Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Ford Co are Anti-Gay Bigots, The Daily Show says So, and Why Us Hetero Folks Should Care

AMERICAblog: John at Americablog has the complete lowdown on the cozy truce between Ford Co & the wingnut Amer Family Assn (yeah... the Manson Family Assn is more like it): "FordCo's decision to cease advertising in gay publications is part of a truce between the auto maker and the Amer Family Assn. (AFA) Ford has agreed not to sponsor any future gay and lesbian events." Well, John has gathered up a boatload of extremist quotes from the AFA and wonders: "Let's look at some choice quotes from the extremist AFA and its publications (Agape Press) and see just how comfortable Ford is w/the hateful ideology its new buddy is pushing." Dan Savage at The Village Voice succinctly sums up why the AFA strong arming Ford should matter to us straight folks: "The AFA fucks intimidating Ford on the gay issue are the same fucks intimidating retailers like Target into denying women access to morning-after pills. They're the same assholes trying to stop the feds from approving a vaccine for 2 strains of HPV. (The HPV vaccine—already tested and 100% effective—could save 1000s of women's lives every yr.) When the AFA successfully attacks gay rights, it only emboldens its attacks on straight rights. So gay or straight, the AFA is your enemy." It seems that Jon Stewart sees the danger the goosestepping AFA poses, so please check out his funny piece on the FordCo bigotry that he calls "GayWatch" and Jon nails it when he reminds us that S. Africa is now more progressive than America b/c the former land of Apartheid has made gay marriage legal.
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