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		<title>HRC&#8217;s 195 100-Percent Pro-Homosexual Corporations</title>
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Coca-Cola and Best Buy have been on HRC&#8217;s 100-percent Pro-Homosexual Corporations list for two and four years, respectively. Coke&#8217;s competitor PepsiCo has been on the HRC list for four years. McDonald&#8217;s scores an 85% on the &#8220;gay&#8221; group&#8217;s survey. Click HERE to learn about the HRC&#8217;s criteria for ranking companies. 
In 2008, the following [...]]]></description>
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<p align="center"><strong><em><font color="#0000ff">Coca-Cola and Best Buy have been on HRC&#8217;s 100-percent Pro-Homosexual Corporations list for two and four years, respectively. Coke&#8217;s competitor PepsiCo has been on the HRC list for four years. <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/mcdonalds-scores-85-percent-on-homosexual-lobby-group-hrcs-corporate-scorecard.html">McDonald&#8217;s</a> scores an 85% on the &#8220;gay&#8221; group&#8217;s survey. Click <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/mcdonalds-scores-85-percent-on-homosexual-lobby-group-hrcs-corporate-scorecard.html">HERE to learn about the HRC&#8217;s criteria</a> for ranking companies. </font></em></strong></p>
<p>In 2008, the following <strong>195 &#8216;Fortune 1,000&#8242; corporations</strong> received a perfect 100-percent score from the pro-homosexual lobby group <a href="http://www.hrc.org">Human Rights Campaign</a> (HRC), in its <a href="http://www.hrc.org/documents/HRC_Corporate_Equality_Index_2008.pdf">&#8220;2008 Corporate Equality Index.&#8221;</a> Click on <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/mcdonalds-scores-85-percent-on-homosexual-lobby-group-hrcs-corporate-scorecard.html">AFTAH&#8221;s story on McDonald&#8217;s 85-percent score</a> &#8212; to learn about the pro-&#8221;gay&#8221; criteria for HRC&#8217;s &#8220;Corporate Equality Index.&#8221; The number next to each corporation&#8217;s name and headquarters city indicates how many years that company has received a 100% HRC ranking. (First-year 100% corporations are in bold.) <em>Source:</em> <a href="http://www.hrc.org/documents/HRC_Corporate_Equality_Index_2008.pdf">HRC&#8217;s 2008 Corporate Equality Index.</a></p>
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<p>AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah San Francisco, CA 3<br />
Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Co. New Albany, OH 2<br />
<strong> Accenture Ltd. New York, NY 1</strong><br />
Adobe Systems Inc. San Jose, CA 2<br />
Aetna Inc. Hartford, CT 6<br />
Agilent Technologies Inc. Santa Clara , CA 4<br />
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &amp; Feld LLP Washington, DC 1<br />
Alcatel-Lucent Murray Hill, NJ<br />
Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America Minneapolis, MN 2<br />
<strong> Allstate Corp., The Northbrook, IL 1</strong><br />
Alston &amp; Bird LLP Atlanta, GA 3<br />
American Express Co. New York, NY 4<br />
Ameriprise Financial Inc. Minneapolis, MN 2<br />
AMR Corp. (American Airlines) Fort Worth, TX 6<br />
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. St. Louis, MO 2<br />
<strong> Aon Corp. Chicago, IL 1</strong><br />
Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA 6<br />
Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Washington, DC 2<br />
AT&amp;T Inc. San Antonio, TX 3<br />
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<p>Bain &amp; Co. Inc. Boston, MA 2<br />
Bank of America Corp. Charlotte, NC 2<br />
Bausch &amp; Lomb Inc. Rochester, NY 5<br />
<strong> Bear Stearns Companies Inc., The New York, NY 1</strong><br />
Best Buy Co. Inc. Richfield, MN 4<br />
<strong> Bingham McCutchen Boston, MA 1<br />
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. Ridgefield, CT 1</strong><br />
Boeing Co. Chicago, IL 2<br />
Borders Group Inc. Ann Arbor, MI 3<br />
<strong> Boston Consulting Group Boston, MA 1</strong><br />
BP America Inc. Warrenville, IL 3<br />
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. Watertown, MA 2<br />
Brinker International Inc. Dallas, TX 2<br />
