You can add Jelly Belly candies to the list of foods you should stop spending your money on because of expressed bigotry, following Barilla pasta and Chick-Fil-A.
Herman Rowland Sr., Chairman of the Board for Jelly Belly, donated $5,000 to a group dedicated to overturning California Assembly Bill 1266, a law that guarantees transgender students have equal access to bathrooms, locker rooms, sport teams and other gender-segregated facilities at school. A group called Privacy for All Students is gathering signatures to have the law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in August, repealed. The group is run by Frank Schubert, well-known for his messaging on behalf of the National Organization for Marriage in its quest to stop the legalization of same-sex marriage.
NOM is also actively campaigning to repeal the law, arguing most recently that “forcing boys and girls to share bathrooms is bullying.”
