REPRISE: How Starbucks Saved My Ministry

[kclee4jc]

BTW, I'm enjoying Biblical marriage quite nicely as of 5-2-15!

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by deacon blues

Order a short brewed coffee---ask for it in a tall or grande cup = $1.92

If you have the gold card, refills are free ($.55 savings).

The barista usually forgets you ordered a short so they refill it to the top.

You've paid $.68 per cup for the equivalent of a tall and a half or a grande and a half of coffee.

And if you go to the same Starbucks for nearly 15 years and you're friendly to the baristas and visit one barista's husband when he's in the hospital and very sick and pray for him, that barista might be inclined to pour your coffee and not charge you anything. Hypothetically speaking, of course.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Now all you got to do is convince Sean to pay his tithes! Especially those back tithes.

I pay my tithes to Starbucks.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Sean

I pay my tithes to Starbucks.

Oh I know, I have no doubt that you don't give a dime to the work of the Lord. You probably never did.

[houston]

Originally Posted by kclee4jc

BTW, I'm enjoying Biblical marriage quite nicely as of 5-2-15!

Stay on topic.

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Looks like a false weight and measure. Taking advantage of a person's memory lapse.

Still haven't figured out why a Christian would even patronise Starbucks...

It must be frustrating to be so holy, so right with God, with so few living at your level of commitment.

We're not worthy...

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by houston

Starbucks doesn't want YOUR business if you're against same sex marriage.

Howard Schultz said to a stockholder that if he didn't like the company's policy of diversity and the 38% return on his investment into Starbucks stock, he could always sell his shares of stock. That's exactly what he said. Google it.

Folks if you took the time to examine every company you buy products from and what their ownership embraced or what the company policies were---you'd end up living like the Amish. Buying Starbucks coffee doesn't mean you support same sex marriage any more than listening to Elvis sing "How Great Thou Art" means you support lamb chop sideburns and tight white one piece jump suits with sequins.

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by kclee4jc

BTW, I'm enjoying Biblical marriage quite nicely as of 5-2-15!

Me too as of 7.18.15

[deacon blues]

Companies that offer benefits to same sex couples and domestic partners:

Avon Products, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998
Bank of America, San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1998
BankBoston Corp., Boston, Mass. Offered as of 1998
Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998
Chase Manhattan Bank Corp., New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1999
Chevron, San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1997
Cisco Systems, San Jose, Calif. Date unknown
Compaq Computers Corp., Houston, Tex. Offered as of 1999
Computer Associates International, Islandia, N.Y. Date unknown
Costco Wholesale, Issaquah, Wash. Offered as of 1998
Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y. Offered as of 1997
Edison International (Southern Cal. Edison), Rosemead, Calif. Offered as of 1998.
Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Corp.), Washington, D.C. Offered as of 1993
Foundation Health Systems, Rancho Cordova, Calif. Date unknown
Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, Calif. Offered as of 1997
Ikon Office Solutions, Malvern, Penn. Date unknown
Mattel, El Segundo, Calif. Offered as of 1998
Merrill Lynch, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1999
Mobil Oil Co., Fairfax, Va. Offered as of 1998
Nevada Bell (union workers with Communication Workers of America)
Pacific Gas and Electric (PGE), San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1997
Pacific Bell (union workers with Communication Workers of America)
Seagate Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, Calif. Offered as of 1998
St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, Minn. Offered as of 1995
Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, Calif. Offered as of 1993
TeleCommunications, Inc. (TCI), Englewood, Colo. Offered as of 1996
Xerox Corp., Stamford, Conn. Offered as of 1998
Wells Fargo, San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1998

[deacon blues]

Companies with benefits for same sex couples:

About 80 of the Fortune 500 companies have adopted benefits programs for domestic partners. Fifty-four of those companies have plans that are open to same-sex couples but not unmarried heterosexual couples. The following companies have same-sex only programs.

Aetna Life & Casualty, Hartford, Conn. Offered as of 1997.
American Airlines. Offered as of 2000. Total employees: 107,000.
American Express Co. Offered as of 1997.
Apple Computers, Cupertino, Calif. Offered as of 1993. 42 (0.9%) of 4,700 employees enrolled as of 1997.
AT&T. Offered as of 1999 to same-sex partners per union contracts with Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
Bankers Trust Corp., New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998.
Barnes & Noble, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1995.
Bell Atlantic, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998.
Charles Schwab & Co., San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1993.
Chrysler Motors, Detroit, MI. Offered in 2000.
Chubb Life Insurance Co., Warren, N.J. Offered as of 1996.
Electronic Data Systems Corp., Plano, Tex. Offered as of 1998.
Estee Lauder Companies, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998.
Federated Dept. Stores, Cincinnati, Ohio. Offered as of 1998 in some locations.
Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI. Offered in 2000.
Freddie Mac, MacLean, Va. Offered as of 1998.
Gap, Inc., San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1994.
General Mills, Minneapolis, Minn. Offered as of 2000.
General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI. Offered in 2000.
Harcourt General, Boston, Mass. Offered as of 1998.
Hartford Financial Services Co., Hartford, Conn. Offered as of 1997.
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif. Offered as of 1997.
International Business Machines (IBM), Armonk, N.Y. Offered as of 1997; 1% of 110,000 employees enrolled as of 1997.
ITT Industries, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998.
J.P. Morgan & Co., New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1998.
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, Boston, Mass. Offered as of 1998.
Knight-Ridder (see Media Companies).
(The) Limited, Columbus, Ohio. Offered as of 1999.
Lincoln National, Fort Wayne, Ind. Offered as of 1997.
Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, N.J. Offered as of 1997.
Marriott International, Bethesda, Md. Offered as of 1999.
McGraw-Hill (see Media Companies).
Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash. Offered as of 1993; < 1% of 14,000 employees enrolled as of 1997.
Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Mo. Offered as of 1997.
NCR Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Date unknown.
New York Times (see Media Companies).
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Ore. Date unknown.
Oracle Systems Corp., Redwood City, Calif. Offered as of 1993.
PacifiCare Health Systems, Santa Ana, Calif. Date unknown.
Pacificorp, Portland, Ore. Offered as of 1998.
Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa. Date unknown.
QualComm, San Diego, Calif. Offered as of 1998.
Reebok International, Stoughton, Mass. Date unknown.
Safeco, Seattle, Wash. Offered as of 1999.
SBC Communications, San Antonio, Tex. Offered as of 1998 in Communications
Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, Calif. Offered as of 1992.
Tech Data Corp., Clearwater, Fla. Offered as of 1998.
Time-Warner (see Media Companies).
Times-Mirror (see Media Companies).
Unisys, Blue Bell, Penn. Offered as of 1999.
United Airlines. Offered as of 2000 to same-sex partners; all eligible for non-economic benefits such as bereavement leave. Total employees: 97,000.
U.S. Airways Group, Arlington, Va. Announced in 1999 intent to offer DP benefits.
U.S. West, St. Paul, Minn. Offered as of 1998.
Viacom, New York, N.Y. Offered as of 1993; 18 (0.4%) of 5,000 employees enrolled as of 1997 (includes MTV, Showtime, Nickelodeon, etc.)
Walt Disney, Burbank, Calif. Offered as of 1996.