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1. #1
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:15 pm, corona said:

   I question the timing.

2. #2
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:15 pm, yt1300inHtown said:

   You want to market to a weird fringe group at the risk of alienating your mainstream customers? Go ahead…its not like your bland, pedestrian beer will be hard to replace in my fridge. In fact, I already have.

   Maybe Bud can do a real men of genius ad spoofing your marketing people.

3. #3
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:18 pm, englishqueen01 said:

   While apologizing for any offense, Miller seemed to argue yesterday that it should be free to market to audiences whose practices are found offensive by many Americans.

   In other words: Screw you, if you’re offended. You’re clearly not “diverse” enough to get it.

   But I wonder how quickly they’d do a 180 if they dared mock a scene from the Koran or Muhammed’s life, or if there was a group called “Imams of Perpetual Indulgence” who openly mocked Muslim religious leaders…

   (For those of you unfamiliar with one of the “staples” of Folsom, there is a homosexual group that calls itself the “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” and they dress as nuns at events such as this.)

   Miller has forever lost me as a customer. Exposing children to naked, self-gratifying people and sexualized material is NEVER acceptable, but apparently to Miller those who do engage in that disgusting behavior are just another “audience”.

   Boo, Miller.

4. #4
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 pm, katieanne said:

   You wouldn’t see Anheuser Busch doing something like this. Budweiser has a new support the troops ad out too.

   Boycott Miller and buy Bud.

5. #6
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:26 pm, Rorschach said:

   Eh, I doubt they’d worry too much about offending muslims since muslims are not allowed to touch alcohol. ‘Course they would probably have fatwahs issued on them calling for their death….

   But you are right, it is much safer to mock christians or jews. We don’t kill you for offending us, we just don’t buy your beer.

6. #7
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:31 pm, Jim M. said:

   Poor taste and bad business.

   The “apology” is nothing but absurd. I guess business is so bad at Miller that they have chosen to abandon the average Joe beer drinker and target fringe groups. What’s next, Neo Nazi beer? KKK ale? Fetish lager?

7. #8
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:41 pm, Jim M. said:

   Found it!!!

   Miller’s new ad campaign:

   http://www.zippyvideos.com/6261372041793096/adam_sandler__chris_farley_-_schmitts_gay_beer/

   Just get to get Joe Biden in there to plagarize the script and copy and MIller is ready to go!

8. #9
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:48 pm, Uplander said:

   I can boycott Miller, but I just can’t drink Buttwieser.

9. #10
   On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:49 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

   You want offensive, I’ll give you offensive…not really but I guess it depends on your definition of the word. Apparently, it doesn’t mean what I thought it once did.

   This ad was rejected by Morningstar, one of the largest financial information companies…

   http://www.faithfinancialplanners.com/ad/

10. #11
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:51 pm, Schweggie said:

    Shiner beer donated 1,000 cases of beer to our Knights of Colombus council, which helps us raise money by selling at meetings…we give to to pro-life, habitat for humanity etc…

    if you’re looking to buy beer from the good guys, may i recommend Shiner!

11. #12
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 12:52 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Who?

12. #13
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:02 pm, DCDan said:

    I think people are putting a little too much blame on Miller. The fact that some crazies think it’s ok to bring children to this kind of event shouldnt reflect poorly on Miller or on the event itself, which clearly doesn’t attempt to market to children. Is Paramount or Lowes held responsible if a parent brings a child to an R movie?

13. #14
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:15 pm, katieanne said:

    I can’t agree with you DCDan. It was the extremely offensive ad mocking the Last Supper that started it all. The event is what it is and having children there just made it worse. Where were children services or do they even have that in SF?

    Miller gave the event its support by helping to finance it. Apparently, they have no problem with the event and what goes on there. I choose to show Miller that I do have a problem with it and will boycott Miller.

14. #15
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:17 pm, Lan Astaslem said:

    It’s nice to see that SABMiller stock prices are taking a hit, but the same thing happened following the illegal immigration rally last summer. They bounced right back — and then some. They’ll never get the message if people go right back to their old habits two weeks later!

