Their products range from Jello-O to Philadelphia Cream Cheese and they even own restaurants such as California Pizza Kitchen and Cracker Barrel. Kraft Company shouldn’t worry about its haters, though they make too many products to make the regular boycotter’s life difficult. Oreo's support of Pride Month may have been applauded by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates after the popular brand released an image of a rainbow-stuffed cookie on its Facebook page, but not everyone was as ecstatic after the now-iconic shot went viral on a number of social media platforms. Even more sick to know they would stop buying a brand simply because they support people's feelings and dreams for basic civil rights.” It’s not the stack of six crme patties that’s whipped up a frenzy at Oreo’s official Facebook page: It’s that together, they form a rainbow in celebration of gay pride. You’re going to boycott a cookie? You must have better things to worry about other than what gay people and friends and family of gay people are eating.” One Facebook user states, “It makes me literally sick to know there are still so many hateful, ignorant people out there. Sarah Giordano remarked, “What did you think gay people ate? Rocks? I mean really? Gay people are everywhere. Other comments left on the site voice their concern over the ignorance of others against the gay community. I'll definitely be picking up a bag of Oreo's next time I'm at the store.”
The image even served as a great advertising tool to some like John Whittemore who posted, "THANK YOU, Oreo, for supporting equal rights & having the courage to say it. On the bright side of the rainbow, there were many encouraging comments towards the Kraft Company, with individuals stating just how glad they are that Kraft is supporting equality with the LGBT community. However,even with tremendous support, Pride month has faced major criticism from conservative groups (unsurprisingly) that have stated they will boycott companies like Kraft because of their gay pride support. The cookies will not be sold in stores and will. as well as with an overwhelming amount of support from large companies like Facebook, EA Games, and Google. (CNN) OREO and PFLAG have released a limited edition rainbow cookie in celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month. In general, the support for Gay Pride Month has been phenomenal - with hundreds of thousands participating in parades around the country. This is the fifth official Pride Month in history (President Obama has declare four Pride months, and former President Bill Clinton declared the first pride month in 2000). Oreo's pro-gay Facebook post comes in the month of June, which President Obama declared as Pride month for the LGBT community. Good bye oreo!!! Hope the Homosexuals support you, they will eat anything!! haha.” Homosexuality is a sin, an abomination, and against nature” as well as “Disgusting.
The comments were filled with critics unsupportive of the rainbow cookie with postings like “you are supporting evil. While the image reached upwards of 200,000 likes on its page, the cookie giant faced heavy criticism in its comments section. On Monday, Oreo updated its Facebook page to show an Oreo cookie with rainbow filling in support of pride month. The criticisms appear to be part of the inspiration for a new Facebook fan page supporting the Oreo post, called “Support Oreo” at. The post received more than 231,000 likes, and. Oreo’s Facebook post had more than 214,000 likes, nearly 64,000 shares and more than 34,000 comments. On Monday, a rainbow-stuffed Oreo cookie with the headline 'Proudly Support Love' was posted on Oreo's Facebook page in honor of Gay pride month. The post sparked sometimes-heated debate. Some said it was a cool picture but they’d never eat the pictured cookie. Some posts encouraged the company to actually manufacture the rainbow-filled cookie.
The posts are reportedly part of a series of daily ads featuring images of Oreo cookies and milk in honor of the 100 th birthday of Oreo cookies. The company also tweeted the picture with the statement “Celebrate your pride for love!” The photo of an Oreo cookie with layers of rainbow-colored filling was posted Monday night on the Oreo Facebook page along with the status update, “Proudly support love!” The caption under the photo reads “June 25 | PRIDE.” Tens of thousands of Facebook users expressed their views after Oreo posted a photo on Facebook in support of gay rights. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.