comment 1 said by wildblood on Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 10:08am

To boycott or to not boycott, that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to go without baked beans and ketchup??
Xx

comment 2 said by George_Anthony on Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:40am

I love this advert, and I felt that the perception of gays and lesbians in the media and also public perceptions were begging to change. That they are withdrawing it highlights the narrow-minded, homophobic 200+ people out there with nothing else to do but complain!

We don't boycott an advert where a black man is kissing a white woman - so why this, why now?

comment 3 said by Samwell on Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 1:59pm

The fact that 200 random complainers have the power to scare a company into thinking that their otherwise quite funny ad is "too gay" is amazing!

Heinz have no (meat) balls (in tomato sauce) and now have got egg (mayonnaise) all over their face - coming out of this all homophobic and without any of the sense of humour that their ad suggests they might have had.

comment 4 said by Star_Twister on Thursday, 26 June 2008, 7:47am

Did anyone see the Wright Stuff (chat Show) with the mother who claimed she wasn't homophobic yet was digging herself a bigger whole and was eventually cut off cause she was sounding more and more homophobic with each word she spoke......

It is interesting though that so many people say "I don't mind" or "It doesn't bother me" when in fact they actually do and it does

I think It's a shame Heinz has taken this decision, it will do them no favours.

JW

comment 5 said by Timmy on Thursday, 26 June 2008, 10:15am

Why would we boycott an advert where a black man is kissing a white woman? I dont see a valid comparison.

comment 6 said by Rob on Thursday, 26 June 2008, 12:28pm

There is a petition here http://www.petitiononline.com/heinz/petition.html to reinstate the advert

comment 7 said by mcrgeorge1 on Sunday, 29 June 2008, 6:14pm

Heinz has a long history of producing gay themed advertisements. The two hundred complainers probably all went to church today. Wonder if they had ketchup with their dinners.