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. New York, NY 2<br />
<strong> Bryan Cave LLP St. Louis, MO 1</strong></p>
<p>Capital One Financial Corp. McLean, VA 5<br />
Cargill Inc. Wayzata, MN 4<br />
Carlson Companies Inc. Minnetonka, MN 2<br />
Charles Schwab Corp., The San Francisco, CA 4<br />
Chevron Corp. San Ramon, CA 3<br />
ChoicePoint Inc. Alpharetta, GA 4<br />
Chrysler LLC Auburn Hills, MI 3<br />
Chubb Corp. Warren, NJ 4<br />
Cisco Systems Inc. San Jose, CA 4<br />
Citigroup Inc. New York, NY 4<br />
Clear Channel Communications Inc. San Antonio, TX 2<br />
<strong> Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen &amp; Hamilton New York, NY 1</strong><br />
Clorox Co. Oakland, CA 2<br />
CMP Media LLC Manhasset, NY 3<br />
CNA Insurance Chicago, IL 2<br />
Coca-Cola Co., The Atlanta, GA 2<br />
Coors Brewing Co. Denver, CO 4<br />
Corning Inc. Corning, NY 3<br />
<strong> Countrywide Financial Corp. Calabasas, CA 1</strong><br />
Credit Suisse New York, NY 3<br />
<strong> Crowell &amp; Moring LLP Washington, DC 1</strong><br />
Cummins Inc. Columbus, IN 3</p>
<p>Dell Inc. Round Rock, TX 4<br />
Deloitte &amp; Touche USA LLP New York, NY 2<br />
Deutsche Bank New York, NY 5<br />
<strong> Dewey Ballantine LLP New York, NY 1<br />
Dickstein Shapiro LLP Washington, DC 1</strong><br />
Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP Minneapolis, MN 2<br />
Dow Chemical Co. Midland, MI 3<br />
DuPont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours) Wilmington, DE 2</p>
<p>Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, NY 6<br />
<strong> Electronic Arts Inc. Redwood City, CA 1</strong><br />
Eli Lilly &amp; Co. Indianapolis, IN 2<br />
Ernst &amp; Young LLP New York, NY 3<br />
Estee Lauder Companies New York, NY 3<br />
<strong> Esurance Inc. San Francisco, CA 1</strong></p>
<p>Faegre &amp; Benson Minneapolis, MN 4<br />
Fannie Mae Washington, DC 2<br />
<strong> Foley &amp; Lardner Milwaukee, WI 1<br />
Foley Hoag LLP Boston, MA 1</strong><br />
Ford Motor Co. Dearborn, MI 4<br />
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Austin, TX 3</p>
<p><strong> GameStop Corp. Grapevine, TX 1</strong><br />
Gap Inc. San Francisco, CA 3<br />
<strong> Genentech Inc. South San Francisco, CA 1</strong><br />
General Mills Inc. Minneapolis, MN 3<br />
General Motors Corp. Detroit, MI 2<br />
GlaxoSmithKline plc Philadelphia, PA 3<br />
Global Hyatt Corp. Chicago, IL 3<br />
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., The New York, NY 4<br />
Google Inc. Mountain View, CA 2</p>
<p><strong> Harrah&#8217;s Entertainment Inc. Las Vegas, NV 1<br />
Hartford Financial Services Co. Hartford, CT 1</strong><br />
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. Wellesley, MA 2<br />
Heller Ehrman LLP San Francisco, CA 2<br />
<strong> Herman Miller Inc. Zeeland, MI 1</strong><br />
Hewitt Associates Lincolnshire, IL 2<br />
Hewlett-Packard Co. Palo Alto, CA 5<br />
<strong> Holland &amp; Knight LLP New York, NY 1</strong><br />
Honeywell International Inc. Morristown, NJ 2<br />
Hospira Inc. Lake Forest, IL 2<br />
<strong> HSBC USA Inc. Prospect Heights, IL 1</strong></p>
<p><strong> IndyMac Bancorp Inc. Pasadena, CA 1</strong><br />
ING North America Insurance Corp. Atlanta, GA 2<br />
Intel Corp. Santa Clara, CA 6<br />
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Armonk, NY 5<br />
Intuit Inc. Mountain View, CA 3</p>
<p><strong> J.C. Penney Co. Inc. Plano, TX 1</strong><br />
J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co. New York, NY 6<br />
Jenner &amp; Block LLP Chicago, IL 3<br />
Johnson &amp; Johnson New Brunswick, NJ 3</p>
<p>Kaiser Permanente Oakland, CA 3<br />
<strong> KeyCorp Cleveland, OH 1</strong><br />
Keyspan Corp Brooklyn, NY 4<br />
Kimpton Hotel &amp; Restaurant Group Inc. San Francisco, CA 4<br />
<strong> Kirkland &amp; Ellis Chicago, IL 1</strong><br />
KPMG LLP New York, NY 3<br />
Kraft Foods Inc. Northfield, IL 4<br />
<strong> Kramer Levin Naftalis &amp; Frankel LLP New York, NY 1</strong></p>
<p><strong> Latham &amp; Watkins LLP New York, NY 1</strong><br />
Lehman Brothers Holdings New York, NY 5<br />
Levi Strauss &amp; Co. San Francisco, CA 5<br />
