The American
Family Association has called for a boycott of
McDonald’s due to the fast-food chain’s
affiliation with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber
of Commerce, TheWashington Post reported last week. Tim
Wildmon, president of the faith-based organization,
told the Post, “We're saying that there
are people who support AFA who don't appreciate their
dollars from the hamburgers they bought being put into
an organization that's going to fight against the
values they believe in.”
The American
Family Association has called for a boycott of
McDonald’s due to the fast-food chain’s
affiliation with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber
of Commerce.
Tim Wildmon,
president of the faith-based organization, told
TheWashington Post, “We're
saying that there are people who support AFA who don't
appreciate their dollars from the hamburgers they
bought being put into an organization that's going to
fight against the values they believe in.”
McDonald’s
is newest on the list of businesses and corporations
targeted by the AFA. According to the Post, the
organization boycotted the Walt Disney Company for its
“embrace of the homosexual lifestyle”
and Target department stores for using the word
“holiday” instead of “Christmas”
in its advertising.
"Hatred has no
place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill
Whitman told the Post. "That includes
McDonald's, and we stand by and support our people to live
and work in a society free of discrimination and
harassment." (The Advocate)
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