Stephen Colbert weighed on Co-Cola’s Super Bowl mercial featurg a multi-lgual rendn of “Ameri the Betiful,” as well as a pair of openly gay parents, and said no one would be more offend than the gay woman who wrote the lyrics 1895. “For Pete’s sake! Sce when are gays allowed to gay up ‘Ameri the Betiful’?” Colbert asked durg “The Colbert Report” on Tuday. “If the woman who wrote this song, Kathare Lee Bat, saw this ad, she would be disgted. And so would her life partner, Kathare Coman, wh whom she lived for 25 years what was then referred to as a ‘Boston marriage.’”
Contents:
- CO-COLA ADVERTISEMENTS FEATURG GAY UPL CREATE STIR HUNGARY
- CO-COLA FEATURED GAY UPL KISSG A HUNGARIAN AD. PEOPLE ARE FUR
- COKE AD RIL HUNGARY CONSERVATIV, PART OF LARGER GAY RIGHTS BATTLE
- COKE RELEAS GROUNDBREAKG GAY-IENDLY ADVERTISEMENT
- CO-COLA DROPS PRO-GAY AD CAMPAIGN HUNGARY AFTER BOYTT BACKLASH
- HUNGARIANS UPSET WH GAY COKE AD
- STEPHEN COLBERT ON COKE AD: ‘SCE WHEN ARE GAYS ALLOWED TO GAY UP’ A SONG WRTEN BY A LBIAN? (VIO)
- COKE’S “LOVE IS LOVE” AD CAMPAIGN GOT A LAWMAKER SO MAD HE STARTED A BOYTTCONSERVATIVE MEDIA OUTLETS ARE FOLLOWG HIS LEAD AND A PETN HAS GAED TENS OF THOANDS OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 6, 2019/10:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:630PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}CO-COLABY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 6, 2019 / 10:22 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COKE’S “LOVE IS LOVE” AD CAMPAIGN GOT A LAWMAKER SO MAD HE STARTED A BOYTT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-06T14:22:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-06T14:22:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO-COLA'S "LOVE IS LOVE" MPAIGN, PICTG SAME-SEX UPL SHOWG AFFECTN WHILE ENJOYG A COKE, HAS PROVED NTROVERSIAL HUNGARY, PROMPTG A LAWMAKER AND A NUMBER OF MEDIA OUTLETS TO LL FOR A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ADS, WHICH ARE FOR COKE ZERO, CLU THE SLOGAN, "ZERO SUGAR, ZERO PREJUDICE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ISTVáN BOLDOG, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND A LEAR OF THE UNTRY'S LG FISZ PARTY, TOOK TO FACEBOOK TO CLARE HE WOULD NO LONGER NSUME ANY CO-COLA PRODUCTS UNTIL THEY STOPPED NNG THE ADS, WHICH HE CHARACTERIZED AS "PROVOTIVE," AND LLG ON OTHERS TO JO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE HOMOSEXUAL LOBBY IS LAYG SIEGE TO BUDAPT, LEAVG NO SPACE TO AVOID THIS," SAID RIGHT-WG NEWS OUTLET PTI SRAK, REPORTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PETN URGG LOL OFFICIALS TO BAN THE ADS, WHICH LNCHED BUDAPT THIS WEEK AHEAD OF THE SZIGET FTIVAL, HAS GARNERED TENS OF THOANDS OF SIGNATUR, ACRDG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE CO-COLA COMPANY STRIV FOR DIVERSY, CLN AND EQUALY OUR BS, AND WE SUPPORT THE RIGHTS SOCIETY AS WELL," A PANY SPOKPERSON SAID A STATEMENT. "AS A LONG-STANDG SUPPORTER OF THE LGBTQI MUNY, WE BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LOVE THE PERSON THEY CHOOSE. THE MPAIGN CURRENTLY NNG HUNGARY REFLECTS THE VALU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE CIVIL UNNS ARE LEGAL HUNGARY, MARRIAGE EQUALY HAS YET TO E TO THE UNTRY. ACCEPTANCE OF GAY PEOPLE APPEARS TO BE ON THE RISE, HOWEVER, WH A STUDY FDG MORE THAN 60% SAYG THEY ARE FAVOR OF EQUAL RIGHTS, UP OM LS THAN HALF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
CO-COLA ADVERTISEMENTS FEATURG GAY UPL CREATE STIR HUNGARY
Co-Cola Co has lnched a gay-iendly ad that shows a brother and sister fightg over the attentn of a handsome man a recent mpaign that has won praise for diversy and cln. * gay coke ad *
And our petn we ask for help removg the posters as soon as possible and curbg a homosexual lobby aimed at children, fai and society as a whole, ” the petn stat. A billboard, part of a mpaign by Co-Cola promotg gay acceptance, which has prompted a polil backlash is seen Budapt, Hungary, Aug.
