Remember Ford and the American Family Association
(AFA) fiasco late last year?
Well, the AFA, feeling betrayed that Ford had not kept its promise to withhold funds and advertising from gay events,
organizations, and media (i.e., advertising in gay publications), has issued a statement that it may, again, boycott
the automaker.
The statement in its entirety is after the jump, so you can just scroll on down if you’re
entirely sick of the AFA.
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“After meeting with seven homosexual leaders and without any input from thousands of their dealers who stand
to be adversely affected by Ford’s decision, Ford made their decision to renege on actions they told AFA they
would take,” wrote AFA chair Donald E. Wildmon. “Ford’s support for these groups pushing homosexual
marriage can only hurt dealers across the country. Why would Ford put the interests of seven homosexual groups ahead of
the interests of all their dealers? Simply because Ford considers seven homosexual leaders more important than thousands
of their dealers.”
The AFA has been joined with forty-one other organizations in their protest. The
above letter stated a January 20th deadline for a response from the Ford chairman. (Note that the AFA has also written to GM and
DaimlerChrysler about its displeasure in those automakers, as well as other companies, in providing sponsorship funds
for the show, “The Book of Daniel”.)
There has been no official reply from Ford Motor Company at
the time of this post.
[Thanks for the tip, emulous1974]