15. #16
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:23 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    DCDan, it does reflect poorly on Miller and everyone here has the right to withhold their hard earned money in protest. If I drank Miller beer I’d go elsewhere as I could not in good conscience support this.

    If you saw a parent whose child was dressed like those children in a movie theatre, would you turn a blind eye to it?

16. #17
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:25 pm, zorro said:

    I will continue my boycott of Miller products forever as well. I switched to Yuengling (the oldest domestic brewery in the USA) months ago. It’s pretty good beer.

    Love the photoshop of the Miller logo Michelle, and it was a fun one hour “special” last evening at Hot Air.

17. #18
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:27 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    “It is important to understand that the Folsom Street Fair does not target the general public in its communications,” Miller’s Mr. Green said. “The fair itself and the organization’s Web site are only intended for the adult alternative lifestyle community.”

    The article review of the Folsom Street Fair which discussed the two gay male parents bringing the twin daughters was from 2005. A little googling on Miller’s promotions bureau’s behalf PRIOR to taking on this client would have saved them a bunch of headaches.

    I posted – in a previous thread about this subject – this link to how the Budweiser people do business:

    http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=966_1187636093

    Shown one time – shortly after 9/11 – they did it to show their support, NOT make money off of the tragedy.

    Add to that this kleenex moment from Budweiser:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkBmG0Hzppk

    Now compare these two Pro-American / Pro-Military Soldier commercials to something like promoting a Homosexual / BDSM street fair where children are allowed in and have been seen wearing dog-collars….

    Who are you going to support with your dollars?

    ( No – I don’t work for Bud. )

18. #19
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:47 pm, donnab13 said:

    Any NASCAR fans out there? Let Kurt know how disgusted you are by Miller Lite.

19. #20
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 1:56 pm, Lan Astaslem said:

    For those of you planning to switch to Bud, don’t forget that Anheuser-Busch is a proud sponsor of scholarships for illegal aliens.

    From hispanictips.com:

    In the past 25 years, Anheuser-Busch and its family of wholesalers have helped raise more than $23 million and award more than 18,000 college scholarships through the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the nation’s largest Hispanic scholarship organization. Anheuser-Busch is one of the HSF’s largest corporate contributors and involves its distributors, retailers and consumers in fund-raising efforts.

    While A-B states that scholarship recipients are required to be legal residents, documentation is poor. In addition, A-B donated at least $100k to MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), and the A-B website has a direct link to maldef.org (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), which also offers scholarships to Latinos – specifically those who are not legal residents. Their website states:
    

    Until all Latinos are provided the opportunity to share equally in every facet of society, MALDEF’s legal work will continue.

    To really get your blood boiling, read this page.

    It’s a tough call. What’s a gal to do? I truly appreciate A-B’s support of our troops. I like to believe that they are sincere. I’ll just have to go with Schweggie and say Shiner!

20. #21
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 2:13 pm, mojoe said:

    One of many reasons why I’ll stick to my “patriotic” beer, Sam Adams.

21. #22
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 2:34 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

    Lan Astaslem :

    Thanks for those links about A-B. I never knew about that. VERY interesting.

    Like you – I admire their support for our troops and our country, but I truly wonder about the support of such an organization as MALDEF.

    Mojoe: Pour me a Sam Adams…..

22. #23
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm, Rusty said:

    I’ve given up on defending Miller’s sponsorship of the fair, but I really must insist you boycotters try the line-up of beers from Bell’s Brewery. Their Oberon and Two-Hearted Ales are fantastic.

    Of course, the Magic Hat #9 and Roxy Rolles brews are other delicious alternatives.

23. #24
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm, Augustine said:

    Yikes! MM Thanks for the photoshop. Bad taste!…this is peggin’ out the radioactive sicko meter.

    Marketing Meeting – Miller Corporate HQ…sometime in the recent past…
    “Ok, we need to think outside the box on this. Mr. J, any Ideas? Well, I been giving this some thought…Tell me what you think. How ’bout we sponsor an event where people degrade and abandon themselves to sexual indulgence like goats. ‘Wow Mr. J! you’re amazing,what an idea, but we need to make sure it’s open children so they can defiled too! I think we’re onto something. Way to go team!’”

