A letter representing 78 Texas Ford dealers was sent to Ford’s Detroit headquarters earlier this summer, urging the company to “cease” advertising in homosexual publications. The letter acknowledged that a pro-family boycott is hurting their business.
Sent by the Texas Ford Dealers Advertising Fund to Ford Motor Company CEO William Clay Ford and dated June 23, the letter was posted on the American Family Association’s (AFA) Web site Aug. 9. AFA and other pro-family groups announced a boycott of Ford in March to protest the company’s advertising in homosexual magazines, as well as Ford’s support of homosexual activist causes.
“To be clear we strongly urge that Ford not only cease to advertise in homosexual related media and events, but in all politically charged and controversial media and events. We believe that Ford can and should market to all Americans with transportation needs, but that it should do so without tacitly approving a controversial lifestyle or stance,” the letter stated.
By advertising in such publications, the letter said, Ford was “alienating our mutual customers.” (BP)
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