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March 23, 2013

Howard Schultz to shareholder: Sell your shares if you don't agree with our marriage equality stance

Good for Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz for setting a shareholder straight about the so-called "boycott" of Starbucks over its pro-gay marriage stance.

Images The shareholder claimed that Starbucks' first-quarter performance was disappointing -- in part because "traditional marriage" proponents stopped buying their coffee at the SBUX.

"We want to embrace diversity,” Schultz said, advising the shareholder that "you can sell your shares" if he didn't like Starbucks' 38% return for investors. (Sure, that "boycott" is really hurting the company!)

You can listen to the exchange here.

* Starbucks CEO fields shareholder's question about "boycott" over SBUX's gay marriage stance

Posted at 07:23 AM |

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a barista

OMG!!!!! I love this guy!! a ceo who tells it like it is...yeah howards a badass!!!!!

Posted by: a barista | March 30, 2013 at 03:09 PM

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