    Pardon me, I need a shower. Anyone got a fire hose and some bleach?

24. #25
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 2:38 pm, JonCnIdaho said:

    Darn! There goes the MGD for Beer Can Chicken. Well, there’s always Coors. Just don’t like the taste of the Bud products. The microbrews I prefer always come in bottles, & you need cans
    for the receipe.

25. #26
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 2:52 pm, pubscout said:

    Nobody who knows real beer drinks Miller anyway.

26. #27
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:00 pm, Fasternu 426 said:

    Drink St Arnold!

    or Shiner!
    

27. #28
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:16 pm, nikoyaka said:

    Being a fiscal conservative, I will have to disagree here. Businesses have right to advertise wherever they need to and sponsor whoever they deem appropriate to sponsor. It is all about money and being “neutral”. Miller sponsors not only this kind of events. Conservative communities have also received a lot of support from this company, and we are thankful for that. Most of businesses allocate money for both left and right-oriented PR campaigns. If blogs and social media will keep pushing the “they sponsor our opponents, boycot them now!” line, alternative media risk to loose the financial support from businesses. They will be just afraid to support any political blogs. Already now, if you look at this and other big right- and left-wing blogs, you will see less ads from serious businesses and corporations, just ads from crappy unknown companies and partisan social networks and campaigns prevail. But again, it is my personal opinion.

28. #29
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:16 pm, st_james said:

    Miller and Bud and Coors are primarily marketing companies that brew something they like to call ‘beer’. It is not beer IMHO, or according to the Reinheitsgebot. But what does a lifelong beer drinker know anyway? A hell of a lot! Swill drinkers, do yourself a favor and buy real beer from any one of the hundreds of real brewers out there.

29. #30
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm, Fasternu 426 said:

    nikoyaka,

    There’s quite a bit of difference in Miller sponsoring an AIDS walk or breast Cancer. Even sporting events or a Scottish Highlander Bag Piping festival. This is a gay fetish festival in San Francisco. Do you actually think they just MAY have considered this might be a bit controversial and offensive? Is this something they can hang their hat on (pun in tended) and take pride in?

    They weren’t at the Superbowl or NASCAR, they were at another San Francisco freak show, that if it were held in nearly any other city in the country, would have been shut down immediately and numreous arrests made.

30. #31
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:37 pm, Augustine said:

    nikoyaka said:
    Being a fiscal conservative, I will have to disagree here. Businesses have right to advertise wherever they need to and sponsor whoever they deem appropriate to sponsor.”

    You’re right…and…they have deemed this sicko fair, whose population is on the fringe of their market, appropriate at the risk of alienating their market base – middle class workers. That ought to help their bottom line.

31. #32
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm, Augustine said:

    Ooops #23 should read,”…so they can be defiled too!”

32. #33
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:40 pm, puhiawa said:

    Miller is a South African company with all the requisite hate of Americans that is so common among the International elite. Samuel Adams anyone?

33. #34
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 3:55 pm, Fasternu 426 said:

    Take your kids to the Texas State Fair if you want to take them somewhere! The Sausage on a stick is better anyway!

34. #35
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 4:11 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Sorry, who was it the other day telling me in the initial Folsom St. Fair posting that I was over-racting and that they’re were no public sex acts that went on at these fairs.

    Jeez o’ pete. “I think I’m gonna barf”.

35. #36
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 4:20 pm, Augustine said:

    Somebody needs to call PETA! They’re flogging baby whales!!

    eeeww! ack! ack!

36. #37
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 4:27 pm, AaronsCC said:

    Miller is to beer as Katie Couric is to hard journalism.

    When Benjamin Franklin quipped that “beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”, he didn’t know about Miller, Bud, Coors and other American suds fraudulently claiming to be beer.

