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William769

(55,145 posts)
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:36 PM Mar 2014

‘One Million Moms’ outraged over ‘sexual perversion’ of Honey Maid campaign



The 64,000 members of “One Million Moms” are targeting Nabisco over its “This is Wholesome” campaign that prominent features a same-sex couple and their children.

“Nabisco should be ashamed of themselves” for attempting to “normalize sin,” said the group, in its latest missive.

The company behind Honey Maid graham crackers and Teddy Grahams, unveiled the diversity-rich advertising campaign earlier this month, featuring same-sex parents among its collection of real American families.

“This commercial not only promotes homosexuality, but then calls the scene in the advertisement wholesome,” chided the group. “One Million Moms stands up for Biblical truth which is very clear in Romans 1:26-27 about this particular type of sexual perversion.”

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/03/one-million-moms-outraged-over-sexual-perversion-of-honey-maid-campaign/
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‘One Million Moms’ outraged over ‘sexual perversion’ of Honey Maid campaign (Original Post) William769 Mar 2014 OP
Heres the original thread. William769 Mar 2014 #1
What I find interesting is…. yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #23
Same here... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #131
They should change their name madaboutharry Mar 2014 #2
+1. William769 Mar 2014 #11
More like "A Couple of Dozen of Hateful Moms Who Struggle With Numbers" [n/t] Maedhros Mar 2014 #17
LOL! +1 LadyHawkAZ Mar 2014 #34
DUzy. Kurovski Mar 2014 #71
Looks more like 64,000.... freebrew Mar 2014 #137
Nicer terminology might be something like...a... Kurovski Mar 2014 #151
They're joining up with Bill Donohue's Catholic "league" for a MASSIVE rally at the local pizza hut Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #87
Watch out! They're really cheesed off! Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #119
much more like two dozen old white men w/ time on their hands and an ISP hook up Botany Mar 2014 #114
nope, have to change it to 64K moms. Lets understand numbers hollysmom Mar 2014 #43
Did they jack Facebook? Kurovski Mar 2014 #77
Oooh, that sounds dirty. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #148
With that many hopped-up moms you just know some are pervettes themselves. Kurovski Mar 2014 #149
The drain ads probably hit a nerve Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #150
I'd say a tight little bundle of nerves. Kurovski Mar 2014 #154
Say no more! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #155
Cute little nub of a button there. Kurovski Mar 2014 #156
They should change their name to what they are--a half dozen nastyass busybodies pretending to have MADem Mar 2014 #94
A Couple of Dozens Church Ladies LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #126
How about, "64,000 Moms Who Have Enough Hate for A Million Moms"? DesertDiamond Mar 2014 #130
They would probably xxqqqzme Mar 2014 #147
.064 Million Hateful Moms, natch. n/t Beartracks Mar 2014 #173
Apparently their recruiting for One Million Moms needs some work Sheepshank Mar 2014 #3
is there a list of the million moms ? can i just make up a group and claim JI7 Mar 2014 #4
I think it's really an ill-attended Robert James Waller fan club from Dubuque. They got to talking Squinch Mar 2014 #29
Who cares, they are irrelevant !! Pisces Mar 2014 #5
One Million Moms are outraged? abelenkpe Mar 2014 #6
me, too,,,, goes with Cheerios =) n/t KarenS Mar 2014 #9
Me, too NewJeffCT Mar 2014 #135
What a handsome family! Lars39 Mar 2014 #7
The first thing that struck me was... joeybee12 Mar 2014 #8
That's exactly what I was going to say. Lucky Luciano Mar 2014 #46
So, I need to know... undeterred Mar 2014 #66
Let me extend my lukewarm sympathy to the million moms. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #10
+1 daleanime Mar 2014 #48
+100000. Meanwhile, I hope their labor policies have improved. RufusTFirefly Mar 2014 #60
Reality check, thank you! mountain grammy Mar 2014 #100
Thanks mountain grammy! Totally agree! RufusTFirefly Mar 2014 #101
Wait, instead of fighting for the right of adults to piss whenever they needed to, Lunacee_2013 Mar 2014 #143
That is one scary story. n/t truedelphi Mar 2014 #157
This is a really informative post. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #163
Yes, the moms don't seem to be very smart cookies, and quite frankly a bit crackers. Kurovski Mar 2014 #70
Excellent post. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #133
Excellent. n/t DirkGently Mar 2014 #12
Oh, right, "One Million Moms"... more like 20K max. They get mad about "sexy" ads, too. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #13
