Fuck the homophobic assholes at Tim Hortons. I'm staying with Dunkin Donuts.

[liz_marcs]

Tim Hortons just got caught co-sponsoring an anti-equality marriage event in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island, as you know, is the lone New England hold out on legalizing same-sex marriage, primarily because the Catholic Church still have way too much sway over politicians in that state. Although, to be fair to Rhode Island, it does recognize same-sex marriage licenses issues in other states, which means there's a weird situation where gay people in Rhode Island go to Connecticut or Massachusetts to get married and then return home with a marriage certificate Rhode Island will recognize, but won't issue for itself.

The event was sponsored by the excretable National Organization for Marriage (NOM) — aka, the "Gay people should stay in the closet because they're icky" group — which really is a national anti-gay rights organization. According to the Blue Mass blog, it appears that NOM has a butt-buddy in the Tim Hortons organization.

In my mind, that makes Tim Hortons look worse.

Needless to say, Canadians frown on companies who get into bed with American right-wing religious wack-a-loons. The resulting uproar resulted in Tim Hortons pulling out of sponsorship of the event. (Tim Hortons has some store fronts in southern Rhode Island, just in case you're wondering why the company did something stupid like sticking its snout in a Rhode Island issue.)

Well, now that I know what kind of company Tim Hortons is, it appears that I will be sticking with Dunkin Donuts for the foreseeable future.

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[damned_colonial]

They backed out and apologised. I saw a page on their website about it, but don't have the link anymore. It would've been linked off one of the feminist blogs I read.

[ardath_rekha]

Kind of like why Domino's Pizza's ties to extremist pro-lifer groups has meant that I haven't ordered a pizza from them since the mid-80s.

Good to know this... I rarely get donuts, myself, but I'll stick to the other chains unless I hear they've fired the guy who pulled this stunt.

[krait]

Canadians frown on companies who get into bed with American right-wing religious wack-a-loons.

I just want to say that "wack-a-loons" is my new favourite word. :D

[hendrikboom]

It hit the news here in Canada, too. It looks as if Tim Horton's (a) didn't understand American politics, and (b) had no real idea what kind of a political agenda they were getting into. In any case, they said that it's against their company policy to sponsor activities that have to do with politics, sex, or religion, and it turned out to their horror that this was all three.

[firefly124]

Well, now that I know what kind of company Tim Hortons is, it appears that I will be sticking with Dunkin Donuts for the foreseeable future.

You and me both.

They need DBAD

[nephir.insanejournal.com]

While I am shite at organized picketing, I do my own little self-pickets when companies pull crap like this.

I just wanted to say that I enjoy reading your commentaries, you are always though provoking so in honor of DBAD (link and comment at my Insane Journal) I just wanted to tell you thanks for sharing!