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As of this writing, 2,029 people have signed an online petition urging Heinz to reinstate its controversial "gay kiss" mayonnaise commercial. For those of you bad with numbers, 2,029 is greater than 200, which happens to be the number of people who complained about the advert. Will Heinz hear the queer call?! [Petition Online]

Jun 25, 2008 · posted by andrew · Link · 6 Responses

Tagged: Advertising, Gay, Heinz, News, Scandal

Comments (6)

No. 1 · Woof

Bring back my Deli Man!

Posted: Jun 25, 2008 at 10:16 am · @Reply · [Flag?]

No. 2 · fredo777

While I question the impact of online petitions, I did sign that a few days ago when someone posted a link to it.

Posted: Jun 25, 2008 at 11:37 am · @Reply · [Flag?]

No. 3 · CitizenGeek

I signed the petition. It also seems like some people are making videos on YT about it.

Like, for example: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=qdehTeumKH8
(Yeah, he's a kid and makes some off-colour jokes about the gays but it's refreshing to see a young, straight, male expressing disdain for homophobia)

Posted: Jun 25, 2008 at 5:45 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]

No. 4 · abelincoln

Why would Heinz even pay attention to 200 complaints from a viewing/buying population of 10's of millions? (kidz don't count)

Posted: Jun 25, 2008 at 8:44 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]

No. 5 · fredo777

CitizenGeek, I checked out the kid's vid. Indeed, some of his jokes were off-color, but I think his heart was in the right place.

"…you are so blatantly gay. you so blatantly like it in the bum…"

lol

Posted: Jun 25, 2008 at 8:53 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]

No. 6 · Willie Hewes

Ooh, look: you can send an email to Heinz directly: http://www.heinz.co.uk/content/talk_to_us.aspx

Posted: Jun 26, 2008 at 10:57 am · @Reply · [Flag?]