That ad makes me angry. Kurovski Mar 2014 #82
Sounds like maybe youve got a clogged pipe Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #84
Over-flowing, leaky. Kurovski Mar 2014 #88
oh that's funny - ive not seen that berfore leftyohiolib Mar 2014 #109
Too funny! Johnny Noshoes Mar 2014 #176
I only see one offensive thing in that pic. Wait Wut Mar 2014 #14
Not my color, either Warpy Mar 2014 #20
On my moniter it reads as a kind of rust. Kurovski Mar 2014 #96
One Million Moms hand Nabisco a huge advertising victory. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #15
Agreed. William769 Mar 2014 #16
That's the thing censorship advocates never understand. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #79
It's like they took their cue from duck dynasty. Kurovski Mar 2014 #89
Where's the sex? MrScorpio Mar 2014 #18
it's in the minds of the fllth-hungry fraus. Kurovski Mar 2014 #74
They were 40,000 at their peak Warpy Mar 2014 #19
Well don't they say nowadays that 40,000 is the new 1,000,000? n/t whopis01 Mar 2014 #121
I'm a proud member of One Million Grandmas, and I say STFU! txwhitedove Mar 2014 #21
Here! Here! William769 Mar 2014 #22
What sexual perversion? one_voice Mar 2014 #24
Agreed! William769 Mar 2014 #25
Too bad I am allergic, or I would go buy a box nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #26
You could buy some & give to a food pantry. William769 Mar 2014 #27
True, next time Momma's kitchen sets up shop nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #30
That is a GREAT idea! The Postal workers national food drive is coming up in early May Kurovski Mar 2014 #91
I would have never seen this commercial Terra Alta Mar 2014 #28
Please take a minute to tell them what you think. rhett o rick Mar 2014 #31
Thanks for the link. William769 Mar 2014 #33
Thanks for the OP. rhett o rick Mar 2014 #53
Confused here. Is that the link to the advertising company or Million Idiot Moms? Laffy Kat Mar 2014 #102
One Million Moms = about twelve motherfuckers. n/t Orsino Mar 2014 #32
religious fanatics hate freedom and human rights eShirl Mar 2014 #35
It's quite clear "One Million Moms" don't know how to count. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #36
First it was the Girl Scout cookies, now it's graham crackers. Beacool Mar 2014 #37
I was hoping to see a picture of perversion. Brickbat Mar 2014 #38
The OP is about what a group of depraved fart-sniffers thinks. Kurovski Mar 2014 #45
Can we please give these people their own country? KatyaR Mar 2014 #39
I'm petitioning for the Rapture theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #44
They want Texas...but they AIN'T gonna get it! Kurovski Mar 2014 #92
WELL! Looks like I need to go out and buy some Honey Maid graham crackers! Nay Mar 2014 #40
What am I missing? Is someone having sex in the window? I can't make it out. n-t Logical Mar 2014 #41
Well, there are at least 84 Million other mothers in America seveneyes Mar 2014 #42
And? That's a bit like saying gravity exists. <G> n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #47
“This is Wholesome” Ohio Joe Mar 2014 #49
so they executed a biological process. they seem to think BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #50
Honey Maid is now the official only graham cracker used in my cheesecake crusts. Zorra Mar 2014 #51
Man, that's some kinda hate-filled hearts going there. n/t MerryBlooms Mar 2014 #52
Oh my sheshe2 Mar 2014 #54
You think graham crackers are kinky? Half-Century Man Mar 2014 #55
I'm gonna get some more crackers sakabatou Mar 2014 #56
I bet Honey Maid doesn't mind the publicity at all. Keep going, 64,000 whatevers. n/t pnwmom Mar 2014 #57
I saw that ad and it made me so happy! myrna minx Mar 2014 #58
Fred Phelps is turning over in his grave. Kurovski Mar 2014 #68
Like Mae West says ~ MmmOhhh. myrna minx Mar 2014 #75
Now you are starting to sound like the "millions of moms". Kurovski Mar 2014 #86
I find long sessions of mahjong to be more than satisfying. myrna minx Mar 2014 #112
And... Kurovski Mar 2014 #158
well, he's not buried yet, so he's just in the morgue... MisterP Mar 2014 #139
Wow! That's just exactly how he raised his kids. Kurovski Mar 2014 #161
Love is Love and Love Wins~ Cha Mar 2014 #59
Hey Cha! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #61
Lovely bunch of Cha Mar 2014 #63
Oh yes indeed Cha! :) sheshe2 Mar 2014 #65
Mahalo for that, sheshe.. Dionne Warwick, Stevie, Elton, Gladys Knight.. Cha Mar 2014 #72
UR Welcome. sheshe2 Mar 2014 #81
Easy.. Cha Mar 2014 #85
And it doesn't go unnoticed. William769 Mar 2014 #62
What can I say.. Cha Mar 2014 #64
One 'million' moms need to get laid tabbycat31 Mar 2014 #67
"One Million Dads" approves Nabisco BodieTown Mar 2014 #69
Thanks for the reminder to put Honey Maid on my shopping list. MNBrewer Mar 2014 #73
