Pasta firm Barilla boycotted over objection to gay family remarks
date:Sep 27, 2013



Gay rights activists in Italy have launched a boycott of the world's leading pasta maker after its chairman said he would only portray the classic family in his advertisements and, if people objected to that, they should feel free to eat a different kind of pasta.

Guido Barilla, who controls the fourth-generation Barilla Group family business with his two brothers, sparked outrage among activists, consumers and some politicians when he said he would not consider using a gay family to adverti
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