Boycott Gloria Jeans?!

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 in Dribble, Networking, religion

Nabi Saleh and Peter Irvine are prominent, active members of Hillsong Church and Gloria Jean’s Coffees Australia is a major sponsor of Hillsong Church. A Cult built to evade tax and cash in on born again Christians.

Gloria Jean’s Coffees sponsors many Hillsong-related initiatives such as Mercy Ministries, a pro-life anti-gay charity that helps women with drug issues and eating disorders as well as women during their pregnancy. “Gloria Jean’s Coffees chose to support Mercy Ministries because there is a need in Australia for a dedicated charity that helps women with these difficult issues,” said Peter Irvine, Co-Founder of Gloria Jean’s Coffees” Gloria Jean’s Coffees has stated it is not intending to change its funding arrangements of Mercy Ministries, despite recent allegations that Mercy Ministries removes its charges from proven medical therapies and puts them in the hands of amateur counselors who employ techniques including exorcisms.

I for one am now boycotting Gloria Jeans, it’s a shame because the only thing left for me in the way of convenient coffee is McCafe… Crazy Cults, or Rich Multinationals… I think I’ll bring a thermos.

I’m thinking about going down to our friendly wireless cult sponsor and playing with their wifi now… who’s got idea’s for their wifi SSID

“Gloria Jeans – We Hate Gays and Love The Hillsong Cult” sounds like a great wireless network :D

For those interested in this subject there’s a face book group you can join

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21028732968

Update: Peter Irvine, is actually the director of Mercy Ministries Australia

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  1. Darkcraft
    14 Sep 2009 19:05

    Nice work :)
    I haven’t been there since I found out where their profits go.
    McCafe is bad though :(
    Why not support an independent coffee shop/cafe? These big businesses are killing off Australia’s cafes :(

  2. David W. Campbell
    14 Sep 2009 20:19

    Yeah, I would if they were as common or as open at the times I normally go for coffee.

    Normally I grab a coffee fairly early in the morning (like 6am) or late at night (like 10pm) and I travel all over NSW, and the big M is everywhere and usually very easy to find, thats why I go there, also it may not be the best coffee but at least its consistant hehe.

    I do understand that it’s not really in the countries interest to be supporting the big multinational style companies, but the small cafe’s are pretty difficult to find when you are driving from one job to the next and are after anything that you can get quickly and easily

  3. Squiggle
    16 Sep 2009 17:19

    Job well done! Keep up the good work!

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