Give a shout out to.............

[firegal]

Originally Posted by homoe

To Hormel Foods for adding gay pride holidays to its corporate calendar back in 2012!

Larry Lyons, then senior vice president for human resources, received many angry emails and several employees confronted him in person to complain. This lead to some very difficult conversations that needed to happen and served as a referendum on Hormel's support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender works!

Brought me back to the time when the "christian firefighters" fought the women firefighters being in the pride parade on talk radio in seattle.It was a battle and i had to get all participation on off duty time.
That was about 15 yrs ago when when i didnt have enough women firefighters volunterring to be in it.. CUZ!... they ALL were going to san fran pride and we had become so popular and were expected to be in it. I got a call from the mayors office saying.....WHY?
I told them ever since it has been with on duty firefighters and the mayor walks with us... It was a battle and it has been over for 10 yrs!

Progress.... glad those days are past!

[homoe]

To the NFL who actually did something right for a change! They warned the Governor of Georgia that if the "religious liberty" law were to pass, it could cost the state the chance to host a Super Bowl.

[homoe]

Bruce Springsteen who cancelled his show at the Greensboro Coliseums in show of his support for those protesting House Bill 2 law recently passed in North Carolina! It's an expected loss of $100,000 for the coliseum.

[homoe]

PayPal for announcing that it would no longer open a facility in Charlotte due to the passing of House Bill 2 in North Carolina.
PayPal’s facility estimated at a price of $3.6 million would have pumped millions into the local economy by next year and employed 400 people.

[homoe]

To whoever it was that leaked 11.5 million documents that is now being referred to now as the "Panama Papers"
These documents name those taking advantage of off shore tax havens (among other things)! It's rumored to show at least 72 current of former heads of state, as well as numerous wealthy actors and sports figures.

[homoe]

To Spencer Collier a disgruntled fired top law enforcement official in Alabama for spilling the beans on Governor Bentley's cringe-worthy sex scandal with his married aide.


Normally I don't give a rip about who does what with whom BUT when someone presents themselves as a religious conservative, has an "holier than tho" attitude, and comes off as so pious that butter wouldn't melt in their mouth it tickles me a bit when they get caught with their hand in the provable "cookie jar"!

[homoe]

Charles Barkleyfor not only showing his support for the GLBT community but also for using his voice as a former NBA star to call for the relocation of the 2017 All-Star game from Charlotte North Carolina.

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

To Spencer Collier a disgruntled fired top law enforcement official in Alabama for spilling the beans on Governor Bentley's cringe-worthy sex scandal with his married aide.


Normally I don't give a rip about who does what with whom BUT when someone presents themselves as a religious conservative, has an "holier than tho" attitude, and comes off as so pious that butter wouldn't melt in their mouth it tickles me a bit when they get caught with their hand in the provable "cookie jar"!

UPDATE:Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Monday 4/10/2017 rather than face impeachment and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor campaign violations that arose during an investigation of his alleged affair with a top aide.
In a remarkable fall, the mild-mannered 74-year-old Republican and one-time Baptist deacon stepped down as the sex-tinged scandal gathered force over the past few days.

A plea agreement specified that Bentley must surrender campaign funds totaling nearly $37,000 within a week and perform 100 hours of community service as a physician. The dermatologist also cannot seek public office again.