Hah jollyreaper2112 Mar 2014 #76
Where's the sin? TomClash Mar 2014 #78
Cracker crumbs in bed is a sin. progressoid Mar 2014 #104
I heard cvoogt Mar 2014 #80
Hey, look at us, we're intolerant!!!111 tridim Mar 2014 #83
Someone oughta teach these dames how to count. nt valerief Mar 2014 #90
As soon as I saw it, I knew the crazies would have a field day. Good ad! Stocking up on Honey Maid. polichick Mar 2014 #93
"Biblical truth"? Millions of families are making truth "on the ground" (and in homes). Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2014 #95
Only one mother's opinion matters to me. Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #97
That's sweet as a teddy graham, son! Kurovski Mar 2014 #159
There is a delicious bit of irony in this outrage. 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #98
Had to look for it, okay I see Rex Mar 2014 #99
I saw that commercial for the first time tonight flipping around the channels. Aristus Mar 2014 #103
1MMs ougt to be ashamed of themselves for trying to normalize their bigotry and their religion as Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2014 #105
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ redqueen Mar 2014 #107
Well, as other have noted durablend Mar 2014 #106
meanwhile the real million moms plus PatrynXX Mar 2014 #108
Guess what? sendero Mar 2014 #110
+1 Same thing I keep telling the drug warriors... SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #113
Their real problem is they are mad at the diversity shown in the mfcorey1 Mar 2014 #111
Real "Perversion" is a gay man acting "straight" when closeupready Mar 2014 #115
This is what real perversion look like: Initech Mar 2014 #168
I must have missed something. Is someone in that picture having sex? yellowcanine Mar 2014 #116
One milllion moms my ass weissmam Mar 2014 #117
Snipping two sentences out of Romans OldHippieChick Mar 2014 #118
Get Upset about the Lies and Misinformation of Repubs taotzu Mar 2014 #120
Welcome to DU wryter2000 Mar 2014 #123
I saw the commercial yesterday wryter2000 Mar 2014 #122
A good majority of people see that ad as a lighthearted celebration of family... A few twisted women ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #124
I'm looking for perversion in this picture. Not seeing it. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #125
64,000 moms = One Million Moms???? Now THAT'S what I call fuzzy math!! DesertDiamond Mar 2014 #127
Christ on a cracker. Get over it, bigots!!!!! catbyte Mar 2014 #128
Graham crackers and perversion? get the red out Mar 2014 #129
Hey, MillionMoms! Where were you when GW Bush lied us into invading Iraq?!! KansDem Mar 2014 #132
They're a FAMILY! Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2014 #134
Oh no! I caught the gay from my graham crackers! Arkana Mar 2014 #136
These idiots need to find a new hobby. Initech Mar 2014 #138
What the "one million Moms" do not seem to understand.... Swede Atlanta Mar 2014 #140
A million? Really? Moms? Really? Turbineguy Mar 2014 #141
Yeah for Teddy Grahams! Lunacee_2013 Mar 2014 #142
Filth! Smut! Nudity! Sex! Perverrrshun! Forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #144
Thanks. I needed that. William769 Mar 2014 #145
Well, the scientific evidence increasingly indicates that we live in a perpetually self-iterating Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #146
This group is full of idiots Gothmog Mar 2014 #152
How much more wholesome can you get? baldguy Mar 2014 #153
I think maybe some moms could use a nice gay dude as a pal Kurovski Mar 2014 #160
someone is perverted, and it's not the folk in the ad Skittles Mar 2014 #162
Not a million moms if there are only 64,000? Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2014 #164
Eating graham crackers is a sexual perversion? Bette Noir Mar 2014 #165
They were originally developed to stop people from masturbating. True story. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #166
They're already been shown some Facebook love!! BuddhaGirl Mar 2014 #167
What, they didn't notice the innuendo in the brand name Honey Maid? nt alp227 Mar 2014 #169
HA! One million my rear! N/t tooeyeten Mar 2014 #170
hey, 1m (yeah, riggggggt) moms--thank you sooo much for reminding me that I need to niyad Mar 2014 #171
Odd, but here in my very right wing community there were hardly any efhmc Mar 2014 #172
Another Mass Organization that Consists of Wolf Frankula Mar 2014 #174
More like One Million Morons... Violet_Crumble Mar 2014 #175
Thank goodness 100 million are not;) grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #177
Damn. Now I gotta force myself to eat more Nabisco products to support the ad. Vattel Mar 2014 #178
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
23. What I find interesting is….
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:36 PM
Mar 2014

