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August 16th, 2006 Andra Brosy | Rogue of the Week
 

Outsidepride.com, Inc.

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You know you're in Rogue country when you have to defend yourself by saying, "I am not a bigot."

That's part of what Troy Hake, owner of the ironically named Outsidepride.com, Inc., allegedly wrote to customers of his Salem grass seed company when he emailed them recently to express outrage over openly gay behavior on episodes of two CBS shows that aired Aug. 6.

Hake denies writing the Aug. 8 email and tells the Rogue desk he thinks an employee may have written it under Hake's name.

The original letter complains about watching "two men hugging" on a recent Cold Case episode, and about two women making out on Without a Trace. The emailer was particularly appalled that one of the fathers on the latter show—gasp!—accepted his daughter's behavior.

The letter lambastes CBS for "promoting" homosexuality as the "norm" and entreats Outsidepride's "tens of thousand [sic]" customers to complain to the network.

CBS Television spokesman Phil Gonzales says the network has received "a small number" of complaints in the last week in response to Outsidepride's letter.

Meantime, a "handful" of people have complained to Basic Rights Oregon about the letter, according to Rebekah Kassell, spokeswoman for the state's largest gay-rights group. Jacquelyn England of San Rafael, Calif., alerted BRO to the original email and also complained to Outsidepride. The company's emailed response to England says it "did not intend to personally attack anyone" but doesn't deny the authenticity of the original letter.

Hake told WW last week that he has set up a firewall to prevent future fraudulent emails but says he doesn't know how the letter was sent and doesn't really care. And he hasn't responded to a follow-up email asking whether he has rescinded the letter and whether he agrees with the opinions it expresses.


Read the full Aug. 8 email at www.wweek.com/media/7888.pdf.
 
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08.16.2006 at 09:15 Reply
Hake is lying. I called the company the day the story broke last week, and confirmed that the president had sent it. And as you indicate, their initial response was a form letter that implicitly admitted--and certainly didn't deny--that it was an intentional mailing.

Hake has subsequently changed his home phone number and the company will not provide any contact names or numbers to reach PR personnel.

Details on the story from its beginning to yesterday's revelations are posted at Loaded Orygun:

http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/2006/08/lo-calls-outsidepride-ceo-changes.html

 

08.17.2006 at 04:22 Reply
So this guy doesn't approve of gay behavior. There are plenty of people who don't. What's the big deal? Let him have his opinion. Have you all forgotten that we live in a Christian country? What's next, full blown porn on daytime television? Someone has to stand up for what's right. Thank you Troy Hake.

 

08.18.2006 at 05:17 Reply
We live in a Christian country? What country is that? :huh:

If Hake can have his opinion--and is willing to abuse the terms of his privacy agreement with customer email accounts to express it--why can't others have theirs, pointing out the idiocy of his arguments and noting that he's now trying to pretend he didn't send it?

 

08.23.2006 at 05:00 Reply
We were recipients of the email, and my husband responded directly to Hake, though he has had no reply. As the parents of a gay son, and with two gay nephews, we were offended that someone whose only connection to us is through his gardening business thought that he had the right to use our mailing addres (and those of all of his other customers) to promote his private views on a topic having nothing to do with gardening.

The fact that our son is gay should have nothing to do with our reaction, however. As parents, we are encouraged to see healthy relationships portrayed on television, and healthy parental acceptance of those relationships, to see loving people showing their love in appropriate ways. This has nothing to do with "porn", as a previous writer implied.

As for the "Christian country" comment, I beg to differ. Our country was founded on the idea of freedom of religion. Please do not co-opt MY country under the heading of YOUR beliefs.

 

 
 

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