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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Homo Starbucks Endorses Gay Marriage

Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Apparently we didn't drink enough coffee this morning because this hasn't been on Slog...

Starbucks, Google, Alcoa and tons of small businesses have come out for the marriage-equality legislation in Olympia, according to a delightful announcement this morning from Washington United for Marriage. "This important legislation is aligned with Starbucks business practices and upholds our belief in the equal treatment of partners," Starbucks executive Kalen Holmes wrote in an email to company staff. (The Seattle Times posted the full letter here). "We look forward to seeing this legislation enacted into law." Starbucks also backed the domestic-partnership law in 2009.

Today's announcement comes after last week's news that Microsoft, Vulcan, and other local industry giants support the state's marriage equality bills.

A full list of the gay-marriage-backing businesses—where you should spend all your money until the election—is after the jump.

Washington United for Marriage Business Coalition

16 Copenhagen

A New Chapter

Adrift Hotel

Alcoa, Inc.

American Family Insurance

Area 58 Fine Art

Atticus Coffee & Gifts

Attorney at Law, P.S.

Barbara Grant Consulting Group

Big Mario's Pizza

Bimbos Cantina

Bizible

Blue Moon Burgers

Boo Radley's

BrandQuery LLC

BrandQuery, LLV

Business Diversity Counseling Services

Capitol Florist

Central Physical Therapy & Fitness, Inc.

CG Tech Services, Inc.

Cha Cha Lounge

Choke Shirt Company and Prints

Chris Porter Medical

Clean Air Lawn Care

Conner Remodeling &Design, INC.

Connors and Company

Concur

Cordova Law Firm

Cupcake Royale

Dani Weiss Photography

DBL Property Maintenance

DML Insurance Services, Inc.

Elliot Bay Book Co.

Freeman LLC

Fun Fitness

Fuzed Travel

Group Health Plan

Go Green Directory

Google

Havana

Hillside Quickie Restaurants

Inn at Discovery Coast

Integrated Financial Group

James Braden

Jason Rumohr

JSW Ventures

Juju

Kelly Printing & Graphics

Kill Rock Stars

Kings Hardware

Lagoma Lodge

Law Office of Allen Draher, PLLC

LGBTQ Counseling Servicecs

Liberty Cafe

Local 360

Local Grown Cafe

Local Roots Farm

Microsoft

Moe Bar

Mx2 Computer Consulting

Nike

Northmoon Artistic Creations

Onto Entertainment

Out There Monthly: The Inland NW Guide to Outdoor Recreation

Pacific Forest Resources

Pike Street Fish Fry

Poquitos

Portland Area Business Association

Precision Door Service

Rain City Entertainment

Real Networks

Ric-O-Shay

Screenplay, Inc.

Seattle Cigar Expo

Seattle Gay News

Seattle Interactive Conference

Seattle Popcorn Company Inc. DBA Uncle Woddy's Caramel Corn

Seattle Restaurant Alliance

Seattle Tattoo Expo

Serendipity Catering

Skylark Cafe & Club

Spitfire Bar & Grill

Spokane Wireless Inc.

Starbucks

Stoel Rives

Tango Restaurant

The 5 Point Café

The Clark Company

The Crocodile

The Red Door

The Saint

The Wedding Gentleman

Thinking Cap Communications & Design

ThirdPlanet Productions

Thom's Hand-Brewed Coffee

True North, PLLC

Tula's Restaurant and Jazz Club

Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria

Unicorn Bar

Verite Coffee

Vista Diagnostics International

Vulcan

Wed4Less Northwest

Whidbey Wayfarer Farm

Wild Sage American Bistro

Zenith Diversity

Zim's Mobile Computer Services LLC

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Seattle Gay News? I call shenanigans.

Posted by Whodunit? on January 25, 2012 at 3:57 PM

Anyone else think it's weird that only one of Linda Derschang's bars (King's Hardware) supports this?

Posted by abbot312 on January 25, 2012 at 4:35 PM

"Attorney at Law, P.S." - is that the home of Bob Loblaw's Law Blog?

Posted by gloomy gus on January 25, 2012 at 4:45 PM

i don't see any banks on this list.

Posted by scary tyler moore

on January 25, 2012 at 4:54 PM

Has Boeing ever taken a stance on this issue? Do they throw their name behind issues that much?

Posted by internet_jen on January 25, 2012 at 5:00 PM

No Amazon.com is weird but not that weird because Bezos sucks so much.

For Silicon Valley companies with large Seattle offices, we get Google but don't get Facebook? Huh?

As noted above no Boeing; but also no Alaska Airlines, which surprises me.

Posted by algorhythm99 on January 25, 2012 at 5:08 PM

Yes, where's Boeing? Where's Pagliacci's?

Posted by laurax on January 25, 2012 at 5:08 PM

Go Boo Radley's - one of the best things in Spokane. Everytime I go home to visit, I try and stop in and buy something.

Posted by Donolectic on January 25, 2012 at 5:51 PM

I'll second Donolectic- huzzah, Boo Radley's and Atticus! Good to see some classy representation from Spokane.

Posted by Zebes

on January 25, 2012 at 6:05 PM

I don't see any grocery stores listed.

Posted by alight on January 25, 2012 at 6:12 PM

Why aren't local gay bars/restaurants listed? I work at the Wildrose Bar and we 120% support gay marriage..go figure..

Posted by jsykakis on January 25, 2012 at 6:13 PM

Where's The Stranger?

Posted by michaelp on January 25, 2012 at 6:28 PM

Also, in before SB assholishly thanks everyone on SLOG for letting him know what civilization destroying
businesses to boycott and then plays the victim by whining a lot about his special rights.

Posted by Donolectic on January 25, 2012 at 7:18 PM

This is really got to raise a lot of cognitive dissonance among Washington State Republicans. How can they push the role models of local successful corporations and Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos and Harold Schultz when these people (to use Romney's denotation) are all supporting a critical issue 180 degrees away from their own petition?

Are they going to eschew local big business altogether?

They are either going to have be hypocrites and take their money, and praise them in public but damn them in private, or else break away from the whole business and Free Market meme...Newt Gingrich might be heading in that direction.

Curious.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on January 25, 2012 at 8:02 PM

What keeps things fresh for me and the caramel macchiatos is I dive into 'em only once or twice a year (on my trips out of the sticks). I pity all of you with your daily ball-and-chains.

Here's lookin' at you, lid.

Posted by rob!