Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Slams Anti-Gay Marriage Shareholr

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• STARBUCKS GAY MARRIAGE STANCE: CEO PUTS SMACKDOWN ON ANTI-MARRIAGE EQUALY SHAREHOLR
• STARBUCKS CEO HOLDS HIS GROUND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• STARBUCKS CEO HOWARD SCHULTZ SLAPS DOWN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE ACTIVIST AT SHAREHOLR MEETG
• STARBUCKS APPLDS SUPREME COURT’S RULG ON MARRIAGE EQUALY JUNE 26, 2015 • 2 M READSHARESHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWTERSHARE ON LKEDINSHARE EMAILBEG OPEN, CLIVE AND FORWARD-THKG IS AT THE RE OF WHAT STARBUCKS IS ABOUT. STARBUCKS HAS BEEN A LONGTIME ADVOTE FOR THE LGBT MUNY AND MARRIAGE EQUALY. THE PANY FILED AN AMIC BRIEF TO THE SUPREME COURT SE CHALLENGG THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT 2013 AND SIGNED ONTO THE PEOPLE’S BRIEF EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE PANY’S MOST VOL STATEMENT ON DIVERSY AND EQUALY ME DURG A SPONTANEO EXCHANGE AT THE 2013 STARBUCKS ANNUAL MEETG OF SHAREHOLRS. DURG THE QUTN AND ANSWER PORTN OF THE MEETG, A STOCKHOLR VOICED HIS VIEW THAT THE PANY HAD LOST CTOMERS BEE OF S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE.“NOT EVERY CISN IS AN ENOMIC CISN,” RPOND HOWARD SCHULTZ, STARBUCKS CHAIRMAN, AND CEO. “THE LENS WHICH WE ARE MAKG THAT CISN IS THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR PEOPLE.”CHEERS AND APPLSE TERPTED SCHULTZ, WHO NTUED, “IF YOU FEEL, RPECTFULLY, THAT YOU N GET A HIGHER RETURN THAN THE 38% YOU GOT LAST YEAR, ’S A EE UNTRY. YOU N SELL YOUR SHAR STARBUCKS AND BUY SHAR ANOTHER PANY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.”MONTHS LATER, OCTOBER OF 2013, STARBUCKS ADD VERAGE OF TRANSGENR REASSIGNMENT SURGERY TO THE PANY’S HEALTH BENEFS. IT HAD ALREADY VERED PRCRIPTN DGS FOR HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND MENTAL HEALTH RE. IN 2014, A YEAR LATER, STARBUCKS REMOVED THE FANCIAL P ON SURGERY BENEFS.IN JUNE OF 2014, STARBUCKS FLEW THE PRI FLAG ATOP S SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND EARLIER THIS WEEK RAISED THE FLAG AGA.STARBUCKS RECEIVED A 100 ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN’S 2015 CORPORATE EQUALY INX, A NATNAL BENCHMARKG TOOL ON RPORATE POLICI AND PRACTIC PERTENT TO LGBT EMPLOYE. HRC ALSO RATED STARBUCKS AS ONE OF THE “BT PLAC TO WORK FOR LGBT EQUALY.” SHARE THIS ARTICLESHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWTERSHARE ON LKEDINSHARE EMAILREAD MORESTARBUCKS UNVEILS NEW OZEN LEMONA DRKS FOR THE SUMMER
• STARBUCKS CEO DOUBL DOWN ON GAY-MARRIAGE SUPPORT, TELLG SHAREHOLR TO SELL STAKE IF HE DON’T LIKE VIEWS
• STARBUCKS CEO HOWARD SCHULTZ’S GRAN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

STARBUCKS GAY MARRIAGE STANCE: CEO PUTS SMACKDOWN ON ANTI-MARRIAGE EQUALY SHAREHOLR

His openg sentence reads:"At the Starbucks annual shareholrs meetg on Wednday, CEO Howard Schultz sent a clear msage to anyone who supports tradnal marriage over gay marriage: we don't want your bs.

The thor, Victor Meda, opens wh this:"At the Starbucks annual shareholrs meetg on Wednday, CEO Howard Schultz sent a clear msage to anyone who supports tradnal marriage over gay marriage: we don't want your bs. The article, "Howard Schultz to Anti-Gay-Marriage Starbucks Shareholr: 'You Can Sell Your Shar, " accurately reflects the ntext and rponse to a shareholr's qutn, Starbucks' CEO rpond:"If you feel, rpectfully, that you n get a higher return than the 38% you got last year, 's a ee untry. We are proud of our Pri Alliance Partner Network group, which is one of the largt Employer Rource Groups for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) employe the U.