Lexmark International Inc. Lexington, KY 3<br />
Liz Claiborne Inc. New York, NY 2</p>
<p><strong> Macy&#8217;s Inc. Cincinnati, OH 1<br />
Marriott International Inc. Washington, DC 1<br />
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Springfield, MA 1<br />
MasterCard Inc. Purchase, NY 1</strong><br />
McDermott Will &amp; Emery LLP Chicago, IL 2<br />
McKinsey &amp; Co. Inc. New York, MA 2<br />
Mellon Financial Corp. Pittsburgh, PA 3<br />
Merck &amp; Co. Inc. Whitehouse Station, NJ 2<br />
Merrill Lynch &amp; Co. New York, NY 3<br />
MetLife Inc. New York, NY 5<br />
Microsoft Corp. Redmond, WA 3<br />
<strong> Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky &amp; Popeo Boston, MA 1</strong><br />
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Taylorsville, NC 5<br />
Morgan Stanley New York, NY 2<br />
Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP San Francisco, CA 5<br />
Motorola Inc. Schaumburg, IL 4</p>
<p><strong> National Grid USA Westborough, MA 1</strong><br />
Nationwide Columbus, OH 4<br />
NCR Corp. Dayton, OH 6<br />
New York Times Co. New York, NY 4<br />
<strong> Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Atlanta, GA 1</strong><br />
Nike Inc. Beaverton, OR 6<br />
Nixon Peabody LLP Rochester, NY 2<br />
Nordstrom Inc. Seattle, WA 3<br />
Northern Trust Corp. Chicago, IL 2<br />
Northrop Grumman Corp. Los Angeles, CA 2</p>
<p><strong> O&#8217;Melveny &amp; Myers LLP Los Angeles, CA 1<br />
Oracle Corp. Redwood Shores, CA 1</strong><br />
Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe San Francisco, CA 2</p>
<p><strong> Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &amp; Walker LLP Los Angeles, CA 1</strong><br />
PepsiCo Inc. Purchase, NY 4<br />
Pfizer Inc. New York, NY 4<br />
PG&amp;E Corp. San Francisco, CA 5<br />
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP San Francisco, CA 2<br />
Powell Goldstein LLP Atlanta, GA 2<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, NY 2<br />
<strong> Principal Financial Group Des Moines, IA 1</strong><br />
Prudential Financial Inc. Newark, NJ 5</p>
<p>Raytheon Co. Waltham, MA 3<br />
<strong> Recreational Equipment Inc. Kent, WA 1</strong><br />
Replacements Ltd. McLeansville, NC 6</p>
<p>S.C. Johnson &amp; Son Inc. Racine, WI 5<br />
Schering-Plough Corp. Kenilworth, NJ 2<br />
Sears Holdings Corp. Hoffman Estates, IL 3<br />
<strong> Sidley Austin LLP Chicago, IL 1<br />
Sodexho Inc. Gaithersburg, MD 1</strong><br />
<strong> Sonnenschein, Nath &amp; Rosenthal Chicago, IL 1</strong><br />
Sprint Nextel Corp Reston, VA 3<br />
<strong> Starbucks Corp. Seattle, WA 1</strong><br />
Starcom MediaVest Group Chicago, IL 2<br />
Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts Worldwide White Plains, NY 2<br />
State Street Corp. Boston, MA 2<br />
<strong> Subaru of America Inc. Cherry Hill, NJ 1</strong><br />
Sun Microsystems Inc. Santa Clara, CA 3<br />
SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta, GA 3<br />
<strong> Supervalu Inc. Eden Prairie, MN 1</strong></p>
<p>Tech Data Corp. Clearwater, FL 3<br />
<strong> Time Warner Inc. New York, NY 1</strong><br />
Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. Torrance, CA 2<br />
<strong> Travelport Inc. Parsippany, NJ 1<br />
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<p><strong> U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis, MN 1</strong><br />
UBS AG Stamford, CT 3<br />
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) Atlanta, GA 1<br />
US Airways Group Inc. Tempe, AZ 3</p>
<p>Viacom Inc. New York, NY 3<br />
Visa Foster City, CA 2<br />
Volkswagen of America Inc. Auburn Hills, MI 2</p>
<p>Wachovia Corp. Charlotte, NC 2<br />
Walgreens Co. Deerfield, IL 3<br />
Walt Disney Co. Burbank, CA 2<br />
Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle, WA 2<br />
<strong> Waste Management Inc. Houston, TX 1</strong><br />
Wells Fargo &amp; Co. San Francisco, CA 4  <strong>[see AFTAH article: <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/wells-fargo-is-a-huge-supporter-of-the-homosexual-agenda.html">"Wells Fargo Is a Huge Supporter of the Homosexual Agenda"</a>]</strong><br />
Whirlpool Corp. Benton Harbor, MI 4<br />
