One Million Moms Launches Boycott of Whole Foods over Drag Queen Story Hour Event

‘Lil Miss Hot Mess’ reads to children during the Feminist Press’ presentation of Drag Queen Story Hour at the Park Slope branch of Brooklyn Public Library in New York. PHOTO: Young Post/AP

By Samuel Smith | 3 August 2019

THE CHRISTIAN POST — The Christian conservative advocacy group One Million Moms is calling on parents to boycott popular grocery store chain Whole Foods Market over the organization’s sponsorship of a “Drag Queen Story Hour” event in Atlanta.

One Million Moms, which is known to launch boycotts against organizations that promote LGBT lifestyles, published a new campaign on Wednesday targeting “America’s healthiest grocery store.”

The boycott comes after the city of Atlanta tweeted about how the retailer was among the sponsors for its recent Drag Queen Story Hour event with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms at city hall. Drag queen events feature men who dress up in women’s clothing who read to children. An event held in Seattle in July included a raffle for a breast binder, and featured a drag queen performing a strip-tease and another who got on his knees and howled during his performance. […]

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