That support led the pany to beg the target of "Dump Starbucks" boytts stuted by anti-gay marriage groups such as the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage.

STARBUCKS CEO HOLDS HIS GROUND ON GAY MARRIAGE

“Howard Schultz to Anti-Gay-Marriage Starbucks Shareholr.

“Washgton State’s Governor Signs Gay Marriage Law. “Starbucks CEO Doubl Down on Gay-Marriage Support. Strobhar said he believed Starbucks lost revenue bee of s public support for a 2012 same-sex marriage referendum, which turn spired boytts om anti-gay-marriage groups, such as the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage.

Forb, "Howard Schultz To Anti-Gay-Marriage Starbucks Shareholr: ‘You Can Sell Your Shar, ’" March 22, 2013. Bs Insir, "Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Slaps Down Anti-Gay Marriage Activist at Shareholr Meetg, " March 22, 2013.

STARBUCKS CEO HOWARD SCHULTZ SLAPS DOWN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE ACTIVIST AT SHAREHOLR MEETG

CNN Money, "Starbucks CEO holds his ground on gay marriage, " March 28, 2013. The Washgton Post, "Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s gran support for gay marriage, " March 25, 2013. Schultz replied that supportg gay marriage was not an enomic cisn and if Strobhar thought he uld get a higher return elsewhere he uld sell his shar Starbucks.

But durg an annual shareholrs meetg 2013, a shareholr said that Starbucks was losg ctomers bee of the pany’s support for gay marriage. “Howard Schultz to Anti-Gay-Marriage Starbucks Shareholr: ‘You Can Sell Your Shar’.

3, HomeThe Washgton Post, March 25, 2013, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s gran support for gay marriageForb, March 22, 2013, Howard Schultz to Anti-Gay-Marriage Starbucks Shareholr: 'You Can Sell Your Shar'Puget Sound Bs Journal, March 23, 2013, Starbucks CEO fends gay-marriage stance shareholr meetg qutns (Vio)Sam Jefi, Feb. At Starbucks' annual shareholrs meetg Seattle, Wash., on Wednday, CEO Howard Schultz told off an vtor who tried to argue that the pany's support for gay marriage is bad for bs. Last year, Starbucks endorsed a Washgton state bill to legalize gay marriage, and released a statement sayg was "eply dited to embracg diversy.

STARBUCKS APPLDS SUPREME COURT’S RULG ON MARRIAGE EQUALY JUNE 26, 2015 • 2 M READSHARESHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWTERSHARE ON LKEDINSHARE EMAILBEG OPEN, CLIVE AND FORWARD-THKG IS AT THE RE OF WHAT STARBUCKS IS ABOUT. STARBUCKS HAS BEEN A LONGTIME ADVOTE FOR THE LGBT MUNY AND MARRIAGE EQUALY. THE PANY FILED AN AMIC BRIEF TO THE SUPREME COURT SE CHALLENGG THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT 2013 AND SIGNED ONTO THE PEOPLE’S BRIEF EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE PANY’S MOST VOL STATEMENT ON DIVERSY AND EQUALY ME DURG A SPONTANEO EXCHANGE AT THE 2013 STARBUCKS ANNUAL MEETG OF SHAREHOLRS. DURG THE QUTN AND ANSWER PORTN OF THE MEETG, A STOCKHOLR VOICED HIS VIEW THAT THE PANY HAD LOST CTOMERS BEE OF S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE.“NOT EVERY CISN IS AN ENOMIC CISN,” RPOND HOWARD SCHULTZ, STARBUCKS CHAIRMAN, AND CEO. “THE LENS WHICH WE ARE MAKG THAT CISN IS THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR PEOPLE.”CHEERS AND APPLSE TERPTED SCHULTZ, WHO NTUED, “IF YOU FEEL, RPECTFULLY, THAT YOU N GET A HIGHER RETURN THAN THE 38% YOU GOT LAST YEAR, ’S A EE UNTRY. YOU N SELL YOUR SHAR STARBUCKS AND BUY SHAR ANOTHER PANY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.”MONTHS LATER, OCTOBER OF 2013, STARBUCKS ADD VERAGE OF TRANSGENR REASSIGNMENT SURGERY TO THE PANY’S HEALTH BENEFS. IT HAD ALREADY VERED PRCRIPTN DGS FOR HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND MENTAL HEALTH RE. IN 2014, A YEAR LATER, STARBUCKS REMOVED THE FANCIAL P ON SURGERY BENEFS.IN JUNE OF 2014, STARBUCKS FLEW THE PRI FLAG ATOP S SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND EARLIER THIS WEEK RAISED THE FLAG AGA.STARBUCKS RECEIVED A 100 ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN’S 2015 CORPORATE EQUALY INX, A NATNAL BENCHMARKG TOOL ON RPORATE POLICI AND PRACTIC PERTENT TO LGBT EMPLOYE. HRC ALSO RATED STARBUCKS AS ONE OF THE “BT PLAC TO WORK FOR LGBT EQUALY.” SHARE THIS ARTICLESHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWTERSHARE ON LKEDINSHARE EMAILREAD MORESTARBUCKS UNVEILS NEW OZEN LEMONA DRKS FOR THE SUMMER

