Sponsoring a video featuring an honest, polite debate over a significant public issue landed the largest Australian-owned brewery in a P.R. nightmare, facing boycotts and a major loss of business.  One side of the debate – powerful, organized, angry, and adamant – simply was not interested in letting the other side be heard. As a result, a humiliating confession and apology video was issued, and the offending civil discussion video was sent to the Memory Hole. At this point, many readers will have guessed which public issue is at the heart of this imbroglio: same-sex marriage.  Bill Muehlenberg explains: ... a brief video on homosexual marriage was put out by the Bible Society of Australia in conjunction with Coopers Brewery. A very civil debate featuring two Liberals (one a homosexual in favour of it, one a heterosexual against it) was a light-hearted and friendly bit of discussion about this key issue. But the homosexual lobby – as...(Read Full Post)