Daily Archives: December 6, 2005


Is It Time To Boycott Ford?

Well, the last Ford my family bought turned into a maintenance nightmare so this might be easy for me.
If this article is accurate then that will seal the deal and I suggest that everyone who is not a member of AFA show Ford what a real boycott is like:

Ford Motor Co. has averted a boycott scheduled for Dec. 1 by the American Family Assn. (AFA), Ward’s has learned.
The proposed boycott, which was halted in June, a few weeks after its start, was in protest of what the AFA calls an “enthusiastic” support of the gay rights agenda.
In averting the AFA boycott, Ford may have made some concessions in its policy of advertising and support of gay publications and community activities, but neither side will comment on the details of the truce.
In a Nov. 29 meeting at AFA headquarters in Tupelo, MS, David Leitch, general counsel and vice president for Ford, and Ziad Ojakli, group vice president-Corporate Affairs, along with Dallas-area Ford dealer Jerry Reynolds, hammered out a deal.
“We are ending the boycott of Ford,” said Donald E. Wildmon, Chairman of AFA. “While we still have a few differences with Ford, we feel that our concerns are being addressed in good faith and will continue to be addressed in the future.”

AmericaBlog is driving the train on this story. See the top of their left sidebar and for example here and here. Aslo see these articles.
On a related note: isn’t time to remove the tax deductions for churches, religious organizations and, yes, even other non-profits at the local, state and federal level?
Via 10,000 Monkeys & a Camera.