Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont-based makers of divine ice cream, is one of the many reasons I’m proud to live in this state. (And while it’s far from the only reason, it may very well be the yummiest!) Not only do I love their products, but I’m also a big fan of their business model because of the major emphasis it places on social justice and environmental responsibility. I have a hunch that I’m probably not the only one in the TWO community who loves Ben & Jerry’s, but I digress. . .
Well, today — as though any of us needed another reason to love Ben & Jerry’s — the company went and did this: to show support for the push to legalize same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom, Ben & Jerry’s announced that it was renaming its Oh! My! Apple Pie flavor. The new name? Apple-y Ever After. Pints of the new flavor will come in containers displaying a wedding cake with ribbons of rainbow frosting and a cake topper featuring a gay couple.
Marriage equality is an issue that’s near and dear to Ben & Jerry’s. The UK already has “civil partnerships,” a form of relationship recognition for same-sex couples. But on their website, the company takes care to point out that marriage-by-another-name just isn’t good enough: “If you think that Civil Partnership is the same as marriage, think again!”
This is a company that really gets it.
And this isn’t the first time they’ve renamed a flavor to show their support for marriage equality either. In 2009, when the company’s home state of Vermont passed its marriage equality law, Ben & Jerry’s changed the name of Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby in celebration (raising the ire of conservative groups in the process, by the way).
That’s it — I’m ending my work day, walking to the grocery store, and buying a pint of Ben & Jerry’s to show my support for this wonderfully pro-LGBT company. (I know my husband will thank me when he returns home!) You should support them, too.
(Photo courtesy of the Advocate.)
Yet another reason to eat Ben & Jerry’s!
Aah, that’s sweet~♥
Now I want ice cream…
I love Ben & Jerry’s! “New York Super Fudge Chunk” is my favorite, but “Karma Sutra” and “Cherry Garcia” are awfully good, too!
The healthiest one they put out is Midnight Snack, with chocolate covered potato chip pieces in it. >:-PP There’s an online ‘flavor finder’ for Ben and Jerry’s (you enter your zip code), but unfortunately Apply-y Ever After wasn’t in the list.
The two men on top of the cake is ridiculous to me. The only marriage is between a man and a woman according to the scriptures: their own bodies bear witness of this fact. Do they think they can reap the blessings of God while thumbing their nose at him? Having said that however, there is hope for the gays and for anyone else who will receive it: the Lord Jesus Christ (God in the flesh) died and was raised to life for the vilest sinner since we are all sinners and all of us fall short of the glory of God so that we could have eternal life by simple faith in Jesus and not be condemned to Hell:
Romans 3:10 states, “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.”
Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 6:47, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”
Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
John 3:36 says: “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
You know what else ought to be ridicuous to you, and what you oughta be really incensed about?
2/3 of the world doesn’t buy the Christian story, and thinks of it an a silly myth, despite the obvious truthiness of that story, and 2000 years to promulgate it.
Now THAT’s something that that ought to be getting your surplice in a twist.
James said “The only marriage is between a man and a woman according to the scriptures”.
False. Nowhere in the bible does it say same sex couples should not be allowed to marry.
That’s quite a few Bible verses posted in response to ICE CREAM.
K. James? Why do you think that gays are seeking the ‘blessings of God’? And why do you assume that the desire to marry is in some way ‘thumbing their nose at God’? Also, there are many gay xtians out there who would find your biblical interpretations offensive. (You’d probably like that). Don’t believe there are gay xtians? You’d be wrong. We really don’t need you preaching here. We’ve heard it all before…sinners, death, hell, blah, blah, blah….
Devin, he’s probably really Queen James, another self-loathing closet case who haunts sites like this one.
@King James Troll on you crazy diamond.
@emma- A Floyd reference my husband would be proud. He loves everything Floyd.
King James, in your devolved brain, I doubt if you can grasp the concept of civil marriage instituted by governments around the world, not any religious cult. There is not one shred of religion in a civil marriage ceremony and no mandate to procreate, even infertile couples can enjoy a civil marriage too, idiot.
To digress, some of you may not be aware that today in the UK, March 15, the coalition conservative/liberal democratic government’s marriage equality consultation has begun to introduce same-sex marriage in the UK. It has the support of all three party leaders.
King James, why don’t you check out the link for proof of polygamy and incest condoned in the old testament.
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/sex/long.html
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