Elton John Calls for Dolce & Gabbana Boycott over ‘Synthetic Children’ Comments

Elton John called for a boycott of the fashion giant Dolce & Gabbana over comments they made about gay couples having children and “synthetic” babies. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana ––themselves openly gay –– don’t exactly have the highest opinion of gay marriage, and spoke out in a recent interview about “traditional” families.

Gabbana said, “The family is not a fad. In it there is a supernatural sense of belonging.” Dolce, meanwhile, said, “I call children of chemistry, synthetic children. Uteri [for] rent, semen chosen from a catalog.”

In response, John posted this on Instagram bashing their views on in vitro fertilization and calling for a Dolce & Gabbana boycott:

How dare you refer to my beautiful children as "synthetic". And shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF – a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfil their dream of having children. Your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. #BoycottDolceGabbana

A photo posted by Elton John (@eltonjohn) on Mar 14, 2015 at 10:29pm PDT

The boycott spread throughout the internet and even got support from other celebrities:

Because I choose to spend my money wisely & not support self-hating gays who view my son as "synthetic"! #BoycottDolceGabbana @dolcegabbana

— Perez Hilton (@PerezHilton) March 15, 2015

.@dolcegabbana ur voices R 2powerfull 2B spreading so much h8 http://t.co/30Oe2hcxNt Wake up,Its 2015 Luv urselves guys #boycottdolcegabbana

— Ricky Martin (@ricky_martin) March 15, 2015

These designers horrifying views are never in fashion. Their clothes are as ugly as their hate. #BoycottDolceGabbana

— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) March 15, 2015

In spite of what @dolcegabbana think, my beautiful IVF children are not "synthetic children". I agree with @eltonjohndotcom

— Al Roker (@alroker) March 15, 2015

Right on Elton and David
http://t.co/qmORSvTnUe
My D&G shirts are going in the bin- don't want ANYONE to wear them

— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) March 15, 2015

In response, Dolce and Gabbana issued a statement claiming they weren’t judging others:

[Dolce] said: “I was talking about my personal view, without judging other people’s choices and decisions.”

Gabbana said: “We talked about our way of seeing reality, but it was never our intention to judge other people’s choices. We do believe in freedom and love.”

[h/t Daily Dot]
[image via JStone/Shutterstock]

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