Miller Boycott

When I drink beer, I drink Miller.

What can I say? I'm loyal to Wisconsin.

My motto: Better Diet Coke than Bud.

However, my loyalty to Miller has its limits.

I back the boycott.

NATIONAL BOYCOTT OF MILLER BEGINS; OVER 200 RELIGIOUS GROUPS CONTACTED

Catholic League president Bill Donohue announced a national boycott of Miller Beer on this morning’s “Fox and Friends.” He explains why today:

“Never have we experienced greater corporate arrogance than in this dispute with the Miller Brewing Company. Miller is sponsoring an incredibly outrageous and palpably anti-Christian event in San Francisco: the Folsom Street Fair (see its website at folsomstreetfair.com and be prepared to see the shocking photos of what goes on). Be sure to access our website at catholicleague.org to see the pictures not only of the fair, but of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an anti-Catholic group that is holding a mock Last Supper dinner tonight in San Francisco. The Sisters is one of the organizations that is receiving funding from this Miller-sponsored event.

“This all started when we learned that Miller was sponsoring an event that featured an obscene ad thrashing the Last Supper. After being pressured, Miller offered a lame statement of regret and said it was pulling its logo from the ad. Not only has it not done so—it is still posted on the website of the street fair—Miller refuses to withdraw its sponsorship. To top it off, when we informed them that some of the money being raised at this festival was being funneled to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, they were unimpressed.

“Accordingly, Miller leaves us with no options: we are calling on more than 200 Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu organizations to join with us in a nationwide boycott of Miller beer. We feel confident that once our religious allies kick in, and once the public sees the photos of an event Miller is proudly supporting, the Milwaukee brewery will come to its senses and pull its sponsorship altogether. If it doesn’t, the only winners will be Anheuser Busch and Coors.”

Miller should not be sponsoring an event like the Folsom Street Fair.

In 2007 the world's largest leather event, the Folsom Street Fair, will take place on Sunday, September 30, 2007 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. We hope to see the fairgrounds filled with people in their most outrageous leather/rubber/fetish attire enjoying the world's largest and best loved Leather fair.

View pictures of past fairs here.

I'm surprised that Miller would agree to slap its name on this fair.

Some of the profits will be going to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Read more on this "charity."

Here's an event scheduled for today:

Thursday 27 September 2007

The Last Supper With The Sisters

There is no better way to prepare your mortal flesh for the kinkiest weekend on Earth than to nourish your bones and boost your spirit with a divine feast: The Last Supper With The Sisters, at Eureka Restaurant. Savor each morsel from a very special menu designed by Chef Gaines. Indulge your senses and confess your indulgences with The Sisters as if it were your last meal. No gastric craving will go unsatisfied, no bag of silver will go unspent and no sin will go unforgiven. And, to make all this indulgence even better, Eureka Restaurant will donate 10% of your bill to the Sisters! In addition, each person at the Sisters' Last Supper table will be entered to win a gift certificate for a dinner for two at Eureka Restaurant and many other indulgences will be available to make your Last Supper with The Sisters indulgently delicious!

Don't be a Judas! Come, eat, drink and be Mary! Be sure to mention The Last Supper With The Sisters when you make your reservation through OpenTable.com or when you phone Matt Walker at (415) 431-6000. Hurry, limited seating is available for this event so make your reservation now!

Eureka Restaurant
4063 18th Street (map »)
6:30-10p

Nice.

Bottom line: Miller can be proud to have its name on Milwaukee's Miller Park and connected with baseball, the all-American pastime.

Being associated with an outrageous event that mocks Christ at the Last Supper is a marketing and public relations disaster.

Miller should withdraw its sponsorship and issue an apology to its consumers.

Boycott Miller.