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No Milk for Cinemark, No Twilight for Gays
Cinemark theatre chain CEO Alan Stock shelled out $9,999 to pass Prop. 8 in California, but will his theater chain profit from ticket sales for the forthcoming release of Milk. Not if a group of people on the Web have anything to say about it.
NoMilkforCinemark.com is dedicated to convincing ticket buyers to see Milk at a competitor’s theater. The idea is that if the gay community agrees to buy tickets to see the movie somewhere else, Cinemark will lose revenue from what promises to be one of the most profitable pictures of the holiday season.
California’s Briggs initiative, which would have resulted in the firing of gay and lesbian teachers throughout the state in 1978, plays a prominent role in the film.
But LGBT moviegoers are faced with another tough decision this holiday season. Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephanie Meyer, opened in theaters this weekend. And if Meyer is to be taken at her word, 10% of all monies she makes off the movie will go to the Mormon Church.
Meyer has made no public statement regarding her feelings on California's Prop. 8.
No Milk for Cinemark, No Twilight for Gays
Cinemark theatre chain CEO Alan Stock shelled out $9,999 to pass Prop. 8 in California, but will his theater chain profit from ticket sales for the forthcoming release of Milk. Not if a group of people on the Web have anything to say about it.
NoMilkforCinemark.com is dedicated to convincing ticket buyers to see Milk at a competitor’s theater. The idea is that if the gay community agrees to buy tickets to see the movie somewhere else, Cinemark will lose revenue from what promises to be one of the most profitable pictures of the holiday season.
California’s Briggs initiative, which would have resulted in the firing of gay and lesbian teachers throughout the state in 1978, plays a prominent role in the film.
But LGBT moviegoers are faced with another tough decision this holiday season. Twilight, based on the best-selling novel by Stephanie Meyer, opened in theaters this weekend. And if Meyer is to be taken at her word, 10% of all monies she makes off the movie will go to the Mormon Church.
Meyer has made no public statement regarding her feelings on California's Prop. 8.
(The Advocate, 25-11-2008)
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Επίσης, επειδή όπως φαίνεται η Εκκλησία των Μορμόνων έπαιξε σημαντικό ρόλο υπέρ της Prop.8, ενδιαφέρον έχουν τα δημοσιεύματα που βλέπω εδώ και εδώ.
εδώ είναι η λίστα των επιχειρήσεων που έκαναν δωρεές για την Prop.8, μαζί με τα ποσά που έδωσαν, και σε όλες αυτές προτείνεται να γίνει μποϋκοτάζ.
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