Posted on 03/27/2013 4:54:30 AM PDT by IbJensen
SEATTLE, Washington, March 26, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - At the annual Starbucks shareholder's meeting in Seattle last week, company CEO Howard Shultz told a shareholder that he should buy stocks in other coffee businesses if he didn't like Starbucks’ endorsement of same-sex "marriage."
Shareholder Tom Strobhar had pointed to what he argued was a significant drop in sales following a boycott launched by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) protesting Starbucks’ support of homosexual "marriage" in Washington state.
"In the first full quarter after this boycott was announced, our sales and our earnings, shall we say politely, were a bit disappointing," said Strobhar according to a ChristianNews.net report.
Strobhar questioned whether it was a prudent business move for Starbucks to risk share value by supporting gay "marriage."
According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, Schultz, after interrupting Strobhar twice by asking “What is your question?” told the shareholders, “Not every decision is an economic decision.”
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“The lens we use to make decisions is the lens of our people. We want to embrace diversity,” Schultz said. He then told Strobhar, “If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher return than the 38% you got last year, it's a free country. You can sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank you very much."
The National Organization for Marriage has urged customers to "Dump Starbucks," over its corporate-wide position that the definition of marriage between one man and one woman should be eliminated and that same-sex "marriage" should become equally "normal."
"As such, Starbucks has deeply offended at least half its US customers, and the vast majority of its international customers," the group states. The group also says, "In many areas of the world where Starbucks does business, the concept of 'gay marriage' is unheard of and deeply offensive to cultural, moral and religious values.
"In taking these actions, Starbucks has declared a culture war on all people of faith (and millions of others) who believe that the institution of marriage as one man and one woman is worth preserving."
The boycott campaign's petition against Starbucks has been signed by over 57,000 individuals.
"Starbucks is using its resources to invalidate traditional marriage in the US and redefine the institution of marriage despite the strongly held views of so many of its customers, including me," the petition states. "Therefore, I will no longer purchase anything from Starbucks until you change your corporate values to be more reflective of my own."
The American Family Association (AFA) also encourages coffee drinkers to no longer support Starbucks but take their business elsewhere. They also asked customers to let Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz know they don't agree with his company's aggressive attempts to re-define marriage.
first coffee company with a decent robo-barista wins.
no human employee just robots.
Actually it was the imbecilic homosexual sycophant CEO) who began the debate by telling unidentified stockholders to sell their stocks if they didn’t believe homosexuals should get married.
Boycotting Starbucks product is easy as it’s expensive and liberal elitists patronize the establishments.
Since I’ve never patronized a Starbucks establishment I’ve never bought their stock. I’m rather like the guy who used to head up the Magellan Fund: He would try the product and if he liked it he’d buy their stock.
Absolutely, but not overpowering.
They also have more caffeine per cup. Try grinding your coffee finer and adding a couple of extra scoops.
People certainly will gravitate towards those whose views correspond to theirs, but companies really should concentrate on their business and not nose into politics.
I imagine a good percentage of his workforce is homosexual or lesbian and he doesnt want picketers.
I agree, but I guess when you have stockholders, you have to answer questions...then stuff like this happens.
Isn’t that a vending machine?
first coffee company with a decent robo-barista wins.
no human employee just robots.
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I don’t know. How do you get the ring through its nose?
Where do you put the tasteful tattoo?
Regardless of the dis-orientation of his employees, it was stupid for him to offer up this opinion unsolicited. It will cost them more than it gains them.
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I don’t know. How do you get the ring through its nose?
I know our education system is flawed but do you really want to spend $80,000 giving a BA in art history to a vending machine?
I know our education system is flawed but do you really want to spend $80,000 giving a BA in art history to a vending machine?
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That is funny!
Regardless of the dis-orientation of his employees, it was stupid for him to offer up this opinion unsolicited. It will cost them more than it gains them.
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What you do not understand is that picketers all over the country in front of their stores will do them much harm. Leftists picket and bomb-throw to get their way. There are many leftists and their ilk who would love to spend a day acting out in order to bend someone to their will.
Conservatives will not hurt SB much. They will not picket. There will not be bad publicity. Some conservatives will stop buying but that wont hurt as much as leftist picketing.
Starbucks = Big Coffee. Greedy profits on the backs of poor third world peasants, the poorest 99%. Hehe
Starbucks and the perverts demand tolerance for me but hell if there will be any for thee who disagrees with the death spiral into perversion and the moral abyss.
I abandoned Charbucks many years ago.
La Colombe for me.
Here’s a real hoot:
Starbucks CEO tells shareholder to seel his holdings if he disagree with the Starbuck company policy of supporting gay marriage.
Starbucks has a two-hour slot today, to sell their wrares on QVC, today at 6pm Eastern!!!!!
Call your friends, boycott QVC, for those hours.
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