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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnheuser-Busch may withdraw its sponsorship of the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade this year to prot
Excellent!!!
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/08/news/companies/anheuser-busch-boston-st-patricks-parade/
The move comes after organizers refused to allow OutVets, a group that honors LGBTQ veterans and active service members, to march in the South Boston parade on March 19, two days after St. Patrick's Day.
Anheuser-Busch's distributor in the Boston area has a "Luck of the Irish" sponsorship and the Budweiser Clydesdales were set to participate in the march. Now they may not.
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)Cha
(297,923 posts)Good on AB if they protest.
mcar
(42,427 posts)that decides such things reversed their previous years' decisions and have now decided to exclude the group.
Boston's mayor will not participate if this group cannot.
sheshe2
(83,996 posts)Come on Boston, you are better than this and so are the veterans groups. Now more than ever we should ALL be standing in solidarity!
#LETTHEMMARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mcar
(42,427 posts)It is ridiculous that our veterans have to fight these nonsensical battles.
Cha
(297,923 posts)Mayor, Marty Walsh, mcar!
Thank you
mcar
(42,427 posts)once again. A pox on them, Cha.
Cha
(297,923 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,765 posts)ginny skinny
(182 posts)Hmmm...not my preferred brand but if they do this I will have to start buying and drinking it. For a while, anyway.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Long time lurker, third time poster. Fourth now.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)from one of the microbreweries under their umbrella, including Goose Island, among others:
https://consumerist.com/2016/04/13/here-are-the-8-u-s-craft-brewers-bought-by-anheuser-busch-since-2011/
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Glad Budweiser is stepping upand doing the right thing.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)The Boston parade has a bunch of pretty weak groups marching.
Amongst others they have a bunch of sorry souls in beat-up old sci fi costumes stumbling behind a plumbing advertising float.
The fact they ban gays -- that they ban ANYONE! -- is a sad joke.
BlueSpot
(856 posts)AB Strong.
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Then again, I know way too many lesbian jokes that take place in a bar and use "Anheuser Busch" as part of the setup...
Doreen
(11,686 posts)they are not included!!