As reported by Alex Blaze on the Bilerico Project,William Bolthouse, founder and 43% owner of Bolthouse Farms, a farm in California that provides organic juices, lemonades, and smoothies to places like Whole Foods and other organic market places, has just recently given a donation of $100,000 to proponents of a campaign to strip California couples of the right to marry. We know that many progressive people are concerned about what they put in their bodies, and we wanted to let you and your friends know that organic juice you maybe enjoying could be helping to strip the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people of the right to marry in California. Now company spokespeople for Bolthouse Farms will iterate that they do not donate directly to any campaigns. But their owner, William Bolthouse, uses the profits from the sales of their organic drinks to fund his noxious political views. In addition to funding the initiative to strip Californians of their marriage rights, his foundation, the Bolthouse Foundation, is a major donor to the Alliance Defense Fund, the right's response to the ACLU. Now we know that corporate leaders can spend their money however they would like, but that doesn't mean that we have to support them by using our hard earned dollars to purchase their products, at a price of our own rights. Please take a moment and let Bolthouse Farms and their distributors know that you will no longer be purchasing their organic products, because even though they are organic, they come with some nasty side effects.
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So, in one of my insomnia-filled nights, I got to brainstorming chant ideas for Obama Pride Parade delegations.
In DC, we'll be borrowing two megaphones from my local union to get the message out. So if these chants sound union-esque, that is because they are. Lines in italics should be repeated by the crowd after the lead chanter shouts them out. Feel free to add ones you've thought of in the comments section. Happy Pride! 1. one, two, three, fourlet’s come together and show mccain the door 2.people want to knowpeople want to knowwho we are who we are so we tell them so we tell them we are obama we are obamayou are obama you are obamafighting for justice and equality for all 3. fired up? fired up, get set let’s go!4. si se peude si se peude 5. the time has come change must be donethe time has come obama is the one6. lesbian, gay, bi, and trans marching together to change the land 7. its time for change!barack the vote its time for change barack the vote 8. balance your karma vote obama 9. turn virginiablue in november
Friends: I am personally indebted to the organizers and membership of OPEIU, the Office and Professional Employees International Union. In my first job at PFLAG, Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians, and Gays, we had no rights at work. We were fighting for LGBT equality, but didn't even have domestic partner benefits for our own families. We decided to organize through OPEIU and one brave Business Rep, LInda Bridges, of OPEIU Local 2, who stuck with us through a lot of terrible times. Through two years of contract negotiations hell, we received our first contract with a salary scale, domestic partner benefits and more. For that, I will always hold OPEIU close to my heart. I am proud to be an OPEIU member, and am proud to have started an OPEIU for Obama group. If you know OPEIU members who should be supporting Obama, please ask them to sign up by going to: OPEIU For ObamaOPEIU and union membership has given me so much, that I want the Obama campaign to know the power of OPEIU members fighting for equality and justice, together. Please join today.
