AP: Boycott called over gay civil rights bill

[question everything]

Boycott called over gay civil rights bill

OLYMPIA, Wash. – A pastor yesterday called for a national boycott of Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and other companies that support a gay civil rights bill, saying the corporations have underestimated the power of religious consumers.

The Rev. Ken Hutcherson, pastor of Antioch Bible Church in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, said he would formally announce the boycott Thursday on a conservative radio show, Focus on the Family.

"We're tired of sitting around thinking that morals can be ignored in our country," he said.

Last week, several companies, including Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Boeing and Nike, signed a letter urging passage of the measure, which would add "sexual orientation" to a Washington state law that bans discrimination in housing, employment and insurance based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, marital status and other factors.

Associated Press

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060117/news_1n17region.html (and scroll down)

[LeftCoast]

1. Good, I hope they boycott

That means that unless they can use Linux we won't have them visiting DU and causing us problems. :)

[snooper2]

2. Puter's are evil and are just for porn anyway correct?

So, I would worry about those bible thumpers Bill.

[ima_sinnic]

3. oh right, make it impossible to get on the internet . . .

thus make yourselves even more stupid and uninformed than you already are

[BOSSHOG]

8. Can you imagine the good christian father

sitting in church listening to a preacher advocate cutting off his access to porn.

[VegasWolf]

4. The Golden Globe Awards has left them sputtering! nt

[MrModerate]

5. Let's see 'em get the old church newsletter out . . .

Without Microsoft and HP.

Yeah, I know they could go with a Mac and Lexmark (have you ever owned a Lexmark? Yuck!) but Steve Jobs is a raving Democrat.

What's a demagogue to do?

[DBoon]

11. they'd have to use a mimeograph machine

and they'd have to go to an antique store to find one

[MrModerate]

15. Ah, the sensory memory . . .

The smell of mimeograph fluid in the morning . . .

[Zynx]

20. Eeewww....Lexmark. I sold printers for over a year and I can tell you

always go with HP over Lexmark. 95% of HP customers expressed satisfaction with their products and over half of Lexmark customers called their printers a "POS" as in a "Piece of Sh!#".

They cannot win this fight with the corporations.

[ninkasi]

21. My printer is HP

and my computer is a Mac. I'm looking around for a good digital camera, I'll make sure it's one the pukes want to boycott. Stupid pieces of shit. They are coming right out and admitting they are against equal rights for other United States citizens. If gays can't have the same rights as others, then I propose we exempt them from paying any taxes. After all, if they can't have the same benefits as other citizens, why should they have to shoulder the same burdens?

[question everything]

24. You can be sure that whatever they dislike about Microsoft and HP

they will really loath at Apple

[Debau2005]

6. Sure is going to be hard for them

to get their Church emails out and I guess they'll be taking their Church websites down! I can imagine that most of their parishoners are all Windows all the time!!!

[BOSSHOG]

7. Christians support discrimination

Hating in the name of Jesus Christ and in a tax exempt status in a free country. Great gig. Ole ken should check with his flock to see if morals are being ignored; divorce, incest, spousal abuse; clandestine trips to the big city for a little man on man action. Focus on your own god damned families.

And Bravo to the corporations for making the pledge. Christian zealots tried and failed miserably to boycott disneyworld because they dared welcome all. Underestimate this, bitch.

[superconnected]

25. and all islamics are terrorsists.

Which is apparently the way you generalize.

My christian church with the gay female minister and the other 4000 christian curches open to gays that belong to my church sect, probably don't think the same as this guys sect.

But hey, why let facts get in the way of reverse bigotry.

[atreides1]

26. Not true

I don't think he meant to generalize.

Maybe those chuches that are open and tolerant need to speak out against this sect, and those that believe in what they preach.

We Christians have our share of fanatics, now and throughout history. Maybe what we who try to be like Christ need to do is to denounce those "Christians" that believe in hate, intolrance, and have no concept of what Christ was trying to teach. Just as Christ denounced those who were conducting business in the Temple.

[BOSSHOG]

27. Bravo to your church and others like it

There are too many organizations in this country working under the guise of "christianity" that are nothing more than factories of hate. I generalize hoping that folks like you get good and pissed at those who claim to be "christians" and make every effort to undo their evil efforts. I know not all Islamics are terrorists but unlike too many Americans I do know that there are "Christian" terrorists; the number one domestic enemy of the constitution.

[mondo joe]

9. I wish they would. But we - and Microsoft - know it won't

amount to anything.

[sniffa]

10. but how wiLL they get those ridicuLous chain maiLs

to forward on to everyone with finaL Line saying: "pass this on if you agree"

[w13rd0]

12. Hallelujah!

Maybe if they boycott, they'll all be computer-less, shoe-less twits that just sit in front of the tube watching Faux Nooz. We could stand to see a few fewer of those knuckle-dragging dipshits online.

[w13rd0]

13. If you know a church that signs on to this sort of thing...

...perform a "spot inspection" to make sure they don't have any illegal, unlicensed HP or Microsoft products. Report them if they do. Or if it's legal, publicize them as hypocrites.

[Zynx]

19. This boycott of theirs will amount to virtually nothing.

No one wins a battle with so many big corporations.

[Rainscents]

14. He is just upset because, he himself is homo and he is afraid of getting

caught.

[Joanne98]

16. Corporate America created a monster, now it's biting them....

[mom cat]

17. OK... I will cancel my order for a 747.

:sarcasm: of course. I am a Democrat with no lobbyists to support me. I can't afford anything from any on the companies listed right noe, but if I could, I would go out and buy something just to support them.

[Zynx]

18. Just try to boycott Microsoft and Boeing. I dare them.

With Microsoft it is nearly impossible to avoid using their products. With Boeing, I'm sure the average fundie had 10 orders for the 787 sitting in the hopper ready to go. ;-)

[Debau2005]

22. I am sure Bill Gates is concerned!

:sarcasm:

[superconnected]

23. Since I'm sitting in redmond wa right now,

I have to first be utterly shocked he would try that here, and second laugh. The city of redmond gets their funding from Microsoft and Boeing taxes. He may be hurting himself big time by drawing attention to his business(yep churches are businesses) and saying bad things about Redmonds sugar daddies.