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Originally Posted by ken0042
OK, call me a redneck, but how does deciding not to advertise in certain magazines make somebody anti-gay?
What if Ford found that the advertising wasn't working in those magazines? Or not to the effect that they wanted?
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You would be completely right if they did do it specifically for business reasons, but as the article said, they were under pressure (although denying that it had any effect on their position).
Just seems rather fishy. Also making the broad agenda to pull out of all Gay publications is a little strange too, if it was a business decision you might want to consider taking it out of specific gay magazines as opposed to all of them.
Do I know the answers? Nope.
However, it makes for a nice coincidence.
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Another company in the crosshairs of an anti-gay group is Ford, which was threatened with a boycott from the American Family Association last spring due to its pro-gay policies. The American Family Association suspended the boycott when Ford engaged the group in discussions in June, and last week lifted the boycott completely -- just after Ford decided not to renew advertising campaigns for its Jaguar and Land Rover brands in gay publications, including the Advocate and Out magazines.
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