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Boycott
Organizers Protest Outside McDonald's Headquarters Because of
McDonald's Ties to Homosexual Group
Christian
activist groups are pushing for support outside the worldwide
McDonald’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., to bring
attention to a boycott against what they said was the chain’s
record of continued support and endorsement of homosexuality. "It's a
shame that McDonald's would tarnish their family-friendly image," said
American Family Association Chairman Don Wildmon in a
statement.
In late March, the fast-food chain drew a stream of controversy after
the company’s vice president of communications joined the board
of directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
– an organization “dedicated to expanding the economic
opportunities and advancements of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender/Transsexual (LGBT) business community.”
The American Family Association says that the recent move, combined
with a $20,000 donation McDonald’s handed over to the NGLCC and
the fast-food chain’s frequent and boastful support in sponsoring
gay pride parades, has been detrimental to pro-family causes and the
sanctity of marriage.
"[T]he company has ramped up its support of the gay agenda and it
leaves us no option but to call for a boycott,” Wildmon said.
Wildmon explained that pro-family organizations would continue to
boycott McDonald’s until the fast-food chain ends its role as an
advocate for homosexual causes.
"To put it politely, the company thumbed its nose at the Christian
community,” Wildmon said. The AFA president says almost 200,000
people have signed an online pledge to boycott McDonald's.
McDonald’s, however, has been unapologetic about its pro-gay
stance, asserting that organizers of the boycott are motivated by a
hateful agenda against homosexuals.
"Hatred has no place in our culture," McDonald's USA spokesman Bill Whitman told The Washington 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,” he explained.
But the AFA is arguing that its boycott is about the record of
McDonald’s and its duty to be a responsible and neutral
corporation.
"This boycott is not about hiring homosexuals, or homosexuals eating at
McDonald's, or how homosexual employees are treated," the AFA said.
"It is about McDonald's, as a corporation, choosing to put the full
weight of their corporation behind promoting the homosexual agenda,
including homosexual marriage,” the group explained.
In an e-mail to boycott supporters, Peter LaBarbera of Americans for
Truth, which organized a press conference outside McDonald's
headquarters Wednesday, said that the accusations of “hate”
and prejudice from McDonald’s were a reflection of the food
chain’s own deeply embedded anti-Christian views.
“When we’ve reached the point where belief in the Bible and
traditional morality is routinely equated with hatred, America has
become hostile territory for people of faith,” he said.
"Sadly, 'diversity' is becoming a corporate code-word for
anti-Christian bigotry – forcing people of faith to imbibe
politically correct ideologies that violate their beliefs,” he
added.
According to a press release, boycott organizers “are encouraging
families to do two things: sign, print and distribute a Boycott
McDonald's petition at www.boycottmcdonalds.com; and call the local
McDonald's to politely tell the manager they are boycotting the chain
until it stops promoting the gay agenda.”
Source: Christian Post
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