Irish Paper Company Turns Hate Into Confetti

As a company that celebrates love, we’re always thrilled to read about other businesses around the globe who are doing the same thing. Like Daintree Paper, a handmade paper company out of Dublin, Ireland. After seeing the streets littered with anti-gay literature being distributed to oppose Ireland’s pro-gay marriage referendum, Daintree decided to turn something negative into something creative.

According to Pink News, “Extreme anti-gay leaflets have been distributed by groups ahead of the referendum, with some claiming that being gay will give you cancer, and equal marriage ‘exposes’ children to the ‘sounds of Sodomy.'”Daintree Paper, in turn, has “begun to offer a special service – shredding the anti-gay literature and re-purposing it as wedding confetti for same-sex couples. The company has appealed to members of the public to forward them any homophobic literature they receive, with the proceeds from the confetti sales going to campaign group Yes Equality.” An ad for Daintree explains it further by saying,”“We want to collect any negative and dishonest fliers, leaflets and online literature – and recycle them into something positive, with all proceeds going to Yes Equality. Whenever ugly lies are printed.. we’ll make beautiful confetti.” Awesome!

Under new ownership since last year, this is a delightful change for Daintree who last made news when its previous owner refused to stock same-sex cake toppers in 2013. Ireland will vote on the referendum which states,“Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex”, on May 22.

Get a card to go with that confetti here!