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CattleRMe

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Gay Foes Increase Pressure On Ford
by Paul Johnson, 365Gay.com Washington Bureau Chief

April 15, 2006 - 12:01 am ET

(Washington) A conservative Christian group has joined the boycott against Ford Motor Company and says it intends to lobby the beleaguered firm's investors.

The Fort Lauderdale-based Center for Reclaiming America for Christ claims to have 800,000 members across the country. This week it joined a boycott led by the American Family Association in demanding the automaker stop funding the LGBT media and supporting gay causes.

The CRAC brings to 20 the number of groups involved in the boycott. In announcing it was joining the action the organization said it is distributing a petition to its members and expects to present it to shareholders at Ford's annual meeting May 11.

"If Ford wishes to disregard its values-oriented clientele, then the company should be prepared to do without our hard earned dollars," said Gary Cass, Executive Director for the Center.

"Each of our purchases is like casting ‘dollar votes’ for the types of companies we want to support. Unfortunately for Ford's dealers, employees, and stockholders, Ford Motor Company is no longer worthy of our support."

After postponing the boycott last year the AFA reinstated it last month (story) accusing the company of reneging on a promise to end its associations with LGBT organizations.

The CRAC said that it expects to have collected at least 50,000 names on its petition and will attempt to have it entered into the minutes of the Ford's annual meeting.

It would be the second anti-gay measure to come before shareholders this year.

An investor named Robert Hurley of Alton, Ill will introduce a motion to drop protections for LGBT workers from the company's human resources regulations. (story)

The company had fought the motion but Alton took the issue to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission which ruled the automaker must put the resolution to a shareholder vote.


I drive Fords and after reading this am even more happy I do. The company is not bowing down to one apparently small minded group.
 

Disagreeable

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Good for Ford. I don't drive one, but maybe I will look at them next time. Remember how effective their boycott was against Disney? I think they built two new theme parks while they were being boycotted. I put these people right up there with PETA. If they think it's wrong, no one else's opinion matters.
 

Red Robin

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Showing contempt for the concerns of traditional families, Ford has agreed to sponsor the "Family Area" at the Motor City Pride Event June 2-4 which will feature a homosexual marriage "commitment ceremony." The purpose of the ceremony is to "make a political statement."

According to the Motor City Pride website, "Metropolitan Community (homosexual) Church of Detroit and Triangle Foundation are looking for Same-Gender couples willing to make a political statement by celebrating their love in a commitment ceremony to be held in the City of Ferdale on June 4, 2006."

When one clicks on the "Family" section of the website, the caption reads: "The Family Area (which includes the 'marriage' ceremony) is Generously Sponsored by: Ford Motor Company Fund." Ford Motor Company Fund gets its funding from Ford Motor Company. Click here to see the Ford sponsorship. To see the Committment Ceremony page, click here.

Since the boycott began, Ford stock has fallen 7% and Associated Press stated that Ford sales were down 5% in March. Many financial consultants believe that Ford is headed for bankruptcy.

It appears that Ford is more willing to face bankruptcy than ending their support of homosexual groups and causes.
 

Disagreeable

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How about General Motors? There's lots of speculation they'll have to declare bankruptcy and not because they don't try to tell people who they can love and marry. You're fooling yourself if you think any Christian group has actually affected a major business in this country. Disney was officially boycotted for years, but I know several good Christians who spent their vacations in one of their theme parks. Proctor and Gamble has been the target of boycotts for years. On the other hand, NewsMax says the Christian Coaltion is in deep financial trouble.

"The once-powerful Christian Coalition is on the ropes financially – the political fund raising and lobbying group is more than $2 million in debt and beset by lawsuits from creditors.

Founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson, the coalition at its peak a decade ago had a dozen lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Today it has one Washington employee who works out of his home. Its budget has reportedly shrunk from $26 million a year to $1 million
."


http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/10/115131.shtml
 

Cal

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Disagreeable said:
How about General Motors? There's lots of speculation they'll have to declare bankruptcy and not because they don't try to tell people who they can love and marry. You're fooling yourself if you think any Christian group has actually affected a major business in this country. Disney was officially boycotted for years, but I know several good Christians who spent their vacations in one of their theme parks. Proctor and Gamble has been the target of boycotts for years. On the other hand, NewsMax says the Christian Coaltion is in deep financial trouble.

"The once-powerful Christian Coalition is on the ropes financially – the political fund raising and lobbying group is more than $2 million in debt and beset by lawsuits from creditors.

Founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson, the coalition at its peak a decade ago had a dozen lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Today it has one Washington employee who works out of his home. Its budget has reportedly shrunk from $26 million a year to $1 million
."


http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/10/115131.shtml

Disagreeable linked to Newsmax!!! ROTFLMAO!!! Dis, do you remember what you said about Newsmax? Hyppocrite.
 

Cal

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Well, it certainly is wonderful of FoMoCo :roll: to support deviant sexual behavior instead of giving extra money for research to fight cancer, alzheimers, arthritis, etc...or just be responsible to stockholders.
 

Disagreeable

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Cal said:
Well, it certainly is wonderful of FoMoCo :roll: to support deviant sexual behavior instead of giving extra money for research to fight cancer, alzheimers, arthritis, etc...or just be responsible to stockholders.

