The Tyson Family Foundation has pledged to give $500,000 as part of a multi-year commitment to support pro-LGBT efforts in Northwest Arkansas. Talk Business reports that with the pledge, the foundation is set “to be a presenting sponsor of NWA Pride Weekend through 2030.”
The Tyson Family Foundation is located in Fayetteville, and its primary purpose is to promote education, health, arts and culture, and youth programs, as well as scholarship opportunities for Tyson Foods employees and their families.
The foundation’s pro-LGBT support comes as other groups are wisely choosing to pivot away from these sorts of initiatives.
For a long time, major corporations and charitable foundations spent a tremendous amount of time and money pandering to pro-LGBT groups. But in recent years, corporate support for LGBT Pride has fizzled and Fortune 500 companies have abandoned the pro-LGBT Equality Index.
Major companies from Walmart to Target and John Deere to Lowe’s have rolled back pro-LGBT policies due to consumer backlash.
In 2023, Bud Light managed to single-handedly overthrow itself as the number-one beer in America after sending transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney a novelty can of Bud Light with Mulvaney’s picture on it. Mulvaney posted a video showcasing the Bud Light can — which led to backlash and boycotts from Bud Light drinkers nationwide. All told, that novelty can of Bud Light ended up costing the company more than $1 billion in lost sales, and the brand has never fully recovered.
The pushback from Americans has reached all the way to Hollywood as well. In recent years, we’ve seen entertainment giants like Disney and Pixar remove pro-LGBT elements from their storylines in response to moviegoers.
It’s obvious that consumers are tired of pro-LGBT pandering by corporations and other groups. It’s also deeply concerning when organizations use their wealth and influence to support ideologies that lead to troubling consequences. These sorts of efforts are out of step with everyday Americans, plain and simple.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
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