I would never have seen this campaign if it had not been for this story. I find out more cool advertising due to the hate of conservatives then I do in life. I am so glad to have seen this advertisement. I think this is very cool! Keep complaining there conservatives, you are bringing awareness to this great company!

freebrew

(1,917 posts)
137. Looks more like 64,000....
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 02:38 PM
Mar 2014

are there really that many, I'm searching for the word here, dumbasses?

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
151. Nicer terminology might be something like...a...
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 08:36 PM
Mar 2014

"foolhardy Frau's"

But there is nothing that will convince you faster of your accuracy than a belief that you are god's own little housewife here on Earth, tidying up all the things a supreme being just can't seem to manage on his own.

Botany

(70,501 posts)
114. much more like two dozen old white men w/ time on their hands and an ISP hook up
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 11:05 AM
Mar 2014

BTW Businesses are in the business to make money and even I
as a dumb ass straight guy knows that we have lots and lots of
GLBT people who have money and will be good customers .....
..... especially if a company is out front and first in showing
GLBT people as good folks.

I am sure President Obama or his people did the #s and figured
out that they would pick up votes in supporting gay marriage too.


Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
149. With that many hopped-up moms you just know some are pervettes themselves.
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 08:31 PM
Mar 2014

it's the law of averages.

What they hide from the bake sale committee will never be hidden from the Lord.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
154. I'd say a tight little bundle of nerves.
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 08:40 PM
Mar 2014

But I live in fear of the alert from our own right-leaning contingent of, what? ten, twelve?

MADem

(135,425 posts)
94. They should change their name to what they are--a half dozen nastyass busybodies pretending to have
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:34 PM
Mar 2014

a constituency!

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
3. Apparently their recruiting for One Million Moms needs some work
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:39 PM
Mar 2014

otherwise I'm thinking their best process would be to simply stfu.

JI7

(89,248 posts)
4. is there a list of the million moms ? can i just make up a group and claim
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:40 PM
Mar 2014

it represents 100 million or some shit ?

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
29. I think it's really an ill-attended Robert James Waller fan club from Dubuque. They got to talking
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:48 PM
Mar 2014

one day on the "Keep Christ in Christmas Cookie Exchange" day. All four of them.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
8. The first thing that struck me was...
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:42 PM
Mar 2014

Gee, those 2 guys look like brothers!

That said, fuck those 1M Moms, if indeed their cabal of 324 braindead women is actually 1 million

Lucky Luciano

(11,253 posts)
46. That's exactly what I was going to say.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:11 PM
Mar 2014

Last edited Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:17 PM - Edit history (1)

I totally would have thought they were brothers from the picture.

The other thing I was going to say is "What sexual perversion?" I just see a couple and two kids - definitely no sex?! These million idiots are visually impaired.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
66. So, I need to know...
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:01 PM
Mar 2014

Just what is the sexual perversion that this family practices with the graham crackers?

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
10. Let me extend my lukewarm sympathy to the million moms.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:51 PM
Mar 2014

The Kraft / RJR / Nabisco / General Foods conglomerate isn't making these commercials because they harm the bottom line. Advertizing isn't about changing social norms. Advertizing is about selling product. Clearly, inclusive advertizing sells product. Congrats to LGBTQ activists everywhere. This speaks to your success.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
60. +100000. Meanwhile, I hope their labor policies have improved.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:52 PM
Mar 2014
In 1995, for instance, female employees at a Nabisco plant in Oxnard, Calif., maker of A-1 steak sauce and the world’s supplier of Grey Poupon mustard, complained in a lawsuit that line supervisors had consistently prevented them from going to the bathroom. Instructed to urinate into their clothes or face three days’ suspension for unauthorized expeditions to the toilet, the workers opted for adult diapers. But incontinence pads were expensive, so many employees downgraded to Kotex and toilet paper, which pose severe health risks when soaked in urine. Indeed, several workers eventually contracted bladder and urinary tract infections. Hearing of their plight, conservative commentator R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. advised the workers to wear special diapers used by horses in New York’s Central Park carriage trade.


