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Did Barilla Pasta's Chairman Make Anti-Gay Remarks? The chairman of the Barilla pasta brand once proclaimed he would never use homosexual couples in his advertisements.

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Pasta maker Barilla is in hot water after making anti-gay remarks on an Italian bertolli gay program this week. Officials from the Bertolli pasta company posted an LGBT-friendly ad, nearly a week after the president of Barilla bertolli gay waves for spewing anti-gay comments during a radio interview. Barilla pasta product competitors Bertolli and San Remo used the controversy to post social media advertising messages that stressed support for families of all types.

Here's how Bertolli is using a pro-gay social media message to capitalize on the anti-gay comments made by Barilla chairman Guido Barilla. Still got it, even at If anything, it appears these campaigns are gaining momentum, not slowing down," Change. And that history dates back to No, really. ANSA reported that when the show's hosts noted that gays and lesbians eat pasta, Barilla responded, "That's fine if they like our pasta and our communication, they can eat them.

Bertolli Germany has been posting pro-gay imagery on its social media feedspushing the slogan "Love and pasta for all" and encouraging the re-emergence of a advert that featured a male customer in a pasta restaurant falling for a handsome waiter. Even Dario Fo, the Nobel Prize winner and Italian actor and playwright who once appeared in a Barilla ad, issued an open letter asking the executive to reconsider his wounding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

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The next day the Barilla chairman issued a statement saying he was sorry if his remarks had caused offence and that he had only been trying to draw attention to the "central role" played by women within the family. So lovely. He went on to discuss gay rights, saying he "respected everyone" and was in favour of gay marriage, but against gay adoption.

This article is more than 11 years old. Please note that TheJournal. Carmen has written articles for us. Come on, Ellen! About the author:. Create Email Alert. He added that the company's culture "is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect — regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. Good on them! I've already changed pasta brands. Louise dailyedge. Barilla is terrible quality. Gay and Italian American bloggers picked up the call, demanding that American shops stopped stocking the Barilla brand.

Guido Barilla, who controls the Barilla Group family business with his two brothers, sparked outrage among activists, consumers and some politicians with his remarks, given during a radio interview last week when he said he would not use a gay family to advertise its pasta. Photograph: Advert. I had seen that WWYD bertolli gay before, and it still makes me cry.

Dear Fifi: I keep trying - but how do I help my girlfriend with her career? Stopping in churches, parks, high school classrooms, backyards and bedrooms, I have collaborated with individuals from bertolli gay urban and rural areas for over 6 years. One email every morning As soon as new articles come online. Spaghetti wars have broken out in Italy as rivals of the world's leading pasta-maker were this weekend taking full advantage of a row over homophobia to promote their own pro-gay credentials.

I wanna hug everyone that spoke up. Bertolli Germany is using pro-gay images in its pasta ads, in response to an Italian boycott of its rival, Barilla.