By Thomas Coy

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) is calling on all PepsiCo shareholders to vote for Shareholder Proposal No. 4 – the Charitable Contributions Report, which asks PepsiCo to divulge its standards for funding and account for how the Company’s charitable contributions are actually used. The PepsiCo Foundation has been one of the largest donors to gay political organizations.

In his testimony at the PepsiCo shareholder’s meeting in 2009 PFOX representative Greg Quinlan told the Board of Directors that “PFLAG contributes to the intolerance of the ex-gay community and stereotypes former homosexuals like myself. By funding PFLAG PepsiCo promotes fear and hostility against the ex-gay community, and supports and spreads lies about ex-gays.” (more…)

By Thomas Coy using PFOX press releases as sources

The resolution before the Walt Disney Company to include ex-gays in Disney’s mandatory diversity training for employees was not able to garner the support it needed to pass. It showed in stark reality the grip the gay rights movement has on the entertainment giant. The proposal was presented by Greg Quinlan on behalf of Parents and Friends of Ex-gays and Gays. Disney’s Board of Directors did not even want to consider the resolution, and only did so because they were ordered to by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (more…)