Bernatt Szabo/Rters"Promotg homosexualy is not acceptable a suatn when Hungarian populatn is already agg and creasg, and we as a natn are threatened by foreign migrant vasn, ” Agn Kovacs, 78, a retired Budapt acuntant, told ABC News. ”Although Orban himself has not spoken publicly agast homosexualy, he prevly lled Mlim refuge “vars, ” and built a razor-wire fence plac along Hungary’s borr, warng of a dwdlg Christian 2018, a theater productn of "Billy Ellt" Budapt was nceled soon after a op-ed was published accg the play of beg "gay propaganda.
CO-COLA FEATURED GAY UPL KISSG A HUNGARIAN AD. PEOPLE ARE FUR
"Opn polls show that a growg number of Hungarians support gay rights. In 2017, a survey by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn found that more than 60% of the untry's rints believe equal rights should be afford to everyone, regardls of sexual upl Hungary are allowed to register their partnerships and enjoy some of the benefs of married upl.
COKE AD RIL HUNGARY CONSERVATIV, PART OF LARGER GAY RIGHTS BATTLE
However, gay marriage Hungary is still illegal.
“We have a feelg ernment is ttg people this subject, ” Tomas Dombos, a board member of Hatter, Hungary’s olst gay rights group, told ABC said that while the Fisz-led ernment has prevly been foced on an anti-migrant platform, seems to be directg more energy towards LGBTQ issu. We will see if this is a new polil strategy or jt an herent real homophobe gettg mad at somethg like Coke’s mpaign, ” he has fend s mpaign Hungary, statg that is a “long-standg supporter of the LGBTQ muny.
Polls show a growg number of Hungarians support gay rights. A 2017 poll by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn found that more than 60% of the untry’s rints believe equal rights should be afford to everyone, regardls of sexual orientatn.
COKE RELEAS GROUNDBREAKG GAY-IENDLY ADVERTISEMENT
“Until now, large pani Hungary have not advertised wh openly gay ntent and msag.
Budapt, the natn’s pal, often hosts pro-gay rights events, cludg an annual Pri para. Advertisements by Co-Cola relatg to a popular mic ftival Hungary that promote gay acceptance have prompted a boytt ll om a senr member of the nservative lg posters are timed for the week-long Sziget ftival – that tak the theme of “Love Revolutn” and starts on Wednday Budapt – and show gay people and upl sg wh slogans such as “zero sugar, zero prejudice” has annoyed some supporters of Viktor Orbán’s natnalist Fisz party, which oppos same-sex marriage.
But wh gay acceptance risg among Hungarians, was unclear if his ll would ga, rightwg news portals echoed his antipathy. “The homosexual lobby is layg siege to Budapt, leavg no space to avoid this, ” plaed one, Pti Srák.
CO-COLA DROPS PRO-GAY AD CAMPAIGN HUNGARY AFTER BOYTT BACKLASH
Orbán, who rails agast immigrants, promot ethnic homogeney and claims he seeks to protect Europe’s Christian tradns, oppos equal rights for same-sex upl while advotg quiet gay-straight Monday Co-Cola said that the Sziget ftival, expected to draw more than half a ln people, echo re prcipl of the US multatnal. “We believe both hetero- and homosexuals have the right to love the person they want, the way they want, ” the pany stopped short of endorsg Boldog’s boytt ll, sayg Hungarians were ee to choose whether to drk Coke.
Tamás Dombos, an advote wh the Háttér gay rights group, said the ernment was homophobic but also aware of society’s growg acceptance of gay liftyl. “Sometim ’s hard to dissect whether ’s a polil strategy or jt an herent real homophobe gettg mad at somethg like Coke’s mpaign. ”Acrdg to a 2018 Háttér study, nearly two-thirds of Hungarians believe gay people should be ee to live as they please, up om ls than half rights have ed more of a stir Poland, where lg rightwg Law and Jtice (PiS) party, a Fisz ally, has lnched an anti-gay mpaign an apparent attempt to re-energise s maly ral base.
HUNGARIANS UPSET WH GAY COKE AD
One nservative magaze distributed “LGBT-ee zone” stickers and some towns have clared themselv “LGBT-ee” Hungary, the parliament speaker this year equated gay adoptn to “paedophilia a moral sense”.
STEPHEN COLBERT ON COKE AD: ‘SCE WHEN ARE GAYS ALLOWED TO GAY UP’ A SONG WRTEN BY A LBIAN? (VIO)
Orbán has rarely addrsed the issue head on, though a 2016 terview he said gay people “n do what they want but nnot get their marriag regnised by the state… An apple nnot ask to be lled a pear. Iology” has taken the place of migrants as public enemy number one for many natnalist lears, love is not is a after the Coke ads appeared, a pro-ernment ter news se ran a banner headle: “The Homosexual Lobby Has Now Bieged Budapt — They Won’t Give You A Chance to Avoid It.
”The battle over the billboards is jt a small skirmish what is emergg as a broar mpaign across the regn agast gay rights.