37. #38
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 4:59 pm, ajmontana said:

    “Faux News Alert” breaking
    Miller Brewing Company appoints spikey head guy (pictured above) as new public spokesperson. film at 11:00

38. #39
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 5:03 pm, nikoyaka said:

    Gee, I should have thought twice before posting here.. With all my respect to Michelle and her blog, looks like our homophobic friends like this site, too. Remember, people: there are two kinds of Conservatives, economic and social. I belong to the former group. I never supported social extremists, and to me, both moonbats that defecate on flags and religious fundies that picket funerals of fallen soldiers and get offended by other people’s lifestyle ARE THE SAME. Real Republicans are about wealth, power, status, and achievement, not some traditional values crap. This is what makes United States strong – quest for power and success, not confirmity and obedience. This is XXI century, people, wake up! It is time to leave these blue-collar, poor, uneducated low-lives behind and start rebuilding the Republican party. We may have used their votes back 5 years ago, but now times have changed.

    That is why I respect Mr. Cheney – he talks and does business, as a REAL modern conservative, he understands what the real problems in this country are. He loves his daughter, no matter who she is, and does not give a f&ck about your traditional values.

39. #40
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 5:23 pm, elpresidente said:

    Miller has no monopoly on open-borders policies–just check out their pandering to the Spanish language customers . . .

40. #42
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 5:39 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    nikoyaka:

    With all due respect, without values and morals what worth do “wealth, power, status and achievement” have?

    None.

    I am an economic AND social conservative. There must be a line drawn that clearly defines right and wrong. This festival is wrong. If those who attend FSF want to enjoy their fetishes in the privacy of their own home, I can’t and won’t stop them.

    But for a company to support this depravity, and for people to expose babies to this deprativty crosses a that line and that is unacceptable.

    Part of the reason we’re in this war on terrorism is because our culture is mired in tolerance for things that offend not only people in this society but the world. Our over-indulgence is insulting and angering the people who want to subjugate us under shari’a law.

    Now let me be explicitly clear in saying that I oppose shari’a law as it is violent, brutal, and oppressive. I do not condone in any way the abuse, jailing, or physical harming of people who have different morals from me. But I think we still need to say that some things are inappropriate and MUST be confined to the privacy of one’s home if it must be done at all.

    The FSF is inappropriate in its current incarnation. It needs to be moved to a venue that limits access to adults (ages 21+, if alcohol is to be served), and shields the public from naked and masturbating persons.

    Miller’s sponsorship of this event is a silent nod in favor of such indecent public behavior. And just because Miller is free to sponsor such events DOES NOT make it right. You cannot sell your soul for profit.

    Likewise, just because you live in a country where you are free to get away with this behavior does not make it prudent or right to do so.

41. #43
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm, bear1909 said:

    It’s been nearly 2 decades since I’ve had a beer. And believe me, there have been many days made for beer since I quit.

    Beer companies have had to do without the $68,000.00 i’ve saved by not spending it on beer for drinking at home or in bars, at ballgames, boatrides, and anywhere else.

    I learned how to trade in the currency market when the laws changed back in the late 90s. That $68,000.00 has grown by 1300 per cent.

    THAT is more important than beer. It has changed lives in my family and will continue to change them for generations to come.

    Isn’t that what we are really talking about here? The power to change what we can control? Namely- ourselves.

    I cannot control the obese sloth who dresses himself in studded leathers and paints his face like a woman’s.

    I cannot control some MALDEF lawyer with deep seated shame and inferiority issues over being of Mexican descent.

    I cannot control some ad agency pervert who believes it is right and just to mock one of the greatest religions of the world and its traditions that have been adopted by Protestant forms of religion around the world.

    I cannot control some liberal loon who writes to the Malkin blog and relativizes everything that has to do with human behavior into ad nauseum shades of grey.

    But I can control myself and what I do with my time, money, and energy- to make life better for my family.

    The day I walked away from alcohol- period- without hesitation, reservation, or concern- my life got better, my health improved, my family became stronger, my thinking became clearer, my emotional life became purposeful and richer, and every wish I have had since then- has come true.

    The rest of it- well, life in the street has continued to be what it has been since it began centuries ago: lewd, lascivious, violent, cruel, perverse, malevolent, opportunistic and predatory.