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Parsippany, NJ 2</p>
<p>Xerox Corp. Stamford, CT 6</p>
<p><strong> Yahoo! Inc. Sunnyvale, CA 1</strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A followup to AFTAH&#8217;s exclusive special report on Out &#038; Equal&#8217;s radical agenda&#8230;
From the Out &#038; Equal website:
Out &#038; Equal Workplace Advocates is proud to display our ever-increasing list of corporations who support LGBT workplace equality by encouraging and fostering their own employee resource groups (ERGs). With such valuable workplace groups in place, employees in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A followup to <a href="http://americansfortruth.com/news/out-equal-excessively-costly-to-american-business.html">AFTAH&#8217;s exclusive special report</a> on Out &#038; Equal&#8217;s radical agenda&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.outandequal.org/resources/groups/ERGcorps.asp">From the Out &#038; Equal website</a>:</p>
<p><strong>Out &#038; Equal Workplace Advocates</strong> is proud to display our ever-increasing list of corporations who support LGBT workplace equality by encouraging and fostering their own employee resource groups (ERGs). With such valuable workplace groups in place, employees in one ERG can turn to leaders in other groups to share resources and establish good workplace practices for LGBT employees. LGBT employees trust their employers are keeping their interests in mind when making key business decisions that affect all employees&#8230;</p>
<p align="center"><strong>True Out &#038; Equal Workplace Leaders</strong></p>
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<p align="center">The following companies have already joined the Out &#038; Equal ERG Registry:</p>
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<p align="center">Aetna &#8212; Agilent Technologies &#8212; Air Products and Chemicals &#8212; <a href="http://www.equal.org/">Alcatel-Lucent</a> &#8212; Alliant Energy<br />
Ameriprise Financial &#8212; AMR/American Airlines &#8212; AOL &#8212; AstraZeneca &#8212; <a href="http://www.league-att.org/">AT&#038;T</a></p>
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<p align="center"><a href="http://www.bain.com/bainweb/Join_Bain/bglad.asp">Bain and Company</a> &#8212; Bank of America &#8212; Barclays Capital &#8212; Best Buy &#8212; Boeing<br />
Booz Allen Hamilton &#8212; BP &#8212; Bristol-Myers Squibb &#8212; Bryan Cave LLP &#8212; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.btkaleidoscope.co.uk/">BT</a></p>
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<p align="center">Cargill &#8212; Caterpillar Inc. &#8212; CH2M Hill &#8212; Charles Schwab &#8212; Chase &#8212; Chevron &#8212; Chubb<br />
Cingular Wireless &#8212; Cisco Systems &#8212; Citigroup &#8212; <a href="http://www.thecloroxcompany.com/careers/work_diversity.html">Clorox</a> &#8212; Coca-Cola &#8212; Consolidated Edison<br />
Convergys &#8212; Coors &#8212; Credit Suisse &#8212; CSAA &#8212; Cummins &#8212; CUNA Mutual Group</p>
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<p align="center">DaimlerChrysler &#8212; Deloitte &#8212; Deutsche Bank &#8212; Diamond &#8212; <a target="_blank" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisneyLEAGUE">Disney</a> &#8212; Dow &#8212; <a href="http://www.dupontbglad.com/">DuPont</a></p>
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<p align="center">Eastman Kodak Company &#8212; Equality Cincinnati &#8212; <a href="http://ey.com/us/bEYond">Ernst &#038; Young, LLP</a></p>
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<p align="center">Faegre &#038; Benson, LLP &#8212; Fairview Health Services &#8212; <a href="http://fordglobe.org/">Finger Lakes LGBT Workplace Alliance<br />
Ford</a> &#8212; Freescale</p>
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<p align="center">Gap Inc. &#8212; GE &#8212; GM &#8212; Google</p>
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<p align="center">Hallmark &#8212; Harris &#8212; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hewitt.com/beyourself">Hewitt</a> &#8212; Honeywell &#8212; HP &#8212; HSBC</p>
