Pro-Equality CWU Veterans Still Fighting Marine Corps' UFC Support: VIDEO
The Veterans at UNITE HERE, a coalition of Culinary Worker Unions, are upping the ante in their campaign urging the U.S. Marine Corps to drop support of UFC over the sport's homophobic culture.
From the group's online petition asking the Marine Corps to sever ties with the UFC:
The U.S. Marine Corps has spent more than $2 million sponsoring the UFC. The U.S. Marine Corps should not use our taxpayer money to sponsor the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a professional cage fighting promoter that has tolerated jokes about rape, homophobic slurs and sexually explicit remarks that are demeaning towards women.
For more than two centuries, the Marines have fought, lived and died with honor. According to the Commandant’s Statement on Core Values of the United States Marines, honor is “the bedrock of our character; the quality that guides Marines to exemplify the ultimate in ethical and moral behavior; never to lie, cheat, or steal; to abide by an uncompromising code of integrity; to respect human dignity; to have respect and concern for each other.
The UFC does not enforce a policy of respect and concern for others.
CWU activists first began their campaign last month. Check out their latest video featuring pro-equality testimonials from veterans AFTER THE JUMP.
All American need to be on a Mission for Freedom for all Americans, that includes gay as well as straight, Black as well as white Americans Keep America Free.
Posted by: Mike | Aug 2, 2012 11:41:45 AM
This campaign has nothing to do with homophobia and everything to do with UNIITE's attempt to unionize hotels in Vegas owned by the main shareholders of the UFC.
Posted by: UFC_Fan | Aug 2, 2012 12:24:19 PM
Outstanding statement from a group of people that honor their commitment to the U.S. and wish to uphold the image of each branch of our military. Hopefully they can exert at least a modicum of pressure on the UFC in order to change attitudes. Reading about off-color remarks about rape being made and left uncorrected by the UFC is truly offensive. Fight banter is one thing, but condoning behaviors that promote violence outside the ring are entirely unacceptable.
The video embed link doesn't work, so here's the video with all of the clips.
http://youtu.be/mmGDDql_cg8
Posted by: ESA | Aug 2, 2012 12:35:51 PM
that video is a waste of time the UFC has come down hard in the past few years on fighters for intolerant language and yes even the meat head in charge Dana White...what kind of behavior do you expect from a bunch of 'rioded up meat heads like Rampage Jackson and Alistair Overeem, you put them in front of a camera and surround them with hot women?
And while we are at it, if its is so fair to point of the UFC's indiscretion's that have no "code of integrity"...how are we supposed to view the actions of the military that are down right criminal, do you judge the entire force because the actions of a few? Of course not that'd be stupid, and you'd also have to ignore the work the UFC has done to improve its image
Posted by: epic | Aug 2, 2012 7:10:45 PM