Walgreens becomes major sponsor of Gay Games

CHICAGO — Walgreens Co. has committed $100,000 in support of the 7th annual Gay Games in Chicago — a move that has many questioning whether one of the country’s largest dispensers of pharmaceuticals really has the nation’s health in mind. Walgreens said the agreement to sponsor the event was borne out of the desire to contribute to HIV/AIDS prevention.

Don Wildmon, chairman of the American Family Association, called donating money under the guise of AIDS prevention a farce. “To make their sponsorship appear to be a good thing publicly, they say they are providing AIDS education,” he said. “If any group should be aware of the dangers of AIDS and how to prevent it, it should be homosexual activists.”