Anheuser-Busch may withdraw its sponsorship of the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade this year to prot

[RKP5637]

Excellent!!!

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/08/news/companies/anheuser-busch-boston-st-patricks-parade/

Anheuser-Busch may withdraw its sponsorship of the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade this year to protest the exclusion of a gay veterans group.

The move comes after organizers refused to allow OutVets, a group that honors LGBTQ veterans and active service members, to march in the South Boston parade on March 19, two days after St. Patrick's Day.

Anheuser-Busch's distributor in the Boston area has a "Luck of the Irish" sponsorship and the Budweiser Clydesdales were set to participate in the march. Now they may not.

[gopiscrap]

1. Excellent

[Cha]

2. Good Grief.. why are they being excluded?!

Good on AB if they protest.

[mcar]

6. NPR said that the veteran's group

that decides such things reversed their previous years' decisions and have now decided to exclude the group.

Boston's mayor will not participate if this group cannot.

[sheshe2]

7. This is ridiculous!

Come on Boston, you are better than this and so are the veterans groups. Now more than ever we should ALL be standing in solidarity!

#LETTHEMMARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mcar]

10. I hope they see reason

It is ridiculous that our veterans have to fight these nonsensical battles.

[Cha]

9. That is crazy.. must be a trump sucker.. Good on Boston's

Mayor, Marty Walsh, mcar!

Thank you

[mcar]

11. The main group seems to be kissing RW butt

once again. A pox on them, Cha.

[Cha]

12. A Double Pox on trump idiots

[Wounded Bear]

3. Funny how profits kind of overrides ideology...

[ginny skinny]

4. Hope so.

Hmmm...not my preferred brand but if they do this I will have to start buying and drinking it. For a while, anyway.

[RKP5637]

5. Welcome to DU!!!

[ginny skinny]

8. Thanks!

Long time lurker, third time poster. Fourth now.

[bullwinkle428]

17. If you're into craft brewers (like I am), you can still support A/B by purchasing

from one of the microbreweries under their umbrella, including Goose Island, among others:

https://consumerist.com/2016/04/13/here-are-the-8-u-s-craft-brewers-bought-by-anheuser-busch-since-2011/

[AgadorSparticus]

13. Are we sure this isn't Dallas doing this? I always thought Boston was pretty progressive

Glad Budweiser is stepping upand doing the right thing.

[sharedvalues]

14. The Boston parade has Star Wars, Aliens characters, and gays are banned?

The Boston parade has a bunch of pretty weak groups marching.
Amongst others they have a bunch of sorry souls in beat-up old sci fi costumes stumbling behind a plumbing advertising float.
The fact they ban gays -- that they ban ANYONE! -- is a sad joke.

[BlueSpot]

15. Boston, Weak

AB Strong.

[Crash2Parties]

16. I'm impressed.

Then again, I know way too many lesbian jokes that take place in a bar and use "Anheuser Busch" as part of the setup...

[Doreen]

18. Good, those vets risked their lives just like all of the other vets and

they are not included!!

[Solly Mack]

19. Good!!