Starbucks CEO: Supporting equality more important than money

starbucks rainbowBY ZACK FORD
ThinkProgress

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz continued to defend his company’s support for marriage equality at a shareholders meeting Wednesday, pointing out that “not every decision is an economic decision.” Shareholder Tom Strobhar suggested that the company’s stock dipped a bit when the National Organization for Marriage launched a “Dump Starbucks” boycott last year, but Schultz expressed no concern about the company’s viability moving forward

He is quoted as responding, “If you feel, respectfully, that you can get a higher return than the 38 percent you got last year, it’s a free country. You can sell your shares of Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank you very much.” Supporters of marriage equality have rallied behind the company, ultimately negating NOM’s anti-Starbucks campaign.

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