[Vision2020] time to drink more Pepsi?

[Glenn Schwaller]

Mr/Ms Hendrickson states "This quote was too much for me to let slide
through, "It's a medical fact that persons trapped in homosexuality
are statistically higher to experience shortened life spans, clinical
depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and life-ending diseases.  Why
can't PepsiCo understand that is not a good cause to be supporting?"
First of all, shortened life spans, clinical depression, drug and
alcohol abuse, and life ending diseases, effect way more of the
population than just gay people."

Fallacy one - Pepsi / AFA made no such statement that only gay people
suffer from these afflictions, simply that there is a statistically
higher instance among gays compared to "others".

Fallacy two - a short (10 minute search) of medical / psychological /
epidemiological data bases shows there are studies addressing and
supporting these claims.  And of course there are studies addressing
and debunking these claims.  The point is, one should make at least
some cursory attempt to see what arguments, both pro and con, are out
there instead of spouting "it's pure nonsense."  Maybe it is.  Maybe
it isn't.  Did you take even a moment to look for any medical facts
one way or the other?

GS

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Mo Hendrickson
<hend5953 at vandals.uidaho.edu> wrote:
>
> I support the "homosexual agenda" do you think Pepsi will give me free
> soda?  I went to the Boycott Pepsi website, it was the best laugh I have had
> in a long time.  The "offensive" commercials were great, I really enjoyed
> the one at the bottom. And well, Family Guy is an offensive and rude tv show
> anyway, I think that part of its appeal, though I never really have watched
> it.
>
> This quote was too much for me to let slide through, "It's a medical fact
> that persons trapped in homosexuality are statistically higher to experience
> shortened life spans, clinical depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and
> life-ending diseases.  Why can't PepsiCo understand that is not a good cause
> to be supporting?"  First of all, shortened life spans, clinical depression,
> drug and alcohol abuse, and life ending diseases, effect way more of the
> population than just gay people. Second, with people telling us that we are
> sinful disgusting people who deserve to go to hell, its no wonder there are
> substance abuse problems and depression.  The things people say and do,
> thinking it is ok,  amazes me. When Christianity gets so twisted into
> people's fear and ignorance, it becomes a very scary and destructive force.
>
> Seriously, even when I was at my most religious and conservative, I knew
> that verbally abusing and threatening eternal damnation was not ok, it is
> never ok.  No matter what you believe or feel about something it is never ok
> to hurt another person, just to make yourself feel better, or in the name of
> you god.  I wonder what would happen in our country and our world if we all
> stopped thinking about ourselves for a day and focused on others.
>
> Anyway, enough rambling, time to eat lunch!
>
> -Mo
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: london at moscow.com
> To: vision2020 at secure.fsr.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:20:23 -0700
> Subject: [Vision2020] time to drink more Pepsi?
>
> PepsiCo boycott petition reaches 500,000 signers
>
> American Family Association (AFA) says it has now secured over 500,000
> signatures from those pledging to boycott the PepsiCo Company over its
> continued support of same-sex marriage and homosexual advocacy.  AFA has
> been promoting a boycott of PepsiCo since January, 2009.
> AFA asked PepsiCo to be neutral in the culture war and not support the
> homosexual agenda. PepsiCo refused. The company continues to give financial
> support to homosexual organizations.
> President Tim Wildmon says AFA is committed to the boycott as long as
> PepsiCo is advancing a lifestyle that is extremely unhealthy and dangerous.
> "It's a medical fact that persons trapped in homosexuality are statistically
> higher to experience shortened life spans, clinical depression, drug and
> alcohol abuse, and life-ending diseases.  Why can't PepsiCo understand that
> is not a good cause to be supporting?"
> PepsiCo gave $500,000 to Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and another $500,000 to
> the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). The total of
> $1,000,000 was used to help promote homosexuality in the workplace. HRC and
> PFLAG were major supporters of the efforts to defeat Proposition 8 in
> California, which defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. HRC
> gave $2.3 million to the effort to defeat Prop 8.
> For more information on PepsiCo's support for the homosexual agenda, go to
> www.BoycottPepsico.com.
>
>
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