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Catholic League’s Bill Donohue calls for boycott of Guinness over St. Patrick’s Parade flap

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NEW YORK , March 19, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The largest American Catholic civil rights organization is taking on the largest brewer of stout beer in the world. The Catholic League ’s Bill Donohue has called for a boycott of Guinness after the beer company pulled its sponsorship of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day parade because organizers barred homosexual activists from marching. Guinness is owned by British liquor giant Diageo . “The corporate officers at Guinness who think they can get away with this in-your-face gesture are sadly mistaken,” Donohue said. “There is a price to be paid for anti-Catholic bigotry, and that is exactly what is driving Guinness to act.” “No gay person has ever been barred from marching in any St. Patrick’s Day parade, any more than the parade bans pro-life Catholics or vegetarian Catholics; they simply cannot march under their own banner,” he explained. “The parade is quintessentially Catholic. … It is this Catholic element that angers...

Guinness, Heineken, Sam Adams pull sponsorship of St. Patrick Day parades over gay propaganda ban

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BOSTON, MA , March 17, 2014  – The Catholicity of Monday’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities is causing some politicians and businesses to reconsider their celebration of the famed Irish saint. Today is one of the most important feast days for English-speaking Catholics worldwide. In North America, March 17 has tended to constitute for many a cheery pause in the soberer season of Lent. However, two cities that have had a long tradition of marking the day with parades are feeling pressure from the gay-lobby. New York has had a St. Patrick’s Day parade since 1762 and Boston since 1737. “Both cities have huge Irish populations—combined, I would guess more than in Ireland itself.  One could even argue that the modern State of Ireland owes its existence to the Irish in New York and Boston,” said Irish historian, Peter Murphy, in an interview with LifeSiteNews.  But three beer companies, as well as some politicians, seem to want to redefine that culture. On ...

Boston St. Pat’s Parade rescinds invite to gay group, says application was a ‘ploy’

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Immaculate Heart of Mary 's iconic float in Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade Co-authored with Patrick Craine BOSTON, March 6, 2014 – The organizers of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade have rescinded their controversial invitation to a homosexual advocacy group , saying they believe the group’s application was a “ploy” made under “false pretenses.” The news comes days after a Catholic school said it would withdraw its iconic float and school band from the March 16 celebration because of the decision. "In the footsteps of St. Patrick, [Immaculate Heart of Mary School] does not condone and will not appear to condone the homosexual lifestyle,” Brother Thomas Dalton, the school’s principal, said in a statement reported by the  Telegram . "This float has become the Icon of the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston appearing in all types of media whenever the parade is mentioned," said Dalton. "The familiar scene of St. Patrick joyful...

Coca-Cola or Coke support immorality and homosexuality

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Coca-Cola Homosexuality - 24 pack (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The beverage company is the latest to be targeted by gay activists, who also recently attempted to get hit reality TV show Duck Dynasty dropped from the A&E network after one of its stars, Phil Robertson, said in an interview that he believed the Bible labeled homosexuality a sin. Coca-Cola is currently airing a series of television commercials throughout Europe for its new " Reasons to Believe " campaign. The campaign's purpose is to inspire viewers by showing that for every negative situation in life there is an equally positive experience. The commercial includes a sequence of negative experiences, such as losing a wrestling match or public vandalism, juxtaposed with positive situations, such as a mother frosting a cake or people dancing to live music. Most versions of the new commercial, including the Dutch, Norwegian and British versions, end by showing a same-sex couple getting married. The I...