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<p align="center"><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eeagleibm/">IBM</a> &#8212; ING &#8212; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.intelglbt.org/">Intel</a> &#8212; ITT Space Systems Division</p>
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<p align="center">James Madison University &#8212; JCPenney &#8212; Johnson &#038; Johnson &#8212; JPMorgan Chase</p>
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<p align="center">Kaiser Permanente &#8212; Kimberly-Clark &#8212; KPMG LLP &#8212; <a href="http://kraft.com/responsibility/people_diversity.aspx">Kraft Foods</a></p>
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<p align="center">Lockheed Martin</p>
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<p align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mwe.com/info/diversity/lgbt.html">McDermott Will &#038; Emery LLP</a> &#8212; McDonald&#8217;s &#8212; McGraw-Hill &#8212; Medtronic &#8212; Mellon Financial<br />
Merck Merrill Lynch &#8212; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/diversity/inside/dac/gleam.asp">Microsoft</a> &#8212; Morgan Stanley &#8212; Motorola</p>
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<p align="center">National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE &#8212; Nationwide &#8212; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.league-ncr.com/links/employee-groups.cfm">NCR</a><br />
New York Life Insurance Co. &#8212; Nike, Inc. &#8212; Novartis</p>
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<p align="center">Owens Corning</p>
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<p align="center">PepsiCo &#8212; Pershing &#8212; Pfizer &#8212; Portland General Electric &#8212; Pratt &#038; Whitney<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers &#8212; <a href="http://www.principal.com/about/diversity/workforce.htm">Principal Financial Group</a> &#8212; Procter &#038; Gamble &#8212; PSEG</p>
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<p align="center">Raytheon Company &#8212; Reuters</p>
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<p align="center">Safeway Inc &#8212; Shaw&#8217;s Supermarkets &#8212; Shell &#8212; SODEXHO &#8212; Space Coast Advocates&#8217; Network<br />
Starbucks Coffee Company &#8212; State Farm Insurance &#8212; Sun Microsystems &#8212; SUPERVALU</p>
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<p align="center">Teamsters &#8212; Texas Instruments &#8212; Thomson West &#8212; Time Warner &#8212; Toyota &#8212; Tropicana</p>
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<p align="center">University of Michigan Health System &#8212; University of Rochester &#8212; University of Virginia</p>
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<p align="center">Verizon &#8212; Visa</p>
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<p align="center">Wachovia &#8212; Waggener Edstrom Worldwide &#8212; WalMart &#8212; Wells Fargo &#8212; Wyeth</p>
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<div align="center"><a target="_blank" href="http://galaxe.org/">Xerox Corporation</a></div>
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		<title>Starbucks Funds Radical Homosexual Causes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonja Dalton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend James Hartline, a former homosexual, from San Diego posted this information December 10, 2006:
Starbucks Is Major Funding Source For Radical Gay Causes &#8211; Churchgoers Must Decide: A Convenient Cup Of Coffee Or A Stand For Jesus Christ


Emblem From SD Gay Pride Website
2006 San Diego Gay Pride
Proudly Sponsored By Starbucks
(http://sandiegopride.org/12/Sponsors.htm)
Millions Of Christians Buy Starbucks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our friend <strong>James Hartline, a former homosexual,</strong> from San Diego posted this information December 10, 2006:</p>
