The list for June 23, 1997
The Top 15 Other Boycotts
of the Southern Baptists
of the Southern Baptists
- Christmas carols, for promoting gay apparel
- The Food Channel, because of repeated use of the terms “Beef Tenderloins” and “Chicken Breast”
- Devils Food Chocolate Birthday Cakes–oh, what the heck, birthdays, too!
- Richard Simmons, because “There’s something just not quite right about that man.”
- McDonald’s, because “They’re Irish.”
- “Poblec Skools”
- No more Marilyn Manson concerts performed in Disney-owned venues
- Pink Panther – gay or communist, hard to tell, doesn’t matter
- Warner Brothers for putting a talking, naked-from-the-waist-down pig in their cartoons
- Ben-Gay Ointment
- Marvin Gaye records
- The Smithsonian’s Homo Erectus exhibit
- Mentos? The *Devil’s* candy!
- Federal Express – no respectable company says “package” in public
And the Number 1 Other Boycott of the Southern Baptists…
- The New York Yankees, because George Steinbrenner is an assho — Uh, a wretched sinner
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CREDITS
Selected from 81 submissions from 31 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN — 1, 6 (4th #1)
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 2, 8
- Kevin Freels, Sun Valley, CA — 3
- Dave George, Arlington, VA — 4, 9
- Bob Mader, Knoxville, TN — 4
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 5, 10
- John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 5
- Barbara Rush, Tulsa, OK — 7
- Martell Stroup, Reno, NV — 7
- Gregory Swarthout, Murray, UT — 7
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 11, 14
- R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 12
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 13
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 15
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