Imagine gay marriage ever being accepted when things like this are in the forefront.
RADICAL RIGHT -- FORD MOTOR CO. CAVES TO RIGHT WING'S HOMOPHOBIC AGENDA: Ford
Motor Company has announced that "it will cut back on advertising in
gay-oriented publications" after the right-wing American Family Association
(AFA) threatened a boycott of the company for Ford's "track record for
supporting the homosexual agenda." In the past, Ford received praise from gay
rights organizations, promoting LGBT workplace diversity and donating to gay
causes, including the Human Rights Campaign. While Jaguar and Land Rover ads
will be pulled from gay publications, a Ford spokesperson could not confirm
whether donations to LGBT organizations will continue. AFA chairman, Donald E.
Wildmon, was pleased with Ford's decision: "They've heard our concerns," he
said. "They are acting on our concerns." The right-wing Christian organization,
Focus on the Family, was less successful in convincing its banker, Wells Fargo,
to change its agenda. Focus has fired Wells Fargo after the banking company's
decision to make a matching grant to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation (GLAAD). |