<p><strong><font size="3"><a href="http://jameshartlinereport.blogspot.com/2006/12/starbucks-is-major-funding-source-for_10.html">Starbucks Is Major Funding Source For Radical Gay Causes &#8211; Churchgoers Must Decide: A Convenient Cup Of Coffee Or A Stand For Jesus Christ</a></font></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hnvrz-Uumbc/RXzShvIszvI/AAAAAAAAABM/_wAAhlTKlQU/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img border="0" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007108362759622386" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hnvrz-Uumbc/RXzShvIszvI/AAAAAAAAABM/_wAAhlTKlQU/s320/images.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hnvrz-Uumbc/RXzSnvIszwI/AAAAAAAAABU/2BhdVIwihWs/s1600-h/sdPride_logo.gif"><img border="0" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5007108465838837506" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Hnvrz-Uumbc/RXzSnvIszwI/AAAAAAAAABU/2BhdVIwihWs/s320/sdPride_logo.gif" /></a></p>
<p>Emblem From SD Gay Pride Website<br />
2006 San Diego Gay Pride<br />
<strong>Proudly Sponsored By Starbucks</strong><br />
(<a href="http://sandiegopride.org/12/Sponsors.htm">http://sandiegopride.org/12/Sponsors.htm</a>)</p>
<p><strong>Millions Of Christians Buy Starbucks Coffee Everyday.</strong></p>
<p>The Result: <strong>Those purchases are funding the Anti-Christian Radicalized Homosexual Movement.</strong></p>
<p>JHReport Action Alert &#8211; Without question, one of the largest American corporate promoters of the anti-family, radicalized homosexual agenda, continues to be coffee giant <strong>Starbucks</strong>. While children were forced to watch degrading images of male prostitutes, pornographers and other deviant participants in this year&#8217;s 2006 San Diego Gay Pride Parade, Starbucks was sponsoring this hellish event to make sure that it was well-funded (<a href="http://sandiegopride.org/12/Sponsors.htm">http://sandiegopride.org/12/Sponsors.htm</a>).</p>
<p>In 2006, Starbucks&#8217; obsession with promoting the political activism of radical gay crusaders was not limited to the pornographic San Diego Gay Pride event. Indeed, this year, Starbucks extended its financial support to one of the most vehemently anti-christian homosexual media groups in America: <strong>GLAAD</strong> (The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).</p>
<p><span id="more-754"></span>The goals of GLAAD are to promote homosexual, lesbian and transsexual character acceptance as positive role models in the media. GLAAD was a major player in promoting the acceptance of Brokeback Mountain, homosexual television program Will &#038; Grace, the lesbian coming out of Ellen on the Ellen DeGeneres program, a lesbian kiss during family viewing hours on the Roseanne television show, and in 2004, launched the &#8220;I Do&#8221; contest to create a commercial promoting acceptance of gay marriage (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.glaad.org/about/accomp.php">www.glaad.org/about/accomp.php</a>). GLAAD has had an extensive history of aggressively attacking pro-family groups and individuals who believe that homosexuality is wrong, groups and individuals like Dr. Laura, Senator Trent Lott, and the Southern Baptist Convention. Starbucks&#8217; involvement with GLAAD is a clear statement that they are in agreement with the anti-Christian, pro-homosexual agenda of the radical, socialist movement in America (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.glaad.org/events/mediaawards/17th_annual/sponsors.php">www.glaad.org/events/mediaawards/17th_annual/sponsors.php</a>).</p>
<p>Starbucks is so enthralled with the despicable homosexual crusade of GLAAD that it has agreed to financially underwrite the 18th annual GLAAD Media Awards in 2007 (<a href="http://www.glaad.org/events/mediaawards/18th_annual/MAsponsors.php">http://www.glaad.org/events/mediaawards/18th_annual/MAsponsors.php</a>).</p>
<p>Starbucks is not happy with just promoting homosexuality and lesbianism among adults. In 2005, the company engaged in a controversial campaign to indoctrinate youngsters who come in for coffee to accept the homosexual lifestyle (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21387">www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=21387</a>). A quotation by Armistead Maupin, the author of homosexual books, was placed on the coffee cups being given to young customers that stated:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don&#8217;t make that mistake yourself. Life&#8217;s too short.&#8221;</strong> &#8212; Armistead Maupin &#8211; Author of homosexual books.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>The Anti-Christian Starbucks Crusade</strong></p>