Source: Corey Robin

Corporations will do whatever maximizes their profit. That is -- literally -- the bottom line. It just so happens that their ad has successfully latched on to an encouraging zeitgeist. Perhaps they actually believe their ads. Or maybe they're just opportunists. Another huge conglomerate, Coca-Cola, which profited over efforts to fight AIDS in Africa, while at the same time allegedly hiring union-busting squads in Central America, is a master at this sort of cynical misdirection.

mountain grammy

(26,619 posts)
100. Reality check, thank you!
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:03 AM
Mar 2014

but the commercials do mirror the changing social norms so, in this case, I'm glad to see it. Also, if it pisses off the fanatics I'll consider that a plus. But let's remember, that shit really ain't made by elves.

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)
101. Thanks mountain grammy! Totally agree!
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:26 AM
Mar 2014

I'm happy to see that even rapacious, amoral multinationals feel the pressure to dabble in the Equal Protection clause, but I have no illusions about their ultimate motivations.

And I'm certainly not going to shill for them or rush out and buy their processed food-like commodities.

Lunacee_2013

(529 posts)
143. Wait, instead of fighting for the right of adults to piss whenever they needed to,
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 06:00 PM
Mar 2014

that conservative idiot told them to wear horse diapers? W.T.F. Some people...are just ...crazy.

You're right about the company being more opportunist then anything else. Still, it was the right thing to do, even if it was all for the money.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
163. This is a really informative post.
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 11:05 PM
Mar 2014

Your links contain a lot of important information. I encourage you to add this to your journal. It's really good.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
70. Yes, the moms don't seem to be very smart cookies, and quite frankly a bit crackers.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:05 PM
Mar 2014

Is that too judgmental?

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
82. That ad makes me angry.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:18 PM
Mar 2014

Angry and horny.

But then so does Teddy Grahams, to hear some people's point of view.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
14. I only see one offensive thing in that pic.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:56 PM
Mar 2014

I do not like that shade of red in pants. What is that? Cranberry? Ew.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
79. That's the thing censorship advocates never understand.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:15 PM
Mar 2014

The people who dream about getting rid of the gays or the sex or the nudity... That's a special form of delusion.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
74. it's in the minds of the fllth-hungry fraus.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:11 PM
Mar 2014

too much Barbara Cartland and not enough Tales of the City.

Warpy

(111,254 posts)
19. They were 40,000 at their peak
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:10 PM
Mar 2014

so they should be sued for false advertising right out of the gate.

And if something is pissing them off, or that idiot Catholic with a fax machine off, then the ad campaign is doing something right, getting noticed.

Somebody ought to tell those sour faced baggages that what other people do isn't any of their business, they need to focus on their own lives.

I promise you, those are the lives that need the most attention.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
24. What sexual perversion?
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:39 PM
Mar 2014

I see a beautiful family.

Love me some graham crackers. Honey Maid is the brand I buy.

I'm going to have some now.

Terra Alta

(5,158 posts)
28. I would have never seen this commercial
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:47 PM
Mar 2014

If not for the outrage of "One Million" Moms. I think it is a cute commercial. I hope more and more companies feature same-sex couples in their ads. Pretty soon these people will be boycotting everything except Chick-fil-a and Hobby Lobby.

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)
102. Confused here. Is that the link to the advertising company or Million Idiot Moms?
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:58 AM
Mar 2014

Looks like a product link but I want to make sure before I text. Thx.

eShirl

(18,490 posts)
35. religious fanatics hate freedom and human rights
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:56 PM
Mar 2014

Maybe they'd feel more comfortable in Uganda or Russia.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
37. First it was the Girl Scout cookies, now it's graham crackers.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:57 PM
Mar 2014

Damn, by the time I'm done buying stuff that the RW kooks boycott, I'm going to gain 10 lbs.







Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
45. The OP is about what a group of depraved fart-sniffers thinks.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:10 PM
Mar 2014

Last edited Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:36 PM - Edit history (1)

Let that be enough!

