[dragonraid] Re: [DragonRaid] AH gay beer add

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From: Cassandra <amahone@...>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:20:53 -0500
Just to set the record straight, the phrase, " a vote against Anheuser
Busch about homosexual images coming into our homes through reckless
advertising campaigns." is misleading.

The following quote is from the Urban Legends web page:
For the full article visit:
http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/bud-gay.htm


>     Anheuser-Busch is running print
>     ads aimed at securing the gay community's beer money. But before you allow
>     yourself to be drawn into the "pro-gay/anti-gay" debate, consider this: those ads
>     are limited to gay publications only. Don't expect to see them pop up even in
>     middle-of-the-road magazines that happen to draw some of their readership from
>     the gay community; the ads aren't meant for that market.
>
>     In other words, this controversy is over nothing. Falwell's and his followers'
>     concern about "homosexual images coming into our homes through reckless
>     advertising campaigns" is misplaced; unless he and his people have taken to
>     reading gay magazines and newspapers, they'll never encounter the ads. Equally,
>     those looking to do battle with the religious right to keep Anheuser-Busch from
>     pulling these ads are fighting a phantom battle: Anheuser-Busch has shown no
>     indication of wanting to end this particular Bud Light print ad campaign.
>