Strobhar, who is the founr of the anti-abortn, anti-gay marriage Corporate Moraly Actn Center, has been a vol opponent of progrsive the past. His webse boasts that he has fought agast rporate volvement gay marriage, abortn and pornography at major U.

RelatedBsstarbucks ceo shareholr gay marriagemarriage equalystarbucks gay marriagtarbucks marriage equalyBefore You Go25 LGBT-Friendly Products & Compani Targeted By BoyttersPopular the CommunyYou May Like. At the annual Starbucks shareholrs meetg, shareholr Tom Strobhar noted that Starbucks’ support for gay marriage Washgton state had led to a boytt which st the pany revenue. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz dug his heels about gay marriage after an vtor plaed that the pany's support was erodg s bottom le.

In March 2012, the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage stuted a "Dump Starbucks" boytt bee of the pany's support of gay marriage.

STARBUCKS CEO DOUBL DOWN ON GAY-MARRIAGE SUPPORT, TELLG SHAREHOLR TO SELL STAKE IF HE DON’T LIKE VIEWS

"Until January a year ago, we existed whout makg gay marriage a re value of our pany, " said Stber. " Related: Gay muny optimistic about fancial future Many major pani have publicly taken a stance on gay marriage.

Dan Cathy, CEO of Chick-Fil-A, announced his opposn to gay marriage last year.

Bs surged as ctomers led up at the fast food cha to show their support, while gay upl staged a "kiss day" prott. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Slaps Down Anti-Gay Marriage Activist At Shareholr Meetg Fance Watchlists My Portfol Markets Optns: Hight Open Intert Optns: Hight Implied Volatily News Vios Yahoo Fance Pl Screeners Personal Fance High-yield savgs acunt rat Crypto Indtri Contact Us S&P 500 Dow 30 Nasdaq Rsell 2000 C Oil Gold Silver EUR/USD 10-Yr Bond GBP/USD USD/JPY B USD CMC Crypto 200 FTSE 100 Nikkei 225 Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Slaps Down Anti-Gay Marriage Activist At Shareholr MeetgStarbucks CEO Howard Schultz has ma clear that his pany supports same-sex marriage, and at the ffee tan's annual meetg Seattle, he had a heated exchange wh a shareholr who cricized that stance, Gabriel Spzer at KPLU stemmed om the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage's cisn to boytt Starbucks after the pany endorsed a same-sex marriage bill Washgton state.

STARBUCKS CEO HOWARD SCHULTZ’S GRAN SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Shareholr Tom Strobhar, who, acrdg to The Huffgton Post, is the founr of the anti-abortn, anti-gay marriage Corporate Moraly Actn Center, was not happy about the said that affected Starbucks' bottom le. Durg the qutn and answer portn of the meetg, a stockholr voiced his view that the pany had lost ctomers bee of s support for gay marriage.

But Schultz was quick to unrsre that wasn’t even an enomic cisn to support gay rights.

Starbucks, which last year boasted nearly 18, 000 retail stor 60 untri wh plans to ntue growg, endorsed the Washgton state bill to legalize gay marriage, and released a statement at the time sayg was “eply dited to embracg diversy, ” the Huffgton Post reported. VIDEO: Hillary Clton Announc Support for Gay Marriage.