Welcome to the DumpStarbucks.com News!
This past week was a little disappointing. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, where Starbucks jointly filed their amicus brief in opposition to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), found portions of DOMA to be unconstitutional. Starbucks' opposition to marriage continues to help sway the leaders of our nation and they need to be stopped!
If you'd like to read more about this legal situation, William Duncan provides a great review of the important details at the National Review Online.
Starbucks says they are not worried about losing customers as the result of their support for same-sex marriage. Yet, this past week, two people who are participating in the DumpStarbucks.com protest emailed to me pictures of gift cards they were sent in an effort to lure them back to Starbucks.
These two individuals previously participated in the Starbucks rewards program and have not gone to Starbucks since they learned of the protest. If every member of the protest is sent the same $5 gift card that these two individuals were each sent, Starbucks, who apparently has no concerns over the financial impact of this boycott, would be mailing out over $200,000 in free gift cards!
Not to fear—Starbucks has plenty of money, as they continue to raise prices on their coffee while other brands are able to cut prices for consumers. Rich Smith of The Motley Fool details on DailyFinance.com how Starbucks continues to stick it to customers while other brands are passing cost savings of 5-10% on to consumers.
What you can do this week:
- Pass this email on to a friend. We blew through 40,000 signers last week, and as I write this we are passing the 43,000 participant mark in the campaign! Forward this email to two friends and help us reach 50,000 as we ready our next advertising effort to alert more people to Starbucks support for same-sex marriage.
- Does your church or other place of worship serve Starbucks coffee? Let us know by replying to this email.
DumpStarbucks.com already allows you to search for alternative coffee shops for your daily coffee fix. We hope to soon be able to offer you some suggestions on where you can purchase quality coffee beans and grounds from companies that have not taken a position opposing marriage as the union of one man and one woman and alienated their customers and employees.
Two former Starbucks employees (with 20 years of experience between the two of them) have given great reviews to one such supplier we hope to roll out in the next couple of weeks.
Have a great week, and do something fun with the extra cash you have saved by not purchasing coffee at Starbucks!
42 Comments
Hmmmm...... SBUX has lost about 15% of its value since the boycott started.
As they say, it's a damn good start.
Starbucks-hates:
Starbucks hates equality.
Starbucks hates children.
Children deserve equality: one mother, and one father.
Ya know. I disagree with Star Bucks taking this position but I wouldn't go far as to say their position is motivated by "hate" as Good Nes pointed out.
Sorry Good News...I'm a hardline conservative, but I don't see people taking positions as a sign "hate"...though I wish companies would stay out of the political process.
Actually Rick, The stock price has gone up.
I agree that many of my posts are “unreasonable”. It is a language. I am addressing the unreasonable. This is the language of our times. Though I am fully aware that it is not something “good”, or healthy.
We are in a dirty war. Sacrificing. Where all of us on the side of the “good”, would much rather be somewhere else.
Some will fight on the legal front. Some on the intellectual front. Some on the financial front. I'll be down here fighting in the streets. We must hit them from many sides, and yet leave them a door of escape; for good riddance! (I know, I know. There I go, unreasonable again...)
@14
Sometimes, somethings going up are not a sign of health.
(Okay. Maybe now I'm down in the gutter...)
Good News,
It's not a question of interpretation, but of simple facts. Rick made a factual claim (SBUX has lost 15% of value since boycott) that was patently false. SBUX has actually gained value since the start of this boycott.
@John
I believe he was responding to me.
@ John
Who's interpreting? I'm just being unreasonable. The language of our day.
As for reason, and simple facts. Which are of no interest here. Man-woman is different from man-man. Enough so that it merits a unique word to name it; and to signal it out to our children. The word marriage would do just fine... in a reasonable society.
And for rising stock prices, enjoy, for those who do get high and low on stocks. And blindly say, anything is acceptable, as long as the stocks go up. That is America. (And there I go again... I better call it a day.)
Addition:
And some on the religious front. (Thanks, all of youl.)
I am now going to Starbucks on a regular basis. Great place- wonderful values!
Starbucks stock has climbed swiftly since the boycott. Delano's claims are false but he's well know for lying. That's why he's so loved by NOM.
==I am now going to Starbucks on a regular basis. Great place- wonderful values!==
More "meat," huh.
Of course Starbucks is losing at least $200k a week as a result of the boycott.
I've personally saved hundreds. That money is being put to much better use (supporting marriage, for example).
I love how Brian makes it sound like they blew through 40,000 pledges in a week. When in reality it has taken MONTHS to accumulate that measly amount, even after translating DS site to several languages and taking it worldwide.
Also, every company has a software system that analyzes usage of people who join up. I get emails all the time from various companies saying they miss me if I have not shopped in a while. It's not specifically because of the boycott. but nice try.
Gzeus,
Brian began requesting donations for this particular endeavor a week ago.
Additionally; nowhere in this article where is it claimed that those offers where in direct response to this boycott; the offers in question are knee jerk acknowledgements that the company is starting to realize measurable loses to its bottom-line.
Companies of this size rarely acknowledge missteps until shareholders start demanding heads. Think of the NOM boycott as a great tail-gate party before the big game; the pay-off will be epic.
Yes. Epic fail.
