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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo more Jelly Bellies for me........
.......and I LOVE those things. But continuing to buy them is a tacit endorsement of discrimination.Et tu, Jelly Belly?
The chairman of America's lovable jelly bean brand apparently has helped fund efforts to repeal trans-friendly legal protections in California.
In September, Herman G. Rowland Sr., the chairman of the board of Jelly Belly Candy Company, Inc., donated $5,000 to Privacy for All Students, a coalition fighting for a referendum effort to repeal transgender rights legislation California Assembly Bill 1266.
The bill, signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown in August, requires the state's transgender students to be allowed to "participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupils records." ............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/30/jelly-belly-anti-transgender-herman-rowland_n_4176093.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037&ir=Politics
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)The bill, signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown in August, requires the state's transgender students to be allowed to "participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions,and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupils records." ......(more)
kcr
(15,317 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)I don't know in what world these assholes live in, but in my world I leave a shit all by myself with no company or help required. Furthermore, not once in my entire life has anybody of any gender ever forced their way into my stall while I was using it.
marmar
(77,084 posts)...... and it's a total non-issue.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Urinals are all that stand between us and a complete cultural meltdown, thanks to you uppity women.
These people
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)You'll pry my urinal from my cold empty bladder, by god!
Dear god that sounds so wrong....
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Gay Panic is so passe'
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)In a sport like basketball it could give quite an edge to the more physical team.
antigone382
(3,682 posts)Complete fairness in terms of innate physical ability is not truly possible in any case. Striving to achieve this illusory goal at the cost of denying full participation to marginalized individuals is a far greater unfairness. It is highly unlikely that there will be sufficient transgender students interested in a particular sport at a particular high school to have much of an effect, but even in the few outlier cases where it might it does not outweigh the injustice done to transgender students by continuing to relegate them to second-class status and/or denying their gender identity.
Besides, the point of any sports game is not to win or lose, but to play with full dedication and integrity. If rules of fair play are followed, and if all hearts and minds are in the game, the influence of bodies that may or may not be gender typical on the outcome of the game is irrelevant.
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)Get over it.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Forcing a transgendered young lady to use the urinals?
Gross.
If a girl wants to use the ladies room, and a boy wants to use the men's room it's okay with me.
Even if that girl still happens to have a penis I have nothing to fear. Girls use stalls any way, and there are a couple of stalls in the men's room too. They won't have to look if they don't want to.
Change is scary for rigid minded folks.
Mika
(17,751 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Jelly Belly Candy Co. opened a factory in Thailand in 2007.
Sugar makes up about half of the ingredients and cost of a typical jelly bean, said Bob Simpson, Jelly Bellys president and chief operating officer. Thailand is the worlds fourth-largest sugar producer and gives Jelly Belly access to cheaper sugar, labor and other raw materials than the candy maker has in the U.S.
Mika
(17,751 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Glucose Syrup? It's listed second. Best I can figure, Glucose Syrup is HFCS with an accent.
Jelly Belly headquarters is down the road from me and I learned to dislike the family owned business back when they were HUGE supporters of Reagan. Reagan repaid their support by introducing Jelly Bellies to the White House.
Ohio Joe
(21,759 posts)I really hate it when I find things (especially edible things) are made by people who hate... I also used to really enjoy chick-fil-a... Fuck 'em though, shit bags don't get my money.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)From huff
I just refuse to post any here.
Suffice to say it is not precisely new
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)over the East County Magazine's high-fructose corn syrup stuff.
BuddhaGirl
(3,608 posts)and unnecessary.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Last edited Wed Oct 30, 2013, 05:00 PM - Edit history (1)
Is not new us not rude. I shan't post why i know this anymore.
Have an excellent day
sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)if you have information to share-share it. If not, don't say anything.
It is like a kid saying "I have a secret, but you can't hear it" or "I know something you don't know"
That to me is bullying.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)When I say posting I mean OPs.
sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)but I'm not going to.
Say it or don't . I don't care which way but I do get tired of the condescending snark
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)nope doesn't work for me!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)crime: Act, Action, problem, issue ...what ever the word you would like to use
victim: innocent, casual observer, what ever the world you would like to use.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)I do dislike the thin-skin on display. The condescending "I'm better than you" attitude.
I believe she posts info she truly feels important. If that were all, I would join in real discussions.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)as you follow them all and question anyone who question her
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)anything. When people have nasty responses( And I am not saying the person I responded to was nasty at all) I sometimes say something. If I responded to every response to Nadin that is nasty I would have a higher count.
I don't like how she is treated here.
sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)stop making all posters feel "inferior" to her and admit she may not always have all the facts.
it is that simple.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I think if you got to know her you would find she is an interesting person.
sad-cafe
(1,277 posts)tried to over look it at the beginning. Now I just point it out.
She is NOT being bullied, she is being called out on her attitude and until that changes, I am afraid this is how it will ever be.
Have a pleasant evening. I have to be up in 7 hours.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)We will have to just disagree.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)that is just as important. But again. I will not post here any of that anymore. If (when) my County burns, get it from CNN. If we have a major quake, again, get it from CNN. If we get stories of national important out of my state, go to Huff.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Heidi
(58,237 posts)You seriously think anyone here is dependent on you for San Diego news of national/international importance? Nadin, I implore you to rethink this, as it's the sort of arrogance that results in you being dog piled on DU.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)others (The bullies and cyberstalkers that operate with impunity on this site) believe that and have targeted me for ten + years for a character assassination and bully campaign. You have missed the point by a wide margin.
There are other points to be made, but suffice it to say, this is officially sanctioned policy.
There is excellent research on this by the way. When bullies attack the way they have, they live in their own fantasy world. I highly recommend the google.
It gets to the point that one gets tired of the shit and moves serious analysis off site. That point was reached. When I am even attacked on MY PROFESSIONAL achievements, there is a problem.
To sum up, somehow I became a threat to them, which is a characteristic to bully behavior, whether we are talking of "queen bees" in school, or adult cyberstalking and bullying. It is a characteristic, one chief characteristic.
but I think it went over 5'
William769
(55,147 posts)But I will do whats right.
AndyA
(16,993 posts)I read an article about some of the things in them to give them color or texture or whatever, and I just thought it was gross. Glad I did now, because I sure would stop eating them after reading this.