Anti-gay marriage protester sets fire to General Mills’ lawn

[~Tyson~]

By Josh Visser from the National


A protester tries to stomp out a fire he started on the lawn of General Mills' company headquarters

A protester angry about food giant Generals Mills’ taking a stand against a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage accidentally set fire to the lawn at the company’s headquarters after torching a bowl of Cheerios.

“One in every eight boxes of cereal in this country is Cheerios,” the man says in a a video posted to youtube.

“This is really the treat for . . . homosexuals,” he adds, box of Cheerios in one hand, and a hand torch in the other.

The protest came after a prominent anti-gay marriage organization called for a boycott against the Minnesota company for its stance on the issue.

“We do not believe the proposed constitutional amendment is in the best interests of our employees or our state economy,” General Mills vice president for global diversity and inclusion Ken Charles wrote in a web letter declaring the company against a proposed gay-marriage ban.

“We value diversity. We value inclusion.”

The National Organization of Marriage has called for a boycott of General Mills’ products which include such tasty delights as Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Wheaties cereals, Häagen-Dazs ice cream and Pillsbury dough.

While fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has garnered the headlines for the anti-gay marriage stance of its owners, a number of major corporations have quietly supported gay rights, including Kraft, Starbucks, Nike, Microsoft and Amazon.

[WestPhillyBoi]

It seems to me that there are better, more constructive ways to make your feelings known about a matter. Those ways shouldn't involve destruction of property or bodily harm.

[toby]

Thing is How is it interfering with him if gays are allowed to marry ? No skin off his nose apart from his dislike of it - he dose not have to pay for the wedding out of his pocket.

Breaking the law and destroying property will in fact cost him money and possibly others - stupid man

[Cheers AM]

I am not one to shove my ***uality down people's throats but if people cannot accept people for whom they are, doesn't that make them even worse?
We are all equal, why should one have the say so to whom one is in love with? Love has no boundaries.

Just some food for thought (Keep in mind, this is what I said in contest to Gay Marriage):

Gay marriage should be an option no matter where you live. Who gives anyone the right to dictate how one lives or who one chooses to marry. If we are making "Rules" about people being married then how about we state this:

Back in old times, this being around the 1600's, No one was allowed to be Divorced, so you were stuck with your spouse until "Death Do you Part" which means that in order to re marry, you would have to get rid of your partner. And it was considered "Un Holy" to both Divorce and commit Murder to re marry.

Lets move forward a couple hundred years:

Now, we are able to be married one day and be divorced the next day (Annulment) like it never happened? Wait, so how in about 400 years did that happen? I thought it was "Un Holy" so why are we able to do it now?

If you ask me, if we can bend "Rules" set forth 400+ years ago, then we can most definitely make Gay marriage happen everywhere.
Like NY Tall Boy said: "Let Gay people who get married be miserable" At least they can be happy knowing that they are free to marry whomever they want no matter where they go.