<p>While Starbucks continued to be the beneficiary of hundreds of millions of dollars in sales from Christians in 2004 and 2005, there is no apparent evidence that it spent any of its $1.94 million in Starbucks Foundation corporate donations on traditional Biblical values, Bible promotion or Bible reading among children. According to its 2003-2004 IRS tax filings posted on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guidestar.com/">http://www.guidestar.com/</a>, the Starbucks Foundation donated $1.94 million to a wide variety of secular and oftentimes, socialistic children&#8217;s programs, secular reading programs, abortion rights and homosexual causes.</p>
<p>The Starbucks Foundation 2004 IRS 990-Filing form for year 2003 reveals some very disturbing contributions:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/911/795/2004-911795425-0190f5d2-F.pdf">http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/911/795/2004-911795425-0190f5d2-F.pdf</a></p>
<p>For that filing year, the Starbucks Foundation gave $7,500 for the promotion of homosexual values to young children attending a junior high school. The organization&#8217;s IRS statement identified the $7,500 recepient as the Robert C. Murphy Junior High School Gay-Straight Alliance Club at 351 Oxhead Rd. Stony Brook, NY. The Gay-Straight Alliances are devoted to promoting acceptance of homosexuality, lesbianism and transsexualism among young children and teenagers in public schools, oftentimes without parental knowledge.</p>
<p>The Starbucks Foundation also gave $1,500 to the radical pro-abortion feminist organization The Global Fund for Women, located at 1375 Sutter St. in San Francisco. While Starbucks Corp. was supporting a multitude of homosexual groups who are on the move to dismantle Christian influence in America, its foundation donated $5,000 in 2004 to the Earth &#038; Spirit Council, a Portland, Oregon-based group devoted to the promotion of the spiritual traditions of indigenous Indian tribes. It also gave $15,000 to the National Conference for Community &#038; Justice (NCCJ), a radical group that holds homosexual camps for young children and teenagers each year called Camp Anytown and Camp Minitown. Youth that attend these camps end up so indoctrinated into the homosexual lifestyle, that they often return to school to start gay-straight alliance clubs to spread the radicalized gay agenda throughout their schools.</p>
<p>The Starbucks Foundation filed its 990 IRS Statement for the following 2004-2005 year revealing even more chilling anti-family contributions: <a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/911/795/2005-911795425-0237c699-F.pdf">http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2005/911/795/2005-911795425-0237c699-F.pdf</a></p>
<p>These contributions include $10,000 to the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth, Inc.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Churchgoers Must Now Decide:<br />
A Convenient Cup of Coffee<br />
Or<br />
A Stand For Jesus Christ</strong></p>
<p>The time has now come for Christians everywhere who seek to save America from being redesigned by the morally bankrupt and socialistic minds of pro-gay corporations like Ford (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.afa.net/Petitions/IssueDetail.asp?id=194">www.afa.net/Petitions/IssueDetail.asp?id=194</a>) and Starbucks, to take decisive action. Christians must finally come to terms with the severity of the moral decline in America. Either, we believe the Bible and its historical importance to America, or we allow the anti-Christian secularists to redefine morality in America by supporting Starbucks and its radicalized corporate philosophies.</p>
<p align="center">Take the &#8220;I Am A Righteous Coffee Drinker&#8221; pledge!</p>
<p align="center">Until Starbucks Stops Its Radical Gay Activist Crusade<br />
Please Do Not Buy Starbucks Products.</p>
<p>This Action Alert Has Been Provided By The James Hartline Report</p>
