Skip to main content

A gay family in a commercial sparks outrage. By the way, the patriotic song in the commercial was written by a lesbian...

Not only has the new Coca-Cola commercial sparked outrage amongst conservatives due to "America the Beautiful" being sung by Americans in different languages, a gay couple featured in the commercial has also had a similar affect.

Here are some of the tweets regarding this portion of the commercial:

- "Apparently, Coke had a gay couple in their super bowl commercial too. Appeasement much?"

- "Holy cow did I just see a gay couple in a commercial which also mentions god? Way to go coke"

- "While tweeting my hate of #coke cause of the language thing, I missed the gay dads part. What, no time to show an abortion too? #dickheads"

The ironic part about all of this is the fact that the writer of the song "America the Beautiful" is Katharine Lee Bates, who happened to live with Katharine Coman for 25 years. After Coman passed away, Bates published a collection of poems about her former "partner." That's right - the writer of "America the Beautiful" was a lesbian. So, while these people are up in arms about this commercial featuring a gay couple while the song "America the Beautiful" is sung, they should remind themselves that the writer of the song was gay, before likely feeling knots form in their stomachs, and mumbling, "I've sung a song about America written by a gay person? Oh, no! I have to go shower for a few hours, pray for forgiveness while doing this, and then go to confession at least once a day for the next year! I'm sorry, Jesus! Please forgive me, but not that sick gay woman who wrote 'America the Beautiful.' Amen."

http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/02/03/coca-cola-super-bowl-commercial-2014-gay-couple-hateful-tweets/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/coke-commercial-gay-family_n_4717635.html
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Boycotting jukeboxes because of TouchTunes

I love music and enjoy hitting the bar(s) over the weekend, so naturally, when the mood strikes me, I've never been coy about playing some songs on the jukebox. This past Thursday, a friend of mine turned 50, so several friends of her's, including myself, all met up to celebrate the occasion. At around 9:30, a friend of mine and I both chipped in $5 to play some songs on the jukebox. Four hours and 231 skips later, we gave up on hearing the songs we had selected, and went home knowing we had just wasted $5. This wasn't the first time such a thing had happened to me (and many others), and due to that, I'll be boycotting jukeboxes. Why? The scam known as TouchTunes. You see, here's how the plot typically breaks down. A person (or group of people) downloads the TouchTunes app on his/her phone, consumes one too many adult beverages, and due to this, has less care for spending extra money to hear the songs of their choosing right NOW. That's the thing with TouchTun...
2 comments
Read more

The difference between "looking" and "checking out"

I may be way off with these numbers, but it's my approximation that at least 75% of individuals whom are involved in a serious relationship feel it's perfectly acceptable to "check out" members of the opposite sex they're not involved with. Meanwhile, approximately 25% either don't feel this is acceptable or aren't sure about the matter. I hadn't thought about this matter for a while, but since I've been dating a woman for about 8 months, the topic has been pondered about some. When reading or hearing others discuss this very issue, I often times hear comments similar to the following: "It's human nature to look." "There's nothing wrong with checking others out. I'm sure he/she does it too!" "It's fine to do it. Just don't tell your boyfriend/girlfriend about it or do it in front of them!" "It's natural to find people attractive." When observing the array of comments, I i...
Post a Comment
Read more