Applause for Ford

How about a little applause sent Ford's way for not caving in to an American Family Association boycott. The AFA started a boycott of Ford because - gasp! - Ford takes out ads in gay magazines and provides funding for events sponsored by gay organizations. According to Donald Wildmon, not only is being gay an abomination, but so is selling a car to a gay person. Because ya know, maybe if they had to walk everywhere they'd reconsider their deviant lifestyle. Or something. Nice to see the bigots get told to get bent. Bravo, Ford.

Tags

More like this

I've written several times in the past about the homophobe lobby and Ford. They've been urging a boycott of Ford because - gasp! - they advertise and sell cars to gay people. Apparently gays are supposed to walk everywhere, or hitch rides with the Amish in their buggies. But their latest attack on…
I reported a few weeks ago that Ford had decided, despite considerable pressure from the religious right, to continue buying ads in gay-oriented publications. Now it seems that pressure has been turned up considerably. The Worldnutdaily has a report full of empty buzzwords and silliness: Leaders of…
But if you want to do a little something to tweak the noses of the Religious Right, the American Patriarchy Association has called for a letter writing campaign. It seems that Hallmark Greeting Cards are peddling a line of gay-friendly cards, which irks poor little Donald Wildmon something fierce.…
I did a little (very little, very short) newsroom debate on Fox 9 with a guy named Tom who appears to represent conservative Christians regarding the question of "Does Christmas have place in schools?" I quickly add that even though that was the planned focus of the discussion, it was quickly…