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		<title>San Diego City Council Shames Itself Over Pride</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonja Dalton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from City Council Shames Itself Over Pride, by Nicholas Owen, published Aug 2006, in San Diego News Notes:
By Nicholas Owen
&#8230;The July 29 parade lasted over three hours and included 185 contingents. Many entries featured scantily clad participants, mostly men, gyrating suggestively to loud, throbbing music. Float titles included &#8220;In Dmood for Decadence.&#8221; Simulated sex [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excerpted from <a href="http://www.sdnewsnotes.com/ed/articles/2006/0609no.htm"><em>City Council Shames Itself Over Pride</em></a>, by Nicholas Owen, published Aug 2006, in <em>San Diego News Notes</em>:</p>
<p>By Nicholas Owen</p>
<p>&#8230;The July 29 parade lasted over three hours and included 185 contingents. Many entries featured scantily clad participants, mostly men, gyrating suggestively to loud, throbbing music. Float titles included &#8220;In Dmood for Decadence.&#8221; <strong>Simulated sex acts were performed</strong> in several entries, and many <strong>advertised gay bars, pornography vendors, and male prostitution businesses.</strong> A rider in the Rentboy.com convertible flashed the devil sign with his hand. Handouts to parade spectators included condoms, sexual lubricant samples, and literature promoting a pornographic web site. Numerous trash receptacles bearing the slogan &#8220;Got lube?&#8221; (advertising an anal sex lubricant) were placed along the parade route and in the festival venue inside Balboa Park.</p>
<p><strong>The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a drag queen group in outlandish outfits parodying Catholic women religious, carried an &#8220;Asylum of the Tortured Heart&#8221; banner, mocking Catholic devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.</strong> At the Gay Pride festival, they provided crowd control and received an award for the &#8220;most outrageous contingent.&#8221;</p>
<p>A woman who was topless except for pasties walked alongside the parade. A man wearing a body thong covering only his genitals roller-skated by parade watchers in defiance of municipal code which prohibits nudity on public lands and defines it as being &#8220;devoid of an opaque covering which covers the genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, perineum, anus or anal region of any person, or any portion of the breast at or below the areola thereof of any female person.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8230;<strong>Several law enforcement and government agencies participated in the parade or had a booth at the festival, </strong>including San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Kolender, the San Diego Fire Department, the Chula Vista Police Department, the Oceanside Police Department, the Harbor Police, and the San Diego Regional Airport Authority.</p>
<p>&#8230;<strong>[S]ponsors included</strong> Hewlett-Packard, Wells Fargo Bank, Cox Communications, Viejas Casino, Sparkletts Water, Starbucks Coffee, Verizon, Sirius Satellite Radio Sempra Energy, iSOLD It, Great American Credit Union, Kaiser Permanente, Travelocity, Yahoo, Smirnoff, Bud Light, Avis Car Rentals, Glaceau Vitamin Water, and the Old Globe Theatre.</p>
<p>&#8230;<strong>Participating churches and synagogues included</strong> All Saints Parish and Saint John the Beloved Cathedral of the Catholic Church of America (not affiliated with the true Catholic Church); Dignity, another group using the Catholic label but not sanctioned by the Catholic Church; Christ Chapel of North Park; Saint Paul&#8217;s Episcopal Cathedral; Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad; Temple Emanu-El and the Metropolitan Community Church, founded by a homosexual &#8220;leatherman.&#8221; Participating schools included San Diego State University, UCSD, Cal State University San Marcos, and the San Diego Cooperative Charter School.</p>
<p align="right"><a href="http://www.sdnewsnotes.com/ed/articles/2006/0609no.htm"><strong>Continue reading in San Diego News Notes&#8230; </strong></a></p>
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