AFA's Don Wildmon insulted by 'condescending' Pepsi official, calls for boycott
by: Pam Spaulding
Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 15:00:00 PM EST

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Pass the Geritol to the hard-working leadership of the decomposing religious right as Don Wildmon of the American Family Association assaults the beverage of Generation Next for supporting The Homosexual Agenda. Yawn -- he's calling for a boycott of Pepsi after Don was insulted that a Pepsi official blew him off.

    PepsiCo gives $1,000,000 to help promote the gay agenda

    Company forces employees to attend sexual orientation classes

    January 8, 2009

    PepsiCo has refused a request by AFA to remain neutral in the culture war. The company indicated that it will continue major financial support of homosexual organizations. AFA wrote Pepsi two times (on October 14 and October 29) requesting a meeting to discuss Pepsi's neutrality in the culture war.

    On November 17, AFA received a condescending letter (dated Nov. 7) from Paul Boykas, director, public policy, in which he refused to address Pepsi's support of the homosexual agenda.

Quote from: Pepsi
Response from Paul Boykas, director, public policy to Donald  E. Wildmon (November 18, 2008):

I'm responding to your letter to our Chairman. In 2008, the PepsiCo Foundation awarded a grant to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to support a national program specifically designed for workplace environments.

The initiative seeks to promote further understanding and equality in the places where people spend much of their time at work.

Among the values promoted by the PepsiCo Foundation is ensuring a work environment that is respectful and where associates are valued for their contributions.  I hope this helps  clarify this grant by the PepsiCo Foundation.

Short, sweet and to the point!

Bless them.

-Sandy

Well no wonder that I like Pepsi.  It is the Pepsi Generation. 

I like the way they've framed discrimination as "neutrality." 

The letter from Pepsi doesn't seem that condescending to me if I use the definition of that particular word. I don't understand?

Corn syrup is a good enough reason not to drink soft drinks.

It would be much easier for DW to list off what DOES NOT offend him, rather than bother the rest of us with the list of what does.

Hey, wait a minute!!!  It didn't offer AFA twice the amount of money that it gave to PFLAG in the letter, thats why Pepsico Foundation's letter is condescending, and one sided!!!  If they had offered AFA the same amount it would have only been condescending to make them equal to PFLAG.

Reasoning works for little ol' me!!!!

When someone speaks as "THE VOICE OF GOD AND GOD'S BRAIN" then I am certain that most human utterance offends him. Wild-man should be used to that by now!

Nichole