The issue lost much of s potency, but the mpaign agast gay rights offered a new group of people to pat as a threat. ”After marchers at a gay pri para the nservative town of Bialystok, Poland were attacked July, crics of the ernment said that the propaganda was fuelg mirrors a bate takg place the Uned Stat, where Print Tmp’s opponents say that his fevered warngs about an vasn of immigrants were embolng extremists and fuelg vlence like the recent massacre El Monday, YouTube blocked an acunt belongg to a far-right Polish anti-abortn group, The Life and Fay Foundatn, for promotg “ntent glorifyg or cg vlence agast another person or group of people. Iology” has not cricism of the mpaign, fact, is ed as evince that those promotg gay rights are part of some sister bal lookg to unrme tradnal valu and natnal Archbishop of Krakow, Marek Jedraszewski, pared the L.
COKE’S “LOVE IS LOVE” AD CAMPAIGN GOT A LAWMAKER SO MAD HE STARTED A BOYTTCONSERVATIVE MEDIA OUTLETS ARE FOLLOWG HIS LEAD AND A PETN HAS GAED TENS OF THOANDS OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 6, 2019/10:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:630PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}CO-COLABY JEFF TAYLORAUGT 6, 2019 / 10:22 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COKE’S “LOVE IS LOVE” AD CAMPAIGN GOT A LAWMAKER SO MAD HE STARTED A BOYTT","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-06T14:22:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-06T14:22:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"JEFF TAYLOR","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO-COLA'S "LOVE IS LOVE" MPAIGN, PICTG SAME-SEX UPL SHOWG AFFECTN WHILE ENJOYG A COKE, HAS PROVED NTROVERSIAL HUNGARY, PROMPTG A LAWMAKER AND A NUMBER OF MEDIA OUTLETS TO LL FOR A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ADS, WHICH ARE FOR COKE ZERO, CLU THE SLOGAN, "ZERO SUGAR, ZERO PREJUDICE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ISTVáN BOLDOG, A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND A LEAR OF THE UNTRY'S LG FISZ PARTY, TOOK TO FACEBOOK TO CLARE HE WOULD NO LONGER NSUME ANY CO-COLA PRODUCTS UNTIL THEY STOPPED NNG THE ADS, WHICH HE CHARACTERIZED AS "PROVOTIVE," AND LLG ON OTHERS TO JO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE HOMOSEXUAL LOBBY IS LAYG SIEGE TO BUDAPT, LEAVG NO SPACE TO AVOID THIS," SAID RIGHT-WG NEWS OUTLET PTI SRAK, REPORTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A PETN URGG LOL OFFICIALS TO BAN THE ADS, WHICH LNCHED BUDAPT THIS WEEK AHEAD OF THE SZIGET FTIVAL, HAS GARNERED TENS OF THOANDS OF SIGNATUR, ACRDG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE CO-COLA COMPANY STRIV FOR DIVERSY, CLN AND EQUALY OUR BS, AND WE SUPPORT THE RIGHTS SOCIETY AS WELL," A PANY SPOKPERSON SAID A STATEMENT. 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4 percent, far below the 30 percent required for to take Slovakia, another natn that do not regnize gay upl, a popular magaze wily known for spreadg disrmatn, Zem a Vek, offered stark warng. People their speech, cludg Andrej Danko, the speaker of Slovak Parliament and the lear of the Slovak Natnal the new Slovak Print, Zuzana Caputova, won a roundg victory March after mpaigng on a platform of tolerance and support for gay rights.
“We believe both hetero- and homosexuals have the right to love the person they want, the way they want, ” the pany Limowicz for The New York TimOn Wednday, announced that the posters would be replaced wh imag of Co-Cola bottl wh rabow-lored labels, which pany officials said was always the Amerin Chamber of Commerce branch Hungary said stood behd the right of pani like Co-Cola to exprs their views. “There is no place at Empik for open discrimatn, ” the pany said a newspaper lled the move censorship and threatened legal, which first arrived Poland 1991 as the untry ma the transn om Communist le, has also been drawn to the fight after fired an employee for postg Bible vers nmng gay people on the pany’s ternal webse. “The employee actually ed quot om the Old Ttament about ath and blood the ntext of what fate should meet homosexuals, ” the pany said a statement.
A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 8 of the New York edn wh the headle: Hungary’s Anti-Gay Conservativ Are Riled by Coke Campaign. Co-Cola releas groundbreakg gay-iendly advertisement that shows a brother and sister fightg for the attentn of a hunky pool boyA new Co-Cola ad shows a brother and sister fightg over the right to offer a handsome pool boy a ld drk The two are first shown starg longlgly at him different parts of their hoeThe duo hilaroly race to give him a Coke, trippg and pullg on each-otherWhen they get there they realize that their mom had already given him one The ad is a part of Co-Cola's new global 'taste the feelg' mpaign Published: 04:31 BST, 7 March 2017 | Updated: 07:06 BST, 7 March 2017.