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Betty Crocker joins push for gay redefinition of ‘family’

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Famed homemaking company Betty Crocker once promoted couples making up over a cake. Now, the 90-year old company says it is adjusting to the times by promoting all relationships -- including homosexual couples and cohabitating couples -- as equal to married couples with children. The change in Betty Crocker's focus became well known in August 2013, when the company – a subsidiary of General Mills , which supports same-sex "marriage” -- released  a video  promoting same-sex couples. At the same time, it  provided cakes  to homosexual couples who "married" in Minnesota after the ceremony was allowed. Last month, Betty Crocker donated cakes to couples at the Twin Cities Pride Parade , and an employee group marched in the Parade. It also  partnered  with New America, a left-of-center think tank, to put out a survey the company says aimed "to gain a first-person point of view on what it means to be a homemaker in America today -- and how those roles and de

Bye Bye Cheerios?: General Mills announces support for gay ‘marriage’

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ST. PAUL, Minnesota , June 15, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Minnesota-based food giant General Mills has publicly come out in opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in Minnesota . Currently same-sex “marriage” is against the law in Minnesota. However, in November, Minnesotans will vote on the amendment which would insert the true definition of marriage in the state constitution, making it much more difficult to introduce gay “marriage” in the future. According to a post put up Thursday, June 14 on the General Mills  company blog  by Ken Charles , vice president of global diversity and inclusion, “General Mills CEO Ken Powell on Wednesday addressed 400 local gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender professionals and announced that the company opposes the amendment.” “While General Mills doesn’t normally take positions on ballot measures, this is a business issue that impacts our employees,” Charles said in his post. “I am proud to see ou