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Coincidently, I boycott Baptists because they don't support gays....and they drink Coke.
Gooooooooooo PEPSI!!
Local church boycotts Pepsi; says company support gays
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Terry Kemple is leading the boycott of Pepsi.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL (Bay News 9) -- A Bay area church has removed all its Pepsi Cola vending machines and replaced them with Coca Cola because it believes Pepsi supports gay programs.
Terry Kemple, a member of Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, said Pepsi spends a lot of money to support gay programs. Kemple is the president of a local ministry called the Community Issues Council, which urged Bell Shoals to part ways with Pepsi.
"I don't hate anybody," Kemple said. "I'm not a bigot or a homophobe. What we're really trying to say is enough is enough."
R. Zeke Fread, a member of gay advocacy group Pride Tampa Bay, is aware of the boycott.
"They have every right to do what they want," Fread said. "I think it's a symbolic gesture that they're getting a little carried away with. I think they're spinning their wheels."
Fread said 57 percent of Fortune 500 companies offer domestic partnership benefits.
But Kemple says Pepsi actively supports the gay community.
Bay News 9 both called and emailed Pepsi about the boycott, but the company has not responded. But Pride Tampa Bay said they sent a letter to the company and it wrote back saying it supports diversity.
Gooooooooooo PEPSI!!
Local church boycotts Pepsi; says company support gays
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Terry Kemple is leading the boycott of Pepsi.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL (Bay News 9) -- A Bay area church has removed all its Pepsi Cola vending machines and replaced them with Coca Cola because it believes Pepsi supports gay programs.
Terry Kemple, a member of Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, said Pepsi spends a lot of money to support gay programs. Kemple is the president of a local ministry called the Community Issues Council, which urged Bell Shoals to part ways with Pepsi.
"I don't hate anybody," Kemple said. "I'm not a bigot or a homophobe. What we're really trying to say is enough is enough."
R. Zeke Fread, a member of gay advocacy group Pride Tampa Bay, is aware of the boycott.
"They have every right to do what they want," Fread said. "I think it's a symbolic gesture that they're getting a little carried away with. I think they're spinning their wheels."
Fread said 57 percent of Fortune 500 companies offer domestic partnership benefits.
But Kemple says Pepsi actively supports the gay community.
Bay News 9 both called and emailed Pepsi about the boycott, but the company has not responded. But Pride Tampa Bay said they sent a letter to the company and it wrote back saying it supports diversity.