And From the "Choose Your Battles" File...
Ya know, when it comes to conservative religious groups I am always impressed at which battles they choose to fight and which issues they choose to support. They get behind Bush in support of the war in Iraq, and they support the death penalty... But are against abortion. So I guess some kinds of killing are allowed while others are not. Oh, then there was the policy of none-involvement during the Holocaust so I guess killing none Catholics can be acceptable as well.
Recently the Religious right has chosen a battle so socially relevant that it can not be ignored; Civil Rights. I have bitched about this before because I think it's thoroughly fucked up that we allow people to regulate civil rights based on a book written by MEN 2000 years ago, then translated by all WHITE MEN a little over 200 years ago. But nonetheless, this outdated book of similies and metaphors has been allowed to be taken literally by ignorant racists and bigots for decades in this country and around the world.
In the past few years we have seen some winners like the "God hates fags" asshole who carries signs around gay pride rallies. First of all, why would God hate anyone except for the asshole with that sign.
So while American's are dying everyday in an "acceptable" (yet unjustified) war in Iraq, the "American Family Association" is taking the important step of calling for a boycott of Ford because they believe the company has an agenda that's pro-homosexual. I'm glad these Christians are taking the important steps to save Americans from deadly men in toupe sweater-vests and the oh-so-dangerous flannel-wearing mullet women.
Why aren't these fucking idiots calling for a boycott of Exxon or Mobil for selling us oil that funds terrorists? I'll tell you why, because then they couldn't ride around in their SUV's with "God hates fags" painted on the side.
Here is the article of which I speak:
Ford target of boycott
Conservative Christian group calls boycott of automaker, charging it has pro-homosexual agenda.
June 1, 2005: 8:01 AM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A conservative Christian group is calling for a boycott of Ford Motor Co. for what it says is the automaker's support of a pro-homosexual agenda.
The boycott was called by the American Family Association, which a week before called off a nine-year boycott of Walt Disney Co. (Research) which it had declared on the same grounds.
AFA special projects director Randy Sharp told the Detroit News nearly 55,000 people had signed a pledge supporting the boycott by Tuesday afternoon.
Ford (Research) provides health care benefits for same sex partners of its employees, as does General Motors Corp. (Research) and Chrysler Group, a unit of DaimlerChrysler (Research), according to the News. But the group said that it also objects to donations that Ford has given to gay rights groups and advertising it bought in programs at gay pride events.
"From redefining family to include homosexual marriage, to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to support homosexual groups and their agenda, to forcing managers to attend diversity training on how to promote the acceptance of homosexuality...to sponsoring Gay Pride Parades, Ford leads the way," said a notice on the group's Web site.
Ford vice president of human resources Joe Laymon told the Detroit News that the company "values all people, regardless of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and cultural or physical differences."
Tupelo, Miss.-based AFA told the News it e-mailed an announcement about the Ford boycott to 2.2 million supporters.
The group said last month that it was ending its boycott of Disney because of some signs of change at the media conglomerate and because, "We feel after nine years of boycotting Disney we have made our point."
It also said that the problems that the group has with Disney have become "lost among the other battles being fought on a crowded cultural battlefield."
The AFA cited the upcoming retirement of Michael Eisner as CEO, the departure of the founders of the Miramax film studio from the company as what it feels are positive moves at the company. It also cheered the decision by Disney co-produce a film based the book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," by C.S. Lewis, which the group described as a "Christian literary classic."
It said that Disney is reaching out to Christian groups to market the film, due for release in December.
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Recently the Religious right has chosen a battle so socially relevant that it can not be ignored; Civil Rights. I have bitched about this before because I think it's thoroughly fucked up that we allow people to regulate civil rights based on a book written by MEN 2000 years ago, then translated by all WHITE MEN a little over 200 years ago. But nonetheless, this outdated book of similies and metaphors has been allowed to be taken literally by ignorant racists and bigots for decades in this country and around the world.
In the past few years we have seen some winners like the "God hates fags" asshole who carries signs around gay pride rallies. First of all, why would God hate anyone except for the asshole with that sign.
So while American's are dying everyday in an "acceptable" (yet unjustified) war in Iraq, the "American Family Association" is taking the important step of calling for a boycott of Ford because they believe the company has an agenda that's pro-homosexual. I'm glad these Christians are taking the important steps to save Americans from deadly men in toupe sweater-vests and the oh-so-dangerous flannel-wearing mullet women.
Why aren't these fucking idiots calling for a boycott of Exxon or Mobil for selling us oil that funds terrorists? I'll tell you why, because then they couldn't ride around in their SUV's with "God hates fags" painted on the side.
Here is the article of which I speak:
Ford target of boycott
Conservative Christian group calls boycott of automaker, charging it has pro-homosexual agenda.
June 1, 2005: 8:01 AM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A conservative Christian group is calling for a boycott of Ford Motor Co. for what it says is the automaker's support of a pro-homosexual agenda.
The boycott was called by the American Family Association, which a week before called off a nine-year boycott of Walt Disney Co. (Research) which it had declared on the same grounds.
AFA special projects director Randy Sharp told the Detroit News nearly 55,000 people had signed a pledge supporting the boycott by Tuesday afternoon.
Ford (Research) provides health care benefits for same sex partners of its employees, as does General Motors Corp. (Research) and Chrysler Group, a unit of DaimlerChrysler (Research), according to the News. But the group said that it also objects to donations that Ford has given to gay rights groups and advertising it bought in programs at gay pride events.
"From redefining family to include homosexual marriage, to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to support homosexual groups and their agenda, to forcing managers to attend diversity training on how to promote the acceptance of homosexuality...to sponsoring Gay Pride Parades, Ford leads the way," said a notice on the group's Web site.
Ford vice president of human resources Joe Laymon told the Detroit News that the company "values all people, regardless of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and cultural or physical differences."
Tupelo, Miss.-based AFA told the News it e-mailed an announcement about the Ford boycott to 2.2 million supporters.
The group said last month that it was ending its boycott of Disney because of some signs of change at the media conglomerate and because, "We feel after nine years of boycotting Disney we have made our point."
It also said that the problems that the group has with Disney have become "lost among the other battles being fought on a crowded cultural battlefield."
The AFA cited the upcoming retirement of Michael Eisner as CEO, the departure of the founders of the Miramax film studio from the company as what it feels are positive moves at the company. It also cheered the decision by Disney co-produce a film based the book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," by C.S. Lewis, which the group described as a "Christian literary classic."
It said that Disney is reaching out to Christian groups to market the film, due for release in December.
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