    The best revenge against its perpetrators is to live well. I Deprived them of their livlihood, the power to turn the trickle of $68,000.00 into a fortune.

    Bear1909 out.

42. #44
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:02 pm, feebiebabe said:

    looks like our homophobic friends like this site, too.

    Umm, could you give us a specific example of the homophobic comments you are refering to?

    My preference is to never see two
    people engaged in ANY intemate variations of what is being shown in these pictures…gay or straight.

    Just because you are or are not a social conservative should have no bearing on the fact that you find these PDA’s (if you will) tasteless, disgusting and over the top.

    Furthermore, just because you believe these events sick in nature should not automatically land you a title as a homophobe (blanket statement).

    IMHO

43. #45
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:03 pm, ajmontana said:

    Thats 283.33 per month on beer! were you a camel then? lol. nice post….

44. #46
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:09 pm, bear1909 said:

    aj- a camel with 4 humps

45. #47
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:13 pm, ajmontana said:

    The bear runs on the more fuel efficient bear mush now.

46. #48
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:18 pm, feebiebabe said:

    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:13 pm, ajmontana said:
    The bear runs on the more fuel efficient bear mush now.

    I don’t even want to know!

47. #49
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:39 pm, bear1909 said:

    Homophobic. A BS term for a BS argument.

    The fear is being projected from a community that has over the years experienced violence for being homosexuals.

    Homosexuals to varying degrees as individuals learn to live with this fear.

    As do blacks who fear racialized violence.

    As do Indians who fear racialized violence.

    As do women who fear sexualized violence.

    To reduce all of the violence in the world perpetrated onto people who fear that violence- a fear that is warranted and verifiable- is to reduce the matters involved to the absurd.

    It is to ignore that the root cause of violence, rage, and assault is not “fear” of somebody else. No, not by a long shot.

    Do this work in neighborhoods, as I have done, and you will see, that the violence stems from anger masking unacknowledged HURT (pain) .

    “Homophobic” and “homophobia” are terms used by activists to create co-dependence within the communities they are intending to serve. But these terms do not teach people to be accountable for their own behavior that keeps them addicted to victimhood and the hierarchies that keeps them beholden to in their own “communities”.

    For me to be called “homophobic” because I call out the brewers of Miller Beer and the homosexual BDSM leather daddies who parade in front of children, is nonsensical because I do not fear these males who have been taught to believe that “real masculinity” is nothing more than being honest about who they are.

    And so they can justify masturbating in public, out in the open; as if, this requires courage or honesty to do what is usually reserved for the privacy of one’s own home or with one’s mate, lover, etc.

    I don’t know of any ethnic cultural enclave in the known universe that has public masturbation being taught as a feat of manhood.

    So it is the homosexual who is mired in phobia about himself. His fear of abandonment- because he is a homosexual, he is therefore homophobic. His fear of losing love or not being able to receive love- because he is a homosexual, he is therefore homophobic. His fear of poverty- because he is a homosexual and doesn’t want to die poor, is therefore homophobic. The list goes on and on.

    HOMOPHOBIC is a projective term used by activists to give the dependent ones a language to try and name the pain they feel.

    For the homosexual who knows who he is and deals with life on life’s terms- he doesn’t need to project any fears through a language that keeps the fear from being dealt with.

    And so we have had the great men of the ages who were homosexual, making contributions to society and civilization- not masturbating in public like a lunatic.

    I have known many homosexual men who I count as some of the finest men I’ve had the honor of standing with. And we have spent many hours talking about what our lives and loves have been like- our families, our disappointments, our triumphs.

    One thing is clear to me about homosexuals- as it is clear to me about heterosexuals, we bleed the same color and feel with our hearts, and think with our brains.

    To those who want to make a social empire out of their “oppression”, I have only this to say: “You believe that that work is your calling. But did anybody else hear that phone ring?”

    I’ve spent almost the better part of 2 decades cleaning up my side of the street. To those who point the finger at me and say “Homophobic” I encourage you to look at those three fingers on that hand with which you point to me- and see how they are pointing back at you.

