text: On August 3, 2012 Rights Equal Rights launched a global boycott of Amway / Alticor and 
   
   all its divisions and family owned businesses because of its President and company owner 
   
   Doug DeVos’s $500,000 contribution to the National Organization (NOM) for Marriage. This 
   
   contribution recently came to light from the federal IRS 990 tax filing of the Doug and Maria 
   
   DeVos Foundation. 
   
   NOM is boycotting Starbucks and General Mills for simply supporting marriage equality in their 
   
   home states, and is busily defending its staunch ally Chick-fil-A. We at Rights Equal Rights feel 
   
   that it is important to support our friends and equally important to keep pressure on the mega- 
   
   donors to NOM and other likeminded organizations and individuals who so vigorously oppose 
   
   Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) equality. 
   
   A global boycott of Amway will let others know that there are consequences for giving massive 
   
   amounts of money to take away the rights of a minority. We will be closely watching the 
   
   donors who contribute to the anti-gay sides of the four upcoming November 6 th marriage 
   
   elections in Minnesota, Maryland, Maine and Washington State. 
   
   Visit our new site www.boycottamway.com for more information and tools you can use to help! 
   
   
   
   Watch the Doug DeVos interview! 
   
   News on the $500,000 DeVos Donation to NOM 
   
   Think Progress- The Big Donors Who Fund NOM’s Educational Hate Speech 
   
   http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/08/10/292447/the-big-donors-who-fund-noms-educational-hate-speech/ 
   
   Bilerico & LGBT POV Amway Gave $500k to NOM: http://www.bilerico.com/2012/02/romney_wants_marriage_amendment_amway_gave_500k_to_nom.php 
   
   Outward Magazine – Amway President Continues to Contribute To Anti-Gay Causes 
   
   http://www.outwordmagazine.com/index.php/inside-outword/glbt-news/765-amway-president-continues-to-contribute-to-anti-gay-causes-by-james-duggan 
   
   Wikipedia – In January 2012, Amway contributed $500,000 to National Organization for Marriage, a political organization which opposes legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway ||||| Orlando Magic/Amway After hundreds of thousands of people ate "mor chikin" last week to support the Chick-fil-A CEO's traditional-marriage stance, another prominent company has found itself in the crosshairs of a boycott sparked by its executive's marriage beliefs. The Douglas and Maria DeVos Foundation, financially supported by Amway president Doug DeVos, donated $500,000 to the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), an anti-gay marriage group that was one of the leading advocates against same-sex marriage initiatives in eight states. Because of that 2009 donation, gay rights activist are calling for a boycott of Ada, Mich.-based Amway, a health and beauty products company, and its affiliates including the Orlando Magic basketball team, which DeVos' father and Amway co-founder Richard DeVos owns. "NOM constantly defends anti-LGBT companies like its ally Chick-fil-A and its owner for hateful and bigoted comments and actions," gay rights activist and long-shot presidential candidate Fred Karger wrote in a statement announcing the boycott Friday. Karger, the president of the LGBT advocacy group Rights Equal Rights, said the goal of groups like the National Organization for Marriage "appears to be harming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Americans." But Amway said the donation stemmed from DeVos' personal beliefs and the "Amway opportunity is open to everyone." "As private citizens, the DeVos family supports causes and organizations that advocate for policies aligned to their personal beliefs," Amway said in a statement. The company added that the DeVos family believes "one of the highest callings of any individual is to express their own personal beliefs as a participant in the democratic process." Amway president Doug DeVos has apparently made no public statements about the issue one way or another. A spokesman for the Orlando Magic said the team has seen no affect on ticket sales or support from the boycott. While companies like Amway and Chick-fil-A have been recently ensnared in controversy because of their executives' support for traditional marriage, they are not alone in taking sides in the gay-marriage debate. Here's a look at some of America's biggest businesses or corporate executives who've braved the inevitable storm and taken a public stance on same-sex marriage. 
   
   Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy ignited a controversy in a radio interview last week when he publicly denounced gay marriage. "I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Cathy said. "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about." The restaurant has long-espoused Christian values, even going so far as to remain closed on Sundays. In response to the company's stance even before Cathy's comments, online cooking guru Hilah Johnson launched a "Chick-fil-Gay" sandwich recipe on her blog and YouTube "HilahCooking" channel. Johnson referred to the recipe as a way to get the taste of a Chick-fil-A sandwich with "less sugar, less salt, and less funding for anti-human-equality organizations." In a statement made after the CEO's remarks, Chick-fil-A reaffirmed its foundation on "biblically-based principles," but also said that "The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect, regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender." Company officials said they plan to "leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena" in the future. 
   
   Google During the first week of July, Google announced a new "Legalize Love" campaign to help promote safer working environments for gays and lesbians around the world. While originally understood by many as a campaign to support the legalization of gay marriage, Google has since clarified the goals of the project, saying that it is intended to create safer conditions for gays and lesbians "in countries with anti-gay laws on the books." Google leadership has long been pro-gay rights, and outspokenly so; its CEO, Sergey Brin, spoke out against California's Proposition 8 in 2008. Google began compensating employees in 2010 with same-sex partners to help cover taxes on domestic partner health benefits. 
   
   facebook.com/oreo Kraft Foods The packaged foods giant posted this photo of a rainbow Oreo on its Facebook page in June in support of gay-pride month. An outpouring of responses quickly flooded the company's page, and consumers' posts ranged from the supportive to the damning. "Disgusted with oreos," one commenter wrote. "Being gay is an abmonitation [sic] in God's eyes i wont be buying them anymore." Kraft did not actually sell the rainbow-stuffed Oreo, and said the digitally altered image was created simply for online posting as part of the company's support for gay pride month. Nonetheless, some consumers said they would boycott the company - a statement that led supporters of gay marriage to strike back, listing the myriad of foods -- everything from Capri Sun juice to Velveeta to Triscuits -- that boycotters of the food giant would have to swear off in order to make good on that claim. 
   
   Courtesy Ben & Jerrys Ben & Jerry's Ben & Jerry's has been publicly supportive of gay marriage since 2009, when it renamed its "Chubby Hubby" flavor to "Hubby Hubby" to celebrate the passage of Vermont legislature allowing gay marriage. More recently, the Vermont ice cream merchant renamed its apple pie ice cream "Apple-y Ever After" as part of a push to legalize gay marriage in the United Kingdom. Ben & Jerry's encourages customers to get involved in advocacy efforts on its website and through Facebook apps. 
   
   General Mills Minneapolis-based General Mills recently stepped straight into a contentious battle surrounding an amendment to the Minnesota constitution that would ban gay marriage. General Mills, which is headquartered in Minnesota, announced in June that it was against the amendment. While the firm had long been considered an ally of the gay and lesbian community, its public announcement was unexpected. Protestors and supporters came out of the woodwork after General Mills made its position clear. Protestors gathered outside the company's headquarters soon after the announcement, but the firm stayed cordial, offering the activists coffee, water and even cookies (the last of which the protestors turned down).
target: – The gay rights battle is now running the retail gamut. Following the uproar over Chick-fil-A and same-sex marriage, gay rights advocates are pushing for a boycott of cleaning and beauty products company Amway and its affiliates, which include the Orlando Magic basketball team. The boycott call is in response to a $500,000 donation to battle gay marriage made by a foundation funded by Amway president Doug DeVos. The recipient of the donation, the National Organization for Marriage, "has been one of the most virulently anti-LGBT organizations in the country," says a statement launching the boycott by Rights Equal Rights. "A global boycott of Amway will let others know that there are consequences for giving massive amounts of money to take away the rights of a minority." Amway officials said the donation represents the personal beliefs of DeVos. As "private citizens, the DeVos family supports causes and organizations that advocate for policies aligned to their personal beliefs," Amway said in a statement to ABC News, adding that the family believes "one of the highest callings of any individual is to express their own personal beliefs as a participant in the democratic process." The Magic has reported no dip in ticket sales.