a death threats hotline.


19 posted on 05/30/2012 4:05:11 AM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind.")
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To: mindburglar
So let all the drinking Mormons boycott it.

So let all the drinking muzzies boycott it. This really pulls my give a crap chain.

20 posted on 05/30/2012 4:05:45 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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