Hearthside Foods finally backed down and removed the name from their products. They had no right to exploit our sacred site for their own profit. This is proof that we can force these corporations to drop their disrespectful branding when we refuse to stay silent.
September 13, 2010
Final supporters
Whereas: The Golden Temple is the English name for Darbar Sahib located in Amritsar India and The Golden Temple is a central Gurdwara (house of worship) for Sikhs everywhere and Sikhism teaches to never mix faith with commerce and Sikh teachings are offered freely:
Whereas: no one should profit when sharing the Sikh religion, and no one should trivialize other's religious traditions, much less profit from cheapening them:
Whereas: The Golden Temple should not be branded and Gurdwaras, including The Golden Temple, are places of worship, and are open to feed people not for commercial purposes:
Whereas: Sikhs live by the principles of remembering God, working hard and sharing with others and nowhere in the Sikh scriptures is there any promotion of cheap commercial gimmicks using the Sikh sacred shrines for profit:
Hearthside Foods' Website states: "Golden Temple Now a Hearthside Foods Company"
Whereas: The Golden Temple is not a brand name for any trade and The Golden Temple is the Almighty's temple, a place of devotion, equality, love, service, and protection for all, not to be used for commercial profit:
We the undersigned request Hearthside Foods to respect the Sikh faith and stop selling and or using the Golden Temple brand name and or images of The Golden Temple.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
September 4, 2010
August 21, 2010
Hearthside Foods continues to ignore our demand that they stop exploiting our sacred site for their own profit. This silence from their corporate office exposes exactly how little they respect our faith. I am currently reaching out to religious leaders to escalate the pressure against this greedy brand.
Reached 100 supporters
August 1, 2010
6 Comments
Corporate greed has no limits it seems. Really shameful stuff.
The Golden Temple is sacred. Companies need to do their research and stop being so insensitive to other cultures.
Ridiculous that a company would think this is okay. It is a place of worship not a marketing tool. Fix this.
This is completely disrespectful. You cannot just slap a sacred name on a product for a quick buck. Take it down.
Very disappointed to see this brand name being used for profit. Our faith is not for sale.
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Hearthside Foods finally backed down and removed the name from their products. They had no right to exploit our sacred site for their own profit. This is proof that we can force these corporations to drop their disrespectful branding when we refuse to stay silent.
September 13, 2010
Final supporters
Whereas: The Golden Temple is the English name for Darbar Sahib located in Amritsar India and The Golden Temple is a central Gurdwara (house of worship) for Sikhs everywhere and Sikhism teaches to never mix faith with commerce and Sikh teachings are offered freely:
Whereas: no one should profit when sharing the Sikh religion, and no one should trivialize other's religious traditions, much less profit from cheapening them:
Whereas: The Golden Temple should not be branded and Gurdwaras, including The Golden Temple, are places of worship, and are open to feed people not for commercial purposes:
Whereas: Sikhs live by the principles of remembering God, working hard and sharing with others and nowhere in the Sikh scriptures is there any promotion of cheap commercial gimmicks using the Sikh sacred shrines for profit:
Hearthside Foods' Website states: "Golden Temple Now a Hearthside Foods Company"
Whereas: The Golden Temple is not a brand name for any trade and The Golden Temple is the Almighty's temple, a place of devotion, equality, love, service, and protection for all, not to be used for commercial profit:
We the undersigned request Hearthside Foods to respect the Sikh faith and stop selling and or using the Golden Temple brand name and or images of The Golden Temple.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
September 4, 2010
August 21, 2010
Hearthside Foods continues to ignore our demand that they stop exploiting our sacred site for their own profit. This silence from their corporate office exposes exactly how little they respect our faith. I am currently reaching out to religious leaders to escalate the pressure against this greedy brand.
Reached 100 supporters
August 1, 2010
6 Comments
Totally wrong. Stop using our holy shrines to sell food products. Have some respect for once.
Corporate greed has no limits it seems. Really shameful stuff.
The Golden Temple is sacred. Companies need to do their research and stop being so insensitive to other cultures.
Ridiculous that a company would think this is okay. It is a place of worship not a marketing tool. Fix this.
This is completely disrespectful. You cannot just slap a sacred name on a product for a quick buck. Take it down.
Very disappointed to see this brand name being used for profit. Our faith is not for sale.
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Totally wrong. Stop using our holy shrines to sell food products. Have some respect for once.