Add to the list of people and companies to boycott for supporting Proposition 8 in California, the local theater chain, Cinemark. Its CEO, Alan Stock, donated $9,999 to the cause that was designed to take away the right to marry in California.
I ran across this tidbit on AmericaBlog.com, and checked it through the San Francisco Gate website that searches a database of contributors to the Prop 8 funds. It's time we took our money and went elsewhere to see films! Now if we can get Sundance Film Festival to leave the Hate State of Utah perhaps some folks will notice.
I don't get it. Why are we protesting Cinemark for what one guy did?
ReplyDeleteAs the CEO of the company he knows his actions will be considered representative of the company's views. His company is happy to get money fromm LGBT people but he want's to deny us equal rights. If you don't get the reasoning behind why sending him and his company a message is a valid response, I can't help you.
ReplyDeleteIf you'd like to let Alan know your thoughts on the matter:
ReplyDeleteAlan Stock, Chief Executive Officer
Cinemark
3900 Dallas Parkway - Suite 500
Plano, TX 75093-7869
(972) 665-1000
astock@cinemark.com
And if you *really* want to get their attention, start contacting the Cinemark board of directors (who are essentially Alan Stock's boss) and let them know how Alan's action is going to affect their company's bottom line which they have a fiduciary responsibility to protect. Emails and direct phone numbers where known:
Lee Mitchell, Chairman
Cinemark
3900 Dallas Pkwy - Suite 500
Plano, TX, 75093-7871
(972) 665-1000
lmitchell@cinemark.com
Benjamin Chereskin, Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Partners
3 First National Plaza
70 W Madison St - Suite 3800
Chicago, IL 60602-4342
(312) 895-1310
bchereskin@mdcp.com
Carlos Sepulveda, President
Interstate Battery System of America
12770 Merit Dr - Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75251-1296
(972) 991-1444
carlos.sepulveda@ibsa.com
Raymond Syufy, President
Cinemark Holdings
150 Pelican Way
San Rafael, CA 94901-5550
(415) 448-8400
r_syufy@centurytheatres.com
Enrique Hernandez, Managing Director
Allen & Company
711 5th Avenue
9th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 832-8000
Vahe Combalagian
Madison Dearborn Partners
70 W Madison St - Suite 4600
Chicago, IL 60602-4342
(312) 895-1000
vcombalagian@mdcp.com
Peter Ezersky
Quadrangle Captial Partners
375 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10152
(212) 418.1700
peter.ezersky@quadranglegroup.com
Roger Staubach, Executive Chairman
The Staubach Company
15601 Dallas Pkwy - Suite 400
Addison, TX 75001-6055
(972) 361-5001
rogerstaubach@staubach.com
Donald Soderquist
Cinemark Holdings
3900 Dallas Pkwy - Suite 500
Plano, TX, 75093-7871
(972) 665-1000
dsoderquist@cinemark.com
Steve Rosenberg, CEO
Centego Marketing
4965 Preston Park Blvd - Suite 190
Plano, TX 75093
(972) 985-2500
srosenberg@centego.com
David asks "I don't get it. Why are we protesting Cinemark for what one guy did?"
ReplyDeleteGay$ go to theater. Theater$ go to Cinemark. Cinemark$ go to CEO (and likely many other Mormon executives and investors). CEO$ go to political movement to strip Gay rights.
Gay$ --> goes to political movement to strip gay rights
And besides, the last time I was at a Cinemark, they couldn't manage to get the film focused until half way through the movie. Numerous complaints and they still couldn't do it.
ReplyDeleteNo more of my Gay$ for them!
OK, I get it now.
ReplyDeleteIt is a stupid idea.
The logic is so screwed on this. This is what is wrong with our movement. Kill the forest to chop down one small tree? That's dumb.
I think it is great that queers are learning to fight back against bigots.
ReplyDeleteThat's Mister Queer, Sir to you!
ReplyDeleteI love how strong the gay rights movement is in this country now. As shocked, offended, and outraged as I was about the passing of prop 8, I am overwhelmingly grateful to see the whole country beginning to wake up and stand up. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSince this report speaks directly about the movie "MILK" and its relevance to today's issues, it seems worth remembering Milk's own feelings with Proposition 6. He felt that, if Prop. 6 was passed, that the gay community would rise up in an angry and perhaps violent offensive that would have been entirely understandable. The unfinished business of Milk's time is still affecting us today and it this generations responsibility to carry it forward.
ReplyDeleteWe are not in the midst of a polite debate. We are not haggling over a trinket in a foreign bazaar. Prop 8 singles out gays. It strips them of rights. It undermines the very foundations of the Constitution of the country - which has no relationship to biblical belief or religious fanaticism. If gays are going to be singled out through the passage of this proposition, then the supporters of it should expect to be targeted themselves. If they are in positions of power, such as CEO of Cinemark, then the foundations of their power ought to be attacked and brought down.
Cinemark is fair game as is the Mormon Church. We are not engaged in a friendly disagreement. These people have mobilized to strip Americans they don't like or respect of their civil rights. That's not politics. That is war. Gays have learned how to fight back and we ought to throw our full fury at individuals who funded this fight against us AND their power bases - period.
Civil Rights or Civil War. Gay Rights Now!