KatyaR

(3,445 posts)
39. Can we please give these people their own country?
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:59 PM
Mar 2014

Somewhere far, far away from me? I'm sick of listening to this shit.

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
42. Well, there are at least 84 Million other mothers in America
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:05 PM
Mar 2014

That don't feel strongly enough about it to push their religious views on others.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
51. Honey Maid is now the official only graham cracker used in my cheesecake crusts.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:16 PM
Mar 2014

What a great photo!

sheshe2

(83,750 posts)
54. Oh my
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:32 PM
Mar 2014

A right-wing conservative group is crying foul following the debut of Nabisco's "Wholesome" graham cracker commercial for both Honey Maid and Teddy Grahams, which features a pair of gay fathers with their children.

One Million Moms, which is best known for its failed boycott of JC Penney after the retail chain hired Ellen DeGeneres as its spokesperson in 2012, claims they are "highly offended" by Nabisco's “disrespect of millions of American families by supporting the homosexual agenda," Right Wing Watch first reported.

"Nabisco should be ashamed of themselves for their latest Honey Maid and Teddy Graham cracker commercial where they attempt to normalize sin," members of One Million Moms wrote on the group's website. "Right away it shows two men with a baby, followed by other families, and ends with different families pictured including the one with two dads."

They added, "This commercial not only promotes homosexuality, but then calls the scene in the advertisement wholesome."

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/20/gay-honey-maid-one-million-moms_n_5001438.html?utm_hp_ref=media&ir=Media

Well my dear mad moms, the ad depicts a far more wholesome family than the one you have. Yours is about intolerance, bigotry and hate. I have a question for you moms, how does that make you and your family wholesome?

Yup, right. It doesn't.

myrna minx

(22,772 posts)
58. I saw that ad and it made me so happy!
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:38 PM
Mar 2014

I'm so grateful to see something as simple and family "kid food" as graham crackers taking such a huge progressive leap into family equality advertising. It made me tear up, actually.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
68. Fred Phelps is turning over in his grave.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:02 PM
Mar 2014

Because Satan thinks he's Hawt! nudge, nudge.

I think we should get gay married, mm. That will then take care of our retirement worries and also piss-off our parents!

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
86. Now you are starting to sound like the "millions of moms".
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:21 PM
Mar 2014

I said marriage, I said nothing about sex.

but we'd have to see if we could fit it in.

Somewhere in between the doctors appts. and bocci ball.

myrna minx

(22,772 posts)
112. I find long sessions of mahjong to be more than satisfying.
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 10:52 AM
Mar 2014
So ~ in 10 years, if like we're totally not like married to anyone else, we'll get hitched and like totally move into a huge house with all of our friends.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
158. And...
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 08:53 PM
Mar 2014

a pantry full of graham crackers, the perfect food for seniors and pre-teens alike.

Hi folks at Nabisco! Welcome to DU!

Cha

(297,184 posts)
59. Love is Love and Love Wins~
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 08:45 PM
Mar 2014

"Biblical truth".. really? Sorry, not buying the campaign of hate against my friends.

Mahalo William~

Cha

(297,184 posts)
72. Mahalo for that, sheshe.. Dionne Warwick, Stevie, Elton, Gladys Knight..
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:09 PM
Mar 2014

The Early Years~Beautiful~

sheshe2

(83,750 posts)
81. UR Welcome.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:17 PM
Mar 2014

How are you sweets? Okay?

Hey! How did you get the cool and the hi together/ I like that!

BodieTown

(147 posts)
69. "One Million Dads" approves Nabisco
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:02 PM
Mar 2014

I formed the group. It's only me for now, but I feel like a million.

On behalf of One Million Dads, we'd like to convey this simple message to One Million Moms: STFU and go back to your cave.

jollyreaper2112

(1,941 posts)
76. Hah
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:13 PM
Mar 2014

I always love it when Christians quote scripture to prove a point of view. It only holds sway if its something I profess to believe in. Do you think quoting Marx to Rush Limbaugh would shame him? Hah! But quoting Jesus to Fred Phelps should have shamed him, unless he's a hypocrite. Wait, think he is?

Honestly. You think a Christian from Texas would give a shit about a Hindu reading a Veda about why you shouldn't eat cows? It is written? So what? Hey, Christian. You know how you think their beliefs are bullshit? Right back atcha!

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
95. "Biblical truth"? Millions of families are making truth "on the ground" (and in homes).
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 09:38 PM
Mar 2014

... (analogous to the phrase "boots on the ground", meaning armies creating new realities).

