Shame on Ford - but Kudos for Kraft

[hsapiens]

Thanks to msjudi for alerting me to Ford's decision to promise the AFA that they won't spend any advertising dollars in GLBT publications. Here's the original article in the Detroit News. My protest letter is snug in its envelope.

Before I wrote it, I decided to get to know the AFA. Their target list is a veritable who's who of miscreants (not!), including Reader's Digest (wtf?) and Kraft. Kraft is my new hero; I will be writing them a support letter tomorrow. Specifically, Kraft told the AFA:

"Diversity is more than a word many people like to say. At Kraft we truly respect all kinds of differences. And diversity is not a selective concept. By definition, it’s nothing if not inclusive. We respect diversity of ethnicity, gender, experience, background, personal style and yes, sexual orientation and gender identity. Recognizing, respecting and valuing these differences helps us be a more successful business and a workplace where all employees can realize their full potential."

Holy cow - a company with balls and a strong moral sense. I'll be looking to see how many Kraft products I can buy in the future.

But...what to my wandering eye should appear?

Could it be that the upstanding [sic] folk of the AFA support theft of intellectual property? With a huge dose of "the lady doth protest too much" about the offensive nature of the pics that are posted for illustrative purposes because the Gay Games are inconceivably awful, the AFA has posted 3 photos marked, "www.ChrisGeary.com" A quick peek at Chris Geary's website shows lots of pics of very pretty men having fun rather than some 'born again' penitent's site.

Shocked, I'm shocked to find moral relativism at the AFA.

Comments

[superbadgirl]

I love Kraft cheese. Kraft Mac 'n Cheese. Kraft makes a decent peanut butter.

I'd say people are ridiculous, but I won't order Domino's Pizza for where they donate money, and I won't join Curves for the same kind of reason. ;)

[roundrockronin.livejournal.com]

I have a mini-rant at http://www.livejournal.com/users/roundrockronin/3413.html

Here's the brief version:

While I am disappointed and annoyed, I am not surprised. These things seem to come in cycles. There seems to be a growing trend spearheaded by fundamentalist religious groups to push us back into the 1950's. what these people do not realize is that if they are successful in bringing us back into the 1950's that something else will follow; specifically the 1960's and 1970's. Any repressive atmosphere created will eventually be met with backlash.

I wish that people would come to the same thing that I have come to see which is that by protecting another person's right to be gay or bi that I protect my own right to be straight.

[roundrockronin.livejournal.com]

On a related note (from aiko_angel ):

Fundamentalists mad at Bush for wording of holiday card. "Christmas" appears nowhere on White House greeting
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/07/MNGSTG40L41.DTL&feed=rss.news