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Pepsi TV ad pushes gay lifestyle

A Pepsi ad running on television in the U.K. has further disappointed pro-family groups in America who see the U.S.-based company ramping up its promotion of homosexuality.
The ad for Pepsi Max, the company’s zero-calorie alternative to its regular Pepsi cola, features three young men talking at a table in a pub. Two are encouraging the third to go meet a shy girl who’s eyeing him from the bar.
The third man obviously doesn’t have the courage to introduce himself. So his friends hand him a Pepsi Max, and drinking it gives him the nerve. “Right,” he says after a swallow. “Let’s do this.”
The twist, however, is that instead of introducing himself to the shy girl at the bar – or a scantily-clad bimbo sitting behind her – the young man goes directly for a guy. His two friends are left speechless.
“This ad is one more reason we are boycotting this irresponsible company,” said AFA chairman Don Wildmon. “We have merely asked Pepsi to remain neutral on the very controversial issue of homosexuality. Pepsi has not only refused to do so, the company appears to have increased its efforts to become the ‘gay cola.’”
Wildmon said there could be little doubt that Pepsi is rejecting a traditional view of sexuality, marriage and family in favor of the radical homosexual agenda. The company gave $500,000 to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest and most powerful gay lobbying group in America, and another $500,000 to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
Both PFLAG and HRC are fervent supporters of same-sex marriage, with the latter group having given $2.3 million to oppose California’s Proposition 8, an initiative passed by voters in that state defining marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Pepsi also requires that its employees attend diversity training that normalizes homosexuality and transsexuality, which describes a sexual “orientation” in which one believes his/her biological sexuality does not match his/her true gender.
AFA has established a Web site with more information on the boycott of Pepsi: www.afa.net/boycottpepsico.com.
Wildmon said AFA was encouraging supporters to (1) watch the TV ad on the Boycott Pepsi Web site; (2) sign the online Boycott Pepsi Pledge; (3) print from the Web site and distribute the Boycott Pepsi Petition to family, friends, fellow church members and others; (4) join AFA’s cause on Facebook; and (5) contact Pepsi with the reasons for participating in the boycott – always remembering to be polite.

Contact information
Ms. Indra K. Nooyi, Chairman
PepsiCo, Inc.
700 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10577-1444
Phone: 914-253-2000 or 800-433-2652

Besides the company’s soft drinks, Pepsi products also include Frito-Lay chips (800-352-4477), Quaker Oats (800-367-6287), Tropicana (800-237-7799) and Gatorade (800-88-GATOR).