Behind the Aegis

(53,955 posts)
97. Only one mother's opinion matters to me.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 11:01 PM
Mar 2014

Mama Aegis heartily approves of Honey Maid and her gay son and his handsome partner, whom she hopes one day will officially be her son-in-law because she is tired of daughter-in-laws!

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
159. That's sweet as a teddy graham, son!
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 09:00 PM
Mar 2014

Give your honey-bunch mama a hug from us DUers!

My mom wants me to marry a nice basketball player now that they've gone gay.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
98. There is a delicious bit of irony in this outrage.
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 11:38 PM
Mar 2014

Dollars to donuts that not too many of these million moms know anything about the origin of graham crackers. They were inventrd by a minister, Sylvester Graham, who believed that eating bland foods would help suppress sexual desires.

Doesn't seem to be working too well.



Item #8 in the link below:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/20-things-you-never-knew-about-popular-inventions


“The Graham cracker was conceived of as a health food as part of the Graham Diet, a regimen to suppress what he considered unhealthy carnal urges… Graham would often lecture about the adverse effects of masturbation or “self-abuse” as it was commonly called at the time.”

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
99. Had to look for it, okay I see
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 11:45 PM
Mar 2014

I see it is the standard Religo-wacadoodle-hate going on. Same crap, different day. OMM...should STFU. But that is just my opinion.

You know what is wholesome? Happy people holding hands. Rainbows. Smiles.

Have to remember to buy some Nabisco products. Going grocery shopping tomorrow.

Aristus

(66,327 posts)
103. I saw that commercial for the first time tonight flipping around the channels.
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 01:06 AM
Mar 2014

Loved it!

And then I thought: "Oh man, the fundies are gonna shit!

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
105. 1MMs ougt to be ashamed of themselves for trying to normalize their bigotry and their religion as
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 03:31 AM
Mar 2014

a guide for the rest of us.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
107. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 09:52 AM
Mar 2014

I buy those for my kids and I'm very happy to have even more reason to support the brand now.

sendero

(28,552 posts)
110. Guess what?
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 10:04 AM
Mar 2014

y'all LOST. That's right, your attempt to keep demonizing gays and depriving them of their constitutional rights has FAILED and FAILED COMPLETELY. By all means threaten boycotts, march, whine, do whatever you want IT IS A FREE COUNTRY and you can certainly EXERCISE YOUR OWN RIGHTS but you aren't going to win because truth is not on your side.

You can throw a hissy fit, you can make up all kinds of lies and twist the Bible to suit your own lowlife prejudices, but it's too late, YOU LOST.

Because most sane rational people can see that sexual orientation has nothing to do with a person's morality, their worth or now thankfully, their rights. And those that cannot see it? Well they are dying off and taking their fossilized ideas with them.

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
111. Their real problem is they are mad at the diversity shown in the
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 10:12 AM
Mar 2014

commercial. Same kind of nut jobs did not like the Cheerios commercial.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
115. Real "Perversion" is a gay man acting "straight" when
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 11:10 AM
Mar 2014

he is gay.

Sorry, Moms, but if you have no romantic male partners, it's probably because you are frightening, screeching shrews, not because gay men left the closet.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
116. I must have missed something. Is someone in that picture having sex?
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 11:24 AM
Mar 2014

Seriously, "64,000 Moms" needs to get a grip.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
118. Snipping two sentences out of Romans
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:25 PM
Mar 2014

is akin to what the haters do w/ Leviticus. They clearly do not understand the entire chapter, which is dealing w/ idolatry NOT homosexuality. Again, the right takes things out of context and tries to pretend it's the truth. Despicable.

taotzu

(44 posts)
120. Get Upset about the Lies and Misinformation of Repubs
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:40 PM
Mar 2014

These mothers need to be more upset with the republican party about all the lies and misinformation that is spread about so many subjects such as Healthcare, the environment concerning big oil, and womens rights. Same sex couples are here to stay and they have families that need to be inspired as all the rest of us. They make me laugh at all this Bible brouhaha they always rant about while opening their mouths and then lying openly but do they ever catch themselves lying and say that they shouldn't do that ? No, they act as if they are God himself and are above the law.

wryter2000

(46,039 posts)
122. I saw the commercial yesterday
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 01:18 PM
Mar 2014

It's charming. Now I have to buy graham crackers, and they're not on my diet.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
124. A good majority of people see that ad as a lighthearted celebration of family... A few twisted women
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 01:35 PM
Mar 2014

see it as something else. These women honestly need to look in a mirror if they want to see a true definition of "perverted."

