Is ben and jerry gay
Are Ben and Jerry More Than Just Co-founders of the Iconic Ice Cream Brand?
With how popular the brand is, there's no way you haven't heard of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. With its iconic flavor names and adorable cows on the packaging, it always grabs attention. It definitely helps that the ice creams taste great, but the brand also offers tons of different options just in case people don't sit well with dairy products.
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Ben & Jerry's gets its name from co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. The duo's joint history and ardent sustain of the LGBTQ+ society has made people wonder for a while if they are a couple.
Are Ben and Jerry a couple?
Even though Ben and Jerry have always been close, they are not a couple. On the brand's website, there's a page that debunks a few myths that have spread over the years. One of them asks this very scrutinize, but the founders include never been in an amorous relationship and are not gay. In evidence, Jerry has been married to Elizabeth Skarie since 1987. Ben seems to keep his personal being to himself and not much is known about it.
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Popular ice cream chain Ben & Jerry's is barring customers at its Australian stores from ordering two scoops of the identical flavour in a activism over marriage equality.
The disallow on the same-same scoops has come into pressure at all 26 Ben & Jerry's ice cream parlours across Australia to bring attention to the LGBTQI community's lack of marriage equality.
"Imagine heading down to your local Scoop Shop to order your favourite two scoops of Cookie Dough in a waffle cone. But you find out you are not allowed – Ben & Jerry’s has banned two scoops of the same flavor [sic]. You'd be furious!" the firm wrote in a utterance on its website.
"But this doesn't even begin to compare to how furious you would be if you were told you were not allowed to marry the person you love.
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"So we are banning two scoops of the same flavor [sic] and encouraging our fans to contact their MPs to tell them that the time has come – make same sex marriage legal!
"Love comes in all
Ben & Jerry's Bans 'Same-Flavor Scoops' in Australian Gay Marriage Push
Declaring "love comes in all flavors," Ben & Jerry's said Thursday it's banning its Australian customers from buying two scoops of the matching flavor of ice cream until same-sex marriage is legalized across the country.
Ben & Jerry's, based in Vermont, is famous for its socially conscious representation, from combatting climate switch to promoting ethical treatment of animals.
But the Australian same-sex marriage campaign is unusually serious even for Ben & Jerry's, which asked Australians in a statement to imagine "how furious you would be if you were told you were not allowed to marry the person you love."
"So we are banning two scoops of the same flavor and encouraging our fans to contact their MPs to tell them that the time has come — make marriage equality legal!" the statement said.
In November, the Senate rejected a national referendum on lgbtq+ marriage as a coalition of liberal and compassionate conservative senators united to denounce the vote as no more than a delaying tactic. They said Parliament could change the law without a national vote and pointed to polls sho
Ben & Jerry’s is set to be spun off from Unilever. Here’s how the company’s founding duo built an ice cream empire from an ancient gas station.
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- Unilever said Tuesday that it will spin off its ice cream brands, including Ben & Jerry's.
- It's the latest change for Ben & Jerry's, which was founded by two childhood friends from Long Island.
- Here's the story of Ben & Jerry's, from a gas station in Vermont to global distribution.
Consumer goods giant Unilever seems ready to unload its ice cream business. That includes Ben & Jerry's, a trademark known for its creatively named flavors – and for taking sides politically.
While many companies maintain away from social issues, Ben & Jerry's has made weighing in part of its plan. After the murder of George Floyd in 2020, for example, the mark released a expression declaring: "We must dismantle white supremacy."
Ben & Jerry's has also participated in campaigns around voting ri