I love Kraft cheese. Kraft Mac 'n Cheese. Kraft makes a decent peanut butter.

I'd say people are ridiculous, but I won't order Domino's Pizza for where they donate money, and I won't join Curves for the same kind of reason. ;)

And I won't shop at Walmart because of their policies... is it just me, or is big business going in the tank?

Truthfully? I always thought it had been there. It seemed as if the 80s and 90s saw the birth of corporations with conscience (of varying degrees). I miss precious little about working at the MFAH, but I do miss the option of investing my retirement savings in socially conscientious mutual funds that matched or exceeded the DJIA.

That's why I'm stoked about the statement from Kraft. It's unequivocal.

I thought this was going to be tough for me. I'm a vegetarian and I buy hormone-free dairy products and I try to avoid processed foods as a weight control measure...but a look through Kraft's website made me a happy girl.

Kraft makes BOCA meat replacers (their crumbles fool the resident omnivore), Wheat Thins/Triscuits, Baker's Chocolate & Baker's Coconut, Grey Poupon Mustard, Minute Rice, Planters Nuts, and even my super secret holiday guilty pleasure: Cool Whip.

Anyone looking for Kraft recipes can go here. I'll be shifting over to their products where ever I can. I appreciate their statement and its lack of weasel words.

I support the AFA's right to ask people to spend their money elsewhere, but I bear no illusions: their motivation is hate. The Aryan Nation could just as well demand that Ford promise to never again advertise in Ebony. They can do it, but it doesn't make their intent any less evil.

I have a mini-rant at http://www.livejournal.com/users/roundrockronin/3413.html

Here's the brief version:

While I am disappointed and annoyed, I am not surprised. These things seem to come in cycles. There seems to be a growing trend spearheaded by fundamentalist religious groups to push us back into the 1950's. what these people do not realize is that if they are successful in bringing us back into the 1950's that something else will follow; specifically the 1960's and 1970's. Any repressive atmosphere created will eventually be met with backlash.

I wish that people would come to the same thing that I have come to see which is that by protecting another person's right to be gay or bi that I protect my own right to be straight.

Now, why is LJ sending me notices from the end of Nov but not today's? I just noticed you'd commented. *sigh*

When I saw the Heaven on Earth that the Taliban created for Afghans, I wanted to run right out and purchase me a shiny new theocracy, too. If we can't declare ourselves a Christian nation and start living the good ole Old Testament** kind of life, I guess we could settle for "Good Ole Days" that aren't quite so old. Lynchings, legal segregation, back alley abortions, McCarthyism, Stepford conformity...oh, to relive the good times of the 50s!

To be serious for a moment, I think part of this is the inevitable backlash against the increased profile of homosexuality in popular culture as evidenced by shows like, "Will & Grace" and "Queer Eye." Social change is always done in fits and starts, the proverbial step back for every step forward. I know these bozos have been busy trying to police everyone else's bedrooms and morals for eons and their type will always be around but their success depends on America. I can recall the 1992 Democratic convention where the Democrats declared, "Hate is not a Family Value." I think the Repugs are back to Buchanan's call for "Cultural War" and I hope like hell Americans will resist again.

I never thought of supporting GLBT equal rights as enlightened self-interest before, but...um...if there are any members of the "Queers and Dykes for a New Nation" reading this, I hope I'm not amongst those first up against the wall when the revolution comes. kthnx!

**yeah, Christians believe in the New Testament, too, but let's be realistic. That book's about that wimpy "love thy neighbor" shit and "turn the other cheek" and "may he who has not sinned cast the first stone" and...well, what happened to all that vengeance and smiting? We're pretty clear that's not what our religious utopia state is about, agreed?

On a related note (from aiko_angel ):

Fundamentalists mad at Bush for wording of holiday card. "Christmas" appears nowhere on White House greeting
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/07/MNGSTG40L41.DTL&feed=rss.news