{"id":569538,"date":"2021-06-21T14:36:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569538"},"modified":"2021-06-21T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:36:39","slug":"the-stonewall-inn-is-no-longer-serving-some-anheuser-busch-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-stonewall-inn-is-no-longer-serving-some-anheuser-busch-products\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stonewall Inn Is No Longer Serving Some Anheuser-Busch Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-stonewall-inn-is-no-longer-serving-some-anheuser-busch-products%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569538&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1252476952-scaled-e1624295339269.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>New York City\u2019s famous Stonewall Inn announced it will no longer serve some Anheuser-Busch products over the brewer\u2019s contributions to lawmakers allegedly trying to \u201clegalize discrimination,\u201d according to The Associated Press (AP).<\/p>\n<p>The Stonewall Inn\u2019s ban on Anheuser-Busch products initially went into effect Friday and was the result of a pressure campaign orchestrated by activists from Corporate Accountability Action, the AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/beer-lifestyle-business-289d7830527b2d53749468646695cdd9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The campaign, called <a href=\"https:\/\/keepyourpride.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cKeep Your Pride,\u201d<\/a> aims to draw attention to companies that have signaled support for pride but also reportedly made contributions to lawmakers deemed anti-LGBTQ by the activists, the AP noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.8079470198675\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Stonewall Inn\u2019s owners say they won\u2019t serve certain beers at the famous LGBTQ bar during Pride weekend to protest manufacturer Anheuser-Busch\u2019s political contributions to some politicians who have supported anti-LGBTQ legislation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dqtalz6BeG\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dqtalz6BeG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1407007667835518980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Using the National Institute on Money in Politics\u2019 data, the activists claimed Anheuser-Busch donated more than $35,000 to allegedly anti-LGBTQ lawmakers from 2015 to 2020, according to the AP. The Keep Your Pride Campaign also targets AT&#038;T, Coca-Cola, General Motors and NBC Universal, the campaign\u2019s website shows.<\/p>\n<p>Stacy Lentz and Kurt Kelly, the current co-owners of the Stonewall Inn, justified their decision to institute a ban on Anheuser-Busch products in accordance with the Keep Your Pride campaign, the AP reported. \u201cWe just felt Stonewall having the platform, the power to do this, it was important to stand up,\u201d Lentz claimed.<\/p>\n<p>In 1969, plain clothed police officers with the New York City Vice Squad Public Morals Division orchestrated a raid on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-stonewall-riots-what-really-happened-what-didnt-and-what-became-myth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stonewall Inn<\/a> to arrest individuals partaking in homosexual or gender non-conforming behavior, according to the Daily Beast. As officers attempted to arrest and obtain identification of the bar\u2019s patrons, the patrons resisted. Outside, protestors gathered and clashed with police over the course of the next 6 days, resulting in 21 arrests, the Daily Beast noted. No one was killed in the riots, but the Stonewall Inn shut down shortly after, but has since been reopened and declared an LGBTQ+ <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/assets\/lpc\/downloads\/pdf\/stonewall_inn62315.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">landmark<\/a> by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really just want Anheuser-Busch to stop donating to lawmakers who are trying to legalize discrimination,\u201d Lentz added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/corporations-pride-month-countries-business-criminalize-homosexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Major Corporations Came Out To Celebrate Pride \u2026 Except Not In The Middle East)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement of their own, Anheuser-Busch defended their political contributions and claimed \u201cWe support candidates for public office whose policy positions and objectives support investments in our communities, job creation, and industry growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, with our brands, we have a clear role to play in bringing real change and creating an inclusive and equitable world where we cherish and celebrate one another,\u201d the brewing company went on to say in its statement, according to the AP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s famous Stonewall Inn announced it will no longer serve some Anheuser-Busch products over the brewer\u2019s contributions to lawmakers allegedly trying to \u201clegalize discrimination,\u201d according to The Associated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280872,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1252476952-scaled-e1624295339269.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"The Stonewall Inn Is No Longer Serving Some Anheuser-Busch Products","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1252476952-scaled-e1624295339269.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"The Stonewall Inn Is No Longer Serving Some Anheuser-Busch Products","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}