September 22, 2008 | Sex & Society

Bolthouse Farms chided over support of anti-gay measure

Californians Against Hate have kicked-off the campaign "Don’t Buy Bolthouse" asking supporters of gay and lesbian rights to avoid Bolthouse Farms fruit, vegetable and coffee drinks, carrots and salad dressings.

William Bolthouse, Jr. contributed $100,000 in support of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative against allowing gay marriage.

"His money helped enable the committee to hire hundreds of paid professional petition circulators to collect the signatures necessary to qualify this initiative for the November ballot.  If passed on November 4th, Proposition 8 would eliminate same-sex marriage in California," the group explained in a press release.

In a letter to Bolthouse Farms Chairman, Andre Radandt (William Bolthouse’s son-in-law), Californians Against Hate warned, "As of Saturday, September 20, 2008, we will embark on an effort to get the message out to the gay and lesbian community and our millions of friends, family members, neighbors and co-workers all over the United States to "Don't Buy Bolthouse."

Other non-Bolthouse alternatives include Odwalla, Purely Juice, Naked Natural Energy, Jamba and Evolution. 

"Why should we spend our hard-earned money buying Bolthouse Farms’ products only to have it used against us?" concluded the group.

We'd rather drink pee than Bolthouse!