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
125. I'm looking for perversion in this picture. Not seeing it.
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 01:37 PM
Mar 2014

The parents look like boring suburbanites and the boy has a happy-go-lucky smile. Surely they don't mean the baby?

get the red out

(13,462 posts)
129. Graham crackers and perversion?
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 01:42 PM
Mar 2014

I have trouble understanding the link between graham crackers and sex, let alone perversion.

These silly people need to get a life.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
132. Hey, MillionMoms! Where were you when GW Bush lied us into invading Iraq?!!
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 02:04 PM
Mar 2014

I don't remember any "outrage" for that sin!

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
136. Oh no! I caught the gay from my graham crackers!
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 02:22 PM
Mar 2014

The "One Million Moms" is a bunch of homophobic, pearl-clutching, relics from the 1950s and should be treated with nothing but scorn and contempt.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
140. What the "one million Moms" do not seem to understand....
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 04:56 PM
Mar 2014

well we know conservatives don't like facts, especially facts that contradict their world view...

But the past several census results have revealed that the nuclear family is a thing of the past. The majority of households consist of unmarried couples (same or opposite gender) and single persons, with or without children.

I applaus Nabisco and other advertisers that are willing to start showing American "families" the way they are - they are mixed race, they are single moms and single dads, they are lesbian and gay couples, with and without children.

As for "perversion", I suggest this group focus on child trafficking, spousal abuse, child abuse, the deterioration of the "family" with the majority of persons divorcing at least once and question why that is, the poor state of foster children, etc.

Turbineguy

(37,322 posts)
141. A million? Really? Moms? Really?
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 05:03 PM
Mar 2014

Maxwell Smart moment: Would you believe...... 8 old angry white guys?

Lunacee_2013

(529 posts)
142. Yeah for Teddy Grahams!
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 05:50 PM
Mar 2014

Boo for the "million" moms, who really should get out more and get a life. Not every family is the same. I wonder if they know about the study that proves having two mommies is better than having opposite sex parents...

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
144. Filth! Smut! Nudity! Sex! Perverrrshun! Forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 06:01 PM
Mar 2014


It's also funny that Graham crackers were originally invented to give people something to do with their hands other than masturbate.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
146. Well, the scientific evidence increasingly indicates that we live in a perpetually self-iterating
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 06:05 PM
Mar 2014

infinite fractal series of eternal multiverses, in which everything that can happen probably does-- and will.

That means there is a LOT of hot and heavy ungodly couplin', goin on out there. Those million moms are gonna be busy for a loooooong time.

Kurovski

(34,655 posts)
160. I think maybe some moms could use a nice gay dude as a pal
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 09:07 PM
Mar 2014

to confide in, go shopping with, be a gay uncle, and to nicely let her know that Lord Jesus Christ went through all the trouble of coming to earth to let everyone know that the old testament is so...iron Age. NEW testament, y'all!

Skittles

(153,153 posts)
162. someone is perverted, and it's not the folk in the ad
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 09:12 PM
Mar 2014

what's with these conservatives and their obsession with sex?

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
166. They were originally developed to stop people from masturbating. True story.
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 01:56 AM
Mar 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker

And yet, here we are almost 200 years later, and people are still doing it, even though the puritans among us keep ordering them to stop.




niyad

(113,279 posts)
171. hey, 1m (yeah, riggggggt) moms--thank you sooo much for reminding me that I need to
Sat Mar 22, 2014, 10:17 PM
Mar 2014

buy some honey maid grahams!! (I KNEW there was a reason I was supposed to go down the snack aisle!!)

Wolf Frankula

(3,600 posts)
174. Another Mass Organization that Consists of
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 05:47 PM
Mar 2014

a few outraged women meeting in a hotel lobby, an executive secretary, a mailing list and a publicity officer with a talent for making noise.

Wolf

Violet_Crumble

(35,961 posts)
175. More like One Million Morons...
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 05:56 PM
Mar 2014

And I bet that One Million is in reality about fifty raving nutjobs trying to make out there's more of them than there are...

 

Vattel

(9,289 posts)
178. Damn. Now I gotta force myself to eat more Nabisco products to support the ad.
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 07:57 AM
Mar 2014

That family looks so wholesome it makes me want to start a drug ring or become a street prostitute or both just to balance the universe a little bit.

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