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Starbucks has sidestepped a potential Christian boycott by agreeing to put the following quotation on their coffee cups:"You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense."Of course, Starbucks claims they are merely trying to be "inclusive" by printing the quote from Rick Warren's inspirational Christian book, The Purpose Driven Life.Hogwash. The coffee seller's sudden interest in theology comes on the heels of widespread complaints from Christian groups regarding another quote previously featured on Starbucks coffee cups:"My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long."The words are Armistead Maupin's.Now, as far as I'm concerned Starbucks can print whatever they want on their cups and it won't make the battery acid they serve taste any better. But the God quote was not chosen for its literary or humanistic value. It was a very definite capitulation to homophobic Christians like Robert H. Knight of the Culture and Family Institute. In Knight's own words:"Starbucks has long served up a New Age secular worldview. It's about time that they acknowledged that 90 percent of Americans believe in God and that millions of them are Christian."And I think it's about time we acknowledged that there can be no more tolerance for intolerance. Homophobia is bigotry. Plain and simple. And it's no good hiding behind Jesus Christ on the subject. The man who hung around with lepers and prostitutes would not, I dare say, come down on the side of Robert H. Knight. He'd come down on Armistead Maupin's side.So why not show Starbucks that capitulating to bigots comes with its own price tag.Boycott the sons of bitches.