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I don't know that this will do much for social justice  [message #58560] Wed, 02 September 2009 21:10 Go to next message
Macky is currently offline  Macky

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Sept. 2) – Ben & Jerry's has given chubby hubbies its blessing to marry each other. The Burlington-based ice cream maker is celebrating Vermont's move to legalize gay marriage by rebranding its popular "Chubby Hubby" as "Hubby Hubby" for the next month. "Now more than ever, Vermont is for lovers ... and for lovers of marriage equality," proclaims product literature.

Ben & Jerry's celebrates gay marriage in Vermont with the release of Hubby Hubby ice cream. Frozen dairy fans will recognize that it's really rebranded Chubby Hubby.

"At the core of Ben & Jerry's values, we believe that social justice can and should be something that every human being is entitled to," said Walt Freese, Ben & Jerry's CEO.

If you don't live in Vermont, don’t rush out to the stores with your lover to buy a pint -- or to protest. "Hubby Hubby" will be featured in six company-owned ice cream parlors. There are no plans yet to release the product nationally.


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Re: I don't know that this will do much for social justice  [message #58561 is a reply to message #58560] Wed, 02 September 2009 22:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm going with "Cynical exploitation and a failed attempt at going viral"


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Re: I don't know that this will do much for social justice  [message #58569 is a reply to message #58561] Thu, 03 September 2009 08:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
acam is currently offline  acam

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Failed, Timmy?

But it has made it to a thread on this site. How many press releases in Vermont do that? And surely it is something to welcome. At least in Vermont the negative side - bible bashers boycotting Ben and Jerry - is outweighed in the company's opinion by the positive publicity. Public opinion is slowly coming round.

Of course in a way it is a bad sign - it ought not to be newsworthy that an ice cream company supports gay marriage. Perhaps one day so high a proportion of companies do that it won't be.

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Full text of featured story ...  [message #58577 is a reply to message #58560] Fri, 04 September 2009 01:29 Go to previous message
The Gay Deceiver is currently offline  The Gay Deceiver

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to be found here:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/01/ben-and-jerrys-hubby-hubby-ice-cream-celebrates-same-sex-marriage/?icid=main|netscape|dl7|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Fben-and-jerrys-hubby-hubby-ice-cream-celebrates-same-sex-marriage%2F

I read this this morning and got quite a chuckle out it.

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