    Bear1909 out.

48. #50
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:41 pm, bear1909 said:

    Aw now, feebie. My bear mush concoction is a supreme strength and fitness recipe that allows a bear to work out 140 minutes a day.

    Nothin could be finer!

49. #51
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:57 pm, feebiebabe said:

    Yeah…uh, what bear said. LOL. Good job.

    140min…I’d drop dead…30 min Feebs’ max (not including bratty doggie walks). Course, I don’t drink mush…

50. #52
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 7:15 pm, Heartland Perspective said:

    End of a lifetime of only drinking Miller for me. The only thing that talks is money and they aren’t getting any more from me. Any company that supports this deranged filth in any way cannot be tolerated.

51. #53
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 7:25 pm, BOB said:

    Thanks for the info bear, I’d say “homophobic” is a meaningless term, right there with the current use of the word “racist”. These terms are meant to demean anyone who disagrees with those using the terms…no one cares anymore.

52. #54
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 7:48 pm, ajmontana said:

    Harry Reid = another useless term.

53. #55
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 pm, ajmontana said:

    I’m not Homophobic, I love milk.
    oh, that’s homogenized, …nevermind.

54. #56
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 7:56 pm, bear1909 said:

    BOB- My pleasure. Glad to oblige.

    That term racist has a very narrow meaning and is best used to describe systems that have disparate negative impacts on racial groups.

    To use it as a label for a person is misguided.

    Racial prejudice is a complicated subject that cannot be boiled down to a term which can be used to silence another person who is only as informed about the issues as they have studied them and dedicated themselves to a practice of organizing communities across racial lines for a common end that is just for all involved.

    I don’t spend much time listening to people who haven’t been down that road because experience is the best teacher.

    The current homosexual lobbyists agenda and the Reconquista lobbyists agenda is not for a common good. It is to split and tear apart a political fabric of a Nation that they do not perceive with any clarity.

    THe mistake they make as they try to “Take Back” and “Take Over” American society is that they perceive our tranquility and mistake it for docility.

    Only when they hear the cocking and locking of our guns will they realize that all of this agitation they are reading in blogs and in chat rooms and on our talk show is the precursor for the Giant to awaken- with “great resolve”.

    I am filled with hope.

55. #57
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 8:00 pm, Ringo the Gringo said:

    One of the fathers of the dog-collar wearing toddlers, Dr. John Kruse, is a San Francisco psychiatrist. The phone number of his office can be found here (about 3/4 of the way down the page).

    Their trip to the “fair” took place in 2005, so the girls are now 4 or 5 years old.

56. #58
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 8:31 pm, mojoe said:

    You know, I had read Nikoyaka’s post and was trying to formulate what I wanted to say.

    Then I saw:
    On October 2nd, 2007 at 6:39 pm, bear1909 said:

    Now all I’ve got to say is; bear…You sir are the MAN.

57. #59
    On October 3rd, 2007 at 8:08 am, MrVIBEMAN said:

    Here was the ‘official’ reply from Miller Co. to my email to them concerning my desire to switch to Bud Select based on their support of the Folsom Street Fair.

    Thank you for contacting Miller Brewing Company. While Miller has supported the Folsom Street Fair for several years, we take exception to the poster the organizing committee developed this year. We understand some individuals may find the imagery offensive and we have asked the organizers to remove our logo from the poster effective immediately. We regret that our failure to adhere to our own policy led to an inappropriate use of our trademark and apologize to anyone who was offended as a result, particularly members of the Christian community who have contacted us to express their concern. We are conducting an immediate audit of our procedures for approving local marketing and sales sponsorships to ensure that this does not happen again. It is important to understand that the Folsom Street Fair does not target the general public in its communications. The fair itself and the organization’s website are only intended for the adult alternative lifestyle community. Sincerely, Miller Brewing Company Consumer Affairs Department

    Notice they make no mention of not supporting the fair next year. They also try to defend the fair, saying that “the fair itself and the organization’s website are only intended for the adult alternative lifestyle commmunity.”