If you remember, The American Family Association objected to McDonald's joining the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, making a $20,000 donation to that group, and placing a McDonald's executive on the their board back in April. McDonald's did not take the AFA's objections very seriously.
This month, the AFA is dialing up their objections a notch; they recently announced a McDonald's boycott because of McDonald's refusal "to stay neutral in the cultural war over
homosexuality." From The Washington Post:
The [AFA] association asked McDonald's to remove itself from the chamber but
the burger-maker declined, leading to the boycott. "We're saying that
there are people who support AFA who don't appreciate their dollars
from the hamburgers they bought being put into an organization that's
going to fight against the values they believe in," Tim Wildmon, the
association's president, said yesterday.
"Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill
Whitman said. "That includes McDonald's, and we stand by and support
our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and
harassment."
"Hatred?" Who said anything about hatred? All AFA asked was that McDonald's stop supporting the Gay/Lesbian Chamber, a group the AFA sees as promoting anti-family values, such as same sex marriage.
To be perfectly clear about what this boycott is NOT and IS about, the AFA has stated their position in plain English on their boycott page:
What the boycott of McDonald's IS NOT about
- This boycott is not about hiring homosexuals.
- It is not about homosexuals eating at McDonald's.
- It is not about how homosexual employees are treated.
What the boycott of McDonald's IS about
It
is about McDonald's, as a corporation, refusing to remain neutral in
the culture wars. McDonald's has chosen not to remain neutral but to
give the full weight of their corporation to promoting the homosexual
agenda, including homosexual marriage.
I do understand that companies are looking to increase their customer base. The article explained,
Corporations increasingly are courting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender markets for their buying power and trendsetting value. This
translates into corporate sponsorships of events, such as gay pride
festivals, and advertising targeted at nonheterosexual consumers.
But let me see...McDonald's is looking to increase their customer base. Doesn't that mean they should avoid irritating the customers they already have? McDonald's mainstay customers are families or homosexuals? Can McDonald's ignore the wishes from a group that represents the main component of their customer base? I guess they think so.
If you want to join the boycott*, you can sign the online petition at
boycottmcdonalds.com.
*This boycott is not really a hardship for my family--we don't eat fast food on a weekly or even monthly basis. When we did partake, we found McDonald's quality to be going down and gravitated toward other offerings.
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