Ford pulls LR/Jag GLBT support due to American Family threat

[Alex]

Just for the record, I've been informed of the source.

It doesn't change any of the views I've expressed in this thread.

GD, I don't really find it to be a conundrum. The owner of that diner I talked about could be a vocal Nazi and I would still go there for a sandwich. I wouldn't be his friend but I don't care what other people think. Now, if he acts on his rhetoric (refusing to serve Jews, beating blacks out in the parking lot) then I begin to deny my business.

I don't think refusing to target advertising is in that realm. If they has discriminatory pricing for gays or fire gay employees (the reason I am hesitant to eat at Cracker Barrel) then I'll start to care. The CEO of Ford could stand up at the next shareholder meeting and say "we've decided not to advertise in gay magazines because the AFA has convinced us that homosexuality is a sin and while we won't in any way prevent them from buying our cars, we will not be advertising to them directly. We thank the AFA for opening our eyes to this." and I would still feel the same way. I would disagree but not particularly care. (Of course, this is all academic for me since the last Ford of any brand I drove was the 1975 Grand Torino station wagon in which I learned to drive.)

I do feel bad for all the gay people that now have no way of knowing that the Jaguar brand exists.