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Contents:

• FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?
• RABOW ‘GAYO’ MAYONNAISE FOR PRI IS NOT REAL
• PATRTS OWNER ROBERT KRAFT SPOTTED QUIETLY WATCHG A GAY FLAG FOOTBALL GAME
• KRAFT FENDS RABOW-STUFFED GAY PRI OREO AS ‘REFLECTN OF OUR VALU’
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• GAY PRI RABOW OREO SPARKS 20,000 FACEBOOK MENTS, BATE
• OREO COOKI' GAY PRI BACKLASH: 25 COMPANI AND PRODUCTS BOYTTED FOR SUPPORTG LGBT RIGHTS
• DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS

FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?

An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a rabow-lored bottle of mayonnaise lled “Real Gayo” that Kraft released celebratn of Pri Month. Fact Check: The Facebook image, shared over 42, 000 tim, purportedly shows a rabow-lored bottle of Kraft mayonnaise labeled “Real Gayo” wh text unrneath that reads “Smooth & Sassy. “We received your note fact checkg ‘Real Gayo, ’ and wanted to nfirm this is not a real product, ” said a spokperson for Kraft an email to Check Your Fact.

A bottle of mayonnaise om Kraft has been rebrand as “Gayo” for Pri month. A picture appearg to show a bottle of mayonnaise, rebrand as “Gayo” so ctomers n “add pri to your next BLT” is beg shared on Facebook. New England is probably the sports anchise that ril up the anti-gay crowd most whenever Pri Month around.

RABOW ‘GAYO’ MAYONNAISE FOR PRI IS NOT REAL

Is Kraft’s “Real Gayo” real or fake? Patrts owner Robert Kraft has shown support for the LGBTQ+ muny the past on var ossns, most notably when he attend the Gay Bowl of the Natnal Gay Flag Football League (NGFFL). One thg the Kraft brand has not done, specifilly Kraft Foods, is release a mayonnaise lled “Real Gayo.

Patrts owner Robert Kraft attend Gay Bowl of Natnal Gay Flag Football LeagueGilette StadiumLWActualizado. While some fans were jt sayg they were done wh the anchise, one er acced the Patrts of beg agast eedom of England is probably the sports anchise that ril up the anti-gay crowd most whenever Pri Month around. "Is Kraft's "Real Gayo" real or fake?

PATRTS OWNER ROBERT KRAFT SPOTTED QUIETLY WATCHG A GAY FLAG FOOTBALL GAME

One thg the Kraft brand has not done, specifilly Kraft Foods, is release a mayonnaise lled "Real Gayo. New England Patrts owner Robert Kraft shocked players and fans when he was spotted the stands quietly watchg a gay flag football game.

“One of the most succsful and powerful owners pro sports was takg time out of his Saturday morng to vis a nonscript park ep Dorchter and schmooze wh gaggl of football-lovg gays, ” player Alex Reimer wrote on OutSports after the game. June 27, 2012 () – Kraft Foods, the pany behd the Oreo okie, has fend a promotnal image of the okie stuffed wh rabow fillg as “a fun reflectn of our valu, ” even as the gay rights endorsement triggered boytt threats wh hours of appearg on the Inter. The image had garnered nearly 220, 000 Facebook “lik” by Wednday morng, 66, 600 shar, and 35, 850 ments fuelg an unendg flame war over the okie’s stand favor of the homosexual movement.

I am fairly ambivalent about the homosexual marraige/unn issue but I will not go along wh g an Inic Children’s snack to promote one si of .

KRAFT FENDS RABOW-STUFFED GAY PRI OREO AS ‘REFLECTN OF OUR VALU’

The Oreo endorsement is not the only gay pri endorsement to e out om a major brand tanm wh LGBT Pri Month. In addn, Target stor this Sprg sparked a boytt om pro-fay lears after lnched a le of gay pri t-shirts at the end of May. MayoHome of the Wild Atlantic Gays.

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.

He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group. He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

GAY PRI RABOW OREO SPARKS 20,000 FACEBOOK MENTS, BATE

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church.

OREO COOKI' GAY PRI BACKLASH: 25 COMPANI AND PRODUCTS BOYTTED FOR SUPPORTG LGBT RIGHTS

“I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. NEW YORK (Rters) - Dpe some lls for a boytt, Kraft Foods may have bten off jt what meant to chew when posted a gay-pri-themed picture of an Oreo okie on post pictured an Oreo filled wh six layers of ostg the lors of the rabow flag that symboliz diversy the gay muny.

Along wh other proment power brokers, the lear of the NFL’s greatt dynasty signed onto an ad affirmg his support for two gay people to marry. Way back 2003, the Patrts sent all-time great Andre Tippett to officiate the ceremonial toss at the Boston Gay Bowl, the yearly champnship for the Natnal Gay Flag Football League. Robert Kraft posg wh members of FLAG Flag Football and Gay Bowl chairs Dave Haton (far left) and Danny Tyrrell (right) 2017.

“For (Kraft), who opens up to me about a gay iend, I am the most important person the world those few moments. His embrace of O’Callaghan shows you n play profsnal football and be openly gay.

DON'T LET THAT RABOW LOGO FOOL YOU: THE 9 CORPORATNS DONATED MILLNS TO ANTI-GAY POLICIANS

Every Pri month, nsumers see their favore brands add rabow strip to their logos, fly flags om their headquarters buildgs and add attractive gay and lbian upl to their ads. Of urse, e next week, the lendar will flip to July, and 's buhbye to all the cute gays, sparkly rabows and boldly-lored banners flown by big bs. Ne of the biggt, most LGBTQ-supportive rporatns Ameri gave about $1 ln or more each to anti-gay policians the last electn cycle.

All of them voted to nfirm anti-gay members of the Tmp bet, voted to ny healthre to transgenr troops, and wouldn't sponsor or -sponsor any legislatn support of LGBTQ rights. Those ne rporatns wh perfect x sr which ma donatns to anti-gay policians om 2017 to 2018, are, orr om most to least:. AT&T donated $2, 755, 000 to 193 anti-gay policians.

UPS donated $2, 366, 122 to 159 anti-gay policians. Comst donated $2, 116, 500 to 154 anti-gay policians. Home Depot donated $1, 825, 500 to 111 anti-gay policians.