American Family Ford boycott- Here we go again!

Wednesday, March 15. 2006

The American Family Association (AFA), a fundamentalist Christian hate group, is leading a boycott of Ford Motor Company by 18 Christian organizations. The AFA canceled a threatened boycott of the auto giant in December claiming that Ford had agreed it would no longer advertise in gay media.

After word of the alleged secret agreement got out, gay community leaders met with Ford representatives and the automaker found itself at the center of what some are calling a culture war. Ford eventually re-affirmed it's commitment to the gay community and once again began advertising in gay media outlets for all of its brands.

Now it seems the AFA is once again up in arms over Ford's focus on inclusion, diversity, and marketing to the gay community (this is business after all) and asking people to pledge to boycott Ford and contact their local dealers. This time Ford has quickly with a spokesperson stating, "Ford is proud of its tradition of treating all with respect and we remain focused on that we do best, building and selling innovative cars and trucks worldwide."

How can such a hateful group call themselves "American Family"? I'm so glad I'm not part of that family!

Sources: Reuters and The Washington Post

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Oh for Christ's sake, would sombody please remind the AFA that Ford builds cars, not dildos. Ford must be eating this up. Everybody wants a piece of their advertising dollars.

Really what the AFA should do is lobby for Ford to design a Christian automobile. One just for them. It would be a stretch SUV (more car equals more kids, after all). Pornography filters over every window so where some see a billboard of a Calvin Klein underwear model, those inside the Ford Family Breeder would see a church. Every station would play Amy Grant live. And the seats would actually be wooden crosses. Nails, not seatbelts. Now that's an AFA-friendly vehicle!

#1 Alex on 2006-03-15 13:21

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