Miller Boycott
Catholic League organizing boycott of Miller over 'anti-Christian' event
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San Francisco, Calif., Sep 28, 2007 / 10:17 am (CNA).- Catholic League president Bill Donohue is urging over 200 religious organizations to boycott Miller Brewing Company, which sponsored the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco this week.

The event featured an obscene ad that thrashes the Last Supper. Donohue described the Folsom Street Fair as an "incredibly outrageous and palpably anti-Christian event." More CNA coverage here.

"After being pressured, Miller offered a lame statement of regret and said it was pulling its logo from the ad," said Donohue in a news release on Thursday. The company has supported the fair for the last several years.

"Never have we experienced greater corporate arrogance than in this dispute with the Miller Brewing Company," he said.

"We take exception to the poster the organizing committee developed this year,” Miller Brewing told Cybercast News Service on Tuesday. “We understand some individuals may find the imagery offensive, and we have asked the organizers to remove our logo from the poster effective immediately."

But the Catholic League notes that Miller did not withdraw its sponsorship.

Donohue said his organization informed Miller that some of the money being raised at this festival would benefit a homosexual group, called Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Its members dress as nuns and use names, such as "Sister Hysterectoria", while taking part in events that "promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt." They were to hold a mock Last Supper dinner on Thursday night in San Francisco.

Miller was unmoved and unimpressed by this information, reported Donohue.

In a move to further demonstrate the vile nature of the fair, Donahue sent photographs from previous years to all eleven members of Miller's Executive Committee.

The Catholic League also plans to hold a long term boycott if Miller doesn't pull its sponsorship. "Over 200 religious organizations spanning six faith communities were sent a letter yesterday asking them to join us in the boycott. If S&M Miller doesn't pull its sponsorship, we will announce a game plan on Monday that will make the company regret it ever decided to insult Christians", the League said in a press release.

***The photos can be viewed at The Catholic League’s website , however viewers should be warned that they are at times extremely graphic.

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Published by: Most Rev. Lou A. Bordisso, (Old Catholic - Diocese of California)
California 10/12/2007 02:22 PM EST
My initial reaction to the poster in question was that of shock. I thought that the GLBT community was making mockery of the Last Supper. The more I pondered the poster, the more I realized that the intention of art is to spark emotion, get people to stretch their boundaries a bit and begin to consider new ways of thinking. Could it be that in this case, the poster was meant to send the message – a very Christian message at that – that all people are welcome to the Table and that all people have a voice at the Table? After all, if my memory serves me, Jesus made friends with those who were considered to be the outcasts of their day.
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Published by: Joe Pellegrino
woodbridge/virginia/us 10/08/2007 02:01 PM EST
where is the petition so that people can sign it and send it to Miller brewing. without a sign-up we're just carping.
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Published by: Kathleen Krech
Olympia, WA, USA 10/01/2007 11:47 AM EST
I happen to like Miller products (MGD), I can assure you I will not be purchasing your products until you discontinue supporting these types of organizations and activities. I will also spread the word to anyone I know about the indecency of your company. The early founders of our Country were founded on Christian and moral beliefs. You are certainly not doing your part to hold to those standards.
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Published by: Mike Spiers
Fort Lauderdale 09/28/2007 04:09 PM EST
I am not a practicing Catholic however I am disturbed with the Ad that displays leather bound Gay's at the Last Supper and Miller Brewing Company is a sponsor for the Gay Event. I will not purchase any products made by the Miller Brewing Company. PS> I wonder if the Gay group has the Kohonas to run an ad that depicts a Muslim theme.
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Published by: Jay
seattle 09/28/2007 12:28 PM EST
I am a little concerned that we are tying religon issues with alcohol when we are really not to support alcohol anyway. What message does that send to people when we are talking morality and values yet boycotting alchol. Even our kids would get a mixed message.
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