Congrats to NOM for continuing to build the SBUX boycott. It is set up to be a perfect addition to the the fall political season
The boycott is two-fold: a) Downsizing the Starbucks customer base, and b) Upgrading their competitors sales. It will take a while for the competition to make head-wave, but i know Starbucks pushed a lot of local coffee houses out of business, who used to fund live music. Starbucks quality control is excellent, but they depend heavily on a large customer base who comes in a quickly spends a few buck, then sits for hours enjoying the A/C and restrooms (coffee is a strong diuretic - have you noticed?) I think the boycott need not worry Starbucks for now. It is not like they are going to advertise it. The less they worry about it now, the more chance they give their competitors. I heard coffee is the most important commodity, after petroleum (natural fluid hydrocarbons). There's a lot, lots, of money in Coffee, keeping people with sleep deprivation half-awake. The competitors are local coffee businesses, which pay lower rent for the space, and other franchises like Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf who can use the Starbucks formula to success. Give it some time, and Starbucks will crash. They are too vulnerable to be getting arrogant.
Mr incredible- really, I'm straight. I just respect individual liberty. Way to represent your religion.
I go to Starbucks every day still. There is no difference AT ALL in the number of people who go there. Believe it or not, MORE people have resolved to give their money to businesses on the receiving end of a hate-fueled boycott. You can twist the numbers and make things up as much as you want, but it doesn't change the facts. STARBUCKS IS JUST FINE. (And JC Penny isn't doing too bad either)
"Its highly unlikely that a significant portion of them even live within 50 miles of a Starbucks."
Way to go, bigot.
@Lynn
"And JC Penny isn't doing too bad either"
MSN just had an article - Saturday - about how badly JCP is doing and how empty their stores are. The blog was full of people stating that they refuse to give money to companies that jump on the LGBT bandwagon.
"Penney shares fall as turnaround turns ugly- MSN Money"
Just another example of how marriage corruption supporters have become completely dependent upon lies and falsehoods in support of their depravity.
Marriage licenses are issued by the state, not the church. No religion is necessary for a marriage to be legal, valid or recognized. In the words of Howard Schultz- ONWARD
It also seems that not all clergy are following NOM's path of discrimination of gay couple wanting to marry. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/28/otis-moss-iii-challenges-on-marriage-equality_n_1550449.html?ref=religion
I'm a gay trucker, and I haul potatos a lot around Wisconsin. Now, are those of you in Wisconsin going to boycott potatos since there is a good chance that it to buy potatos in wisconsin I may have delivered them myself. perhaps if you ask all these alternate coffee shops you may see that many of them are pro gay marriage also. will you boycott those as well?
Skooter,
So your point is that people of color should not be one issue voters unless, of course, that one issue is a candidate’s skin pigmentation? This election the faithful has an opportunity to demonstrate to the world that they are more than the color of their skin; they get to vote their conscience.
Judging from the exposed raw nerve reaction of marriage corruption supporters the boycotts are working.
The boycotts are not only working, just wait and see how they start to work once the election heats up.
Slow, steady, build a good ground game, and be ready when it counts.
You know. You always here about leftists saying that Corporations should stay out of the political arena...then they start endorsing their agenda and suddenly anyone who disagrees is just throwing a temper tantrum. The blantant hypocrisy of the left is always obvious. Just wish they would practice what they preach for once.
@29
I'll do all I can to avoid anything homo, or homo-related.
@34 Well, you better jump on a ship to Mars, because gays are everywhere! They don't live under some rock in the desert. They serve you food, they mow your lawn, they cut your hair, they provide your utilities, they deliver your groceries, they work at your local daycare, and they even come to your house when you call 911.
I completely agree with your observations, Albert.
In fact it is quite clear that homosexuals enjoy full civil rights, and full access to the opportunities of our society.
This is clear evidence that the whole "oppressed minority" meme is rapidly turning into a double-edged sword for the marriage corruption activists.
They must simultaneously maintain that they are powerless and defenseless, and that they can make the President of the United States stop defending the duly-enacted laws of our nation, as in the case of DOMA.
Your insight is very important.
Wow, 43000 people, you guys sure are causing a devastating blow to Starbucks...oh wait, never mind. You're doing nothing lol.
Well, if we're doing nothing, Sean, the question suggests itself:
Why, then, are you doing something about nothing?
Put your ear to the ground, Sean.
See you in November.
Funny that NOM hasn't posted anything about Prop 8. It is rumored that the Ninth Circuit will be giving out its verdict on the appeal for en banc review. Has NOM dropped its coverage on Prop8 already 'cos we've already lost it? If that's the case, I'm really sorry, NOM...
MBOMOW:
Ummm.. since the petition for en banc review is still pending, the case cannot have been lost.
In fact, the case is headed to the Supreme Court of the United States, and will be racing to get there against a DOMA case which directly contradicts Reinhardt's.......soliloquy.
So, just as a point of fact, no, the case has not been decided, and yes, your team still hasn't learned how to count to five.
Last night at SBucks, I got the worst cup of coffee for 4 bucks and Jesus had nothing to do with it. WAWA had better for less than 2 bucks.
I must have been boycotting Kmart because I received this email today: You're a valued customer and it hasn't been the same since you stopped coming around. Visit Kmart.com in the next 2 weeks and you'll get $10 off your purchase of $40 or more.*
See you soon!
GZeus,
Your word accounts for squat; lets see some proof.
Albert C. Kliwer: No.