On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:00:21 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 06:09:19 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>> What if he had said "that he wouldn't feature mixed race couples in his
>> company's commercials because he prefers the "traditional" family"?
>
>I buy Barilla now in spite of his attitude about a "classic family".
>If he could shape the American legal landscape, maybe I'd have a
>different viewpoint, but he doesn't and I don't. He's obviously an
>old fashioned Italian whose POV was shaped by the old style church
>thinking. He's also a businessman. If reflecting customers in
>advertising becomes a trend in his markets, his ads probably will too.
>If they don't change, he'll be dead soon and whoever takes charge of
>the company will have a more enlightened attitude.

Yes, some problems solve themselves. The homophobe will retire soon.
Of course the question is how he raised his children

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Bruce