Starbucks Shows No Respect For Christians
by Michael G. Mickey
by Michael G. Mickey
Excerpt from a ChristianNews.Net article:
At the annual Starbucks shareholder’s meeting this past
Wednesday in Seattle, company officials told those who support Biblical
marriage that they “can sell [their] shares in Starbucks and buy shares in
another company.”
According to reports, during the meeting, the founder of
Corporate Morality Action Center expressed concerns over the company’s support
of homosexual marriage. Tom Stobhar from the organization cited that the
company’s stance affected shareholder earnings after Starbucks backed efforts
to legalize same-sex “marriage” in Washington state last year. The company’s
announcement had resulted in boycotts against the coffee king.
“In the first full quarter after this boycott was
announced, our sales and earnings — shall we say politely — were a bit
disappointing,” shareholder Tom Strobhar stated.
“Not every decision is an economic decision. Despite the
fact that you recite statistics that are narrow in time, we did provide a 38%
shareholder return over the last year,” responded Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.
”I don’t know how many things you invest in, but I would suspect not many
things, companies, products, investments have returned 38% over the last 12
months.”
“Having said that, it is not an economic decision to me.
The lens in which we are making that decision is through the lens of our
people,” he continued. “We employ over 200,000 people in this company, and we
want to embrace diversity — of all kinds.”
The response drew both applause and cheers.
Schultz then concluded by saying, “If you feel, respectfully,
that you can get a higher return than the 38% you got last year, it’s a free
country. You can sell your shares in Starbucks and buy shares in another
company. Thank you very much.”
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So, that's how it's going to be, Starbucks? Okay, but I have
a question. Why can't you, as a company, embrace the
"diversity" of your Christian customers?
If being a Christian in today's world, striving to walk
in obedience to God while the majority of the world is spitting in our
Creator's eye, isn't one form of the "diversity of all kinds"
Starbucks claims it wants to embrace, I need a solid explanation as to why.
Until I get an explanation that doesn't fly in the face
of my Christian faith, it seems proper for me to show Starbucks that, contrary
to what CEO Howard Schultz is quoted as saying above, it has, in fact, made an
economic decision. Starbucks has decided it doesn't need my support nor the
support of fellow bible-believing Christians anymore.
As you wish, Mr. Schultz. But you're not taking a
position of moral superiority, unless your opinion trumps Almighty God's.
Leviticus 18:22: Thou shalt not lie with
mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
God meant that, Mr. Schultz! All Scripture pertaining to
this matter, both Old and New Testament, is clear. So, what is a Christian to
do, Mr. Schultz, when your company makes a mockery of that, even telling
supporters of traditional marriage to take their investment dollars elsewhere
if they hold Starbucks stock? Don't look now, but I think you're about to find
out.
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