How can they afford to do all that when the Christians are driving them out of business? :lol:
 

Disagreeable

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Cal said:
Disagreeable said:
How about General Motors? There's lots of speculation they'll have to declare bankruptcy and not because they don't try to tell people who they can love and marry. You're fooling yourself if you think any Christian group has actually affected a major business in this country. Disney was officially boycotted for years, but I know several good Christians who spent their vacations in one of their theme parks. Proctor and Gamble has been the target of boycotts for years. On the other hand, NewsMax says the Christian Coaltion is in deep financial trouble.

"The once-powerful Christian Coalition is on the ropes financially – the political fund raising and lobbying group is more than $2 million in debt and beset by lawsuits from creditors.

Founded 17 years ago by the Rev. Pat Robertson, the coalition at its peak a decade ago had a dozen lobbyists on Capitol Hill. Today it has one Washington employee who works out of his home. Its budget has reportedly shrunk from $26 million a year to $1 million
."


http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/10/115131.shtml

Disagreeable linked to Newsmax!!! ROTFLMAO!!! Dis, do you remember what you said about Newsmax? Hyppocrite.

NewsMax is a joke, but they were the first link I found showing that the Christian Coalition is broke. This article was all over the internet a while back. I could have searched for another link, but they all said the same thing: the Christian Coaltion is going broke.
 

Red Robin

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I'm not a member of the Christian Coalition so why would I care ? I have owned several ford products and if they stay on the same path, I've owned my last. Will I make them go broke..no. Will I have the satisfaction of not spending my money on prohomosexual nonsense...yes.
 

CattleRMe

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Cal said:
Well, it certainly is wonderful of FoMoCo :roll: to support deviant sexual behavior instead of giving extra money for research to fight cancer, alzheimers, arthritis, etc...or just be responsible to stockholders.

My understanding is they aren't giving money they are advertising in gay and lesbian publications. :shock: "Those people" drive too..........
 

mp.freelance

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Are all these discussions about homosexuality still a backlash against Brokeback Mountain, or is there some kind of homo virus spreading throuhgout the Political Bull forum? I just don't understand why the subject is so enthralling to everyone.
 
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Anonymous

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reader (the Second) said:
...what someone does in their own private life is their business as long as no one is harmed.
I don't want to know what people do in their bedrooms either, #2. I agree that it is their business. But you and I both recognize the problem of the radical 'gay is cool' movement. In your own words, with my emphasis:

reader (the Second) said:
...while I agree it's over the top how being gay is now 'in,'...

You are so right. Being gay is now considered 'in' among our young people. As far as I'm concerned, that does away with the 'as long as no one is harmed' argument. We're talking about an entire generation that are being taught to condone being gay. And they're being taught that by conciliatory opinions just like yours and several other gay rights supporters here. This certainly constitutes 'harm' in my old-fashioned opinion.

By the way, it's also very disturbing to me to know that gay rights supporters have infiltrated ranchers.net. :???: :cry: :x
 

Soapweed

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X said:
reader (the Second) said:
...what someone does in their own private life is their business as long as no one is harmed.
I don't want to know what people do in their bedrooms either, #2. I agree that it is their business. But you and I both recognize the problem of the radical 'gay is cool' movement. In your own words, with my emphasis:

reader (the Second) said:
...while I agree it's over the top how being gay is now 'in,'...

You are so right. Being gay is now considered 'in' among our young people. As far as I'm concerned, that does away with the 'as long as no one is harmed' argument. We're talking about an entire generation that are being taught to condone being gay. And they're being taught that by conciliatory opinions just like yours and several other gay rights supporters here. This certainly constitutes 'harm' in my old-fashioned opinion.

By the way, it's also very disturbing to me to know that gay rights supporters have infiltrated ranchers.net. :???: :cry: :x

Good points, X.

If gays want to drive Fords, fine. If cowboys want to drive Fords, fine. But why does the Ford Company have to endorse the lifestyle of gays, and contribute to their cause? That is what is not fine. :x
 

mp.freelance

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The problem isn't that gays are too open, it's that we're too obsessed with sex in GENERAL, whether homo or heterosexual. I understand it's natural for humans to be drawn to the subject, but both homos and heteros in the Western world have overdone it. I don't want my future kids exposed to gay pride parades, but I don't want them exposed to heterosexual pornography either - and half of what we see on TV is borderline porn. This topic should be shunned on Ranchers.net for this very reason.
 

Soapweed

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All that any company, or the U.S. government need do is to have a "don't ask, don't tell" policy. If it doesn't bother anything, let it slide, but at the same time they don't need to sanction and promote it.
 

John SD

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Soapweed said:
If gays want to drive Fords, fine. If cowboys want to drive Fords, fine. But why does the Ford Company have to endorse the lifestyle of gays, and contribute to their cause? That is what is not fine. :x

Well said, Soapweed. I'm not a Ford man anyway and it would be very unlikely I would buy a new Ford. I do have several Fords I bought used. I have a problem with the idea of spending my hard earned $$$ with a company that endorses causes contrary to the values I believe in. Just makes me want to take my business elsewhere.
 
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