In the face of plummeting car sales, Ford Motor Company has taken steps to reduce its aggressive, pro-homosexual policies, prompting a family-rights group to call off its boycott of the carmaker.
The American Family Association says it's suspending its two-year boycott of Ford, noting the auto giant has met the conditions of the original agreement between AFA and Ford from 2005.
AFA Chairman Donald Wildmon said the original agreement between the family group and Ford contained four items:
Ford would not renew current promotions or create future incentives that give cash donations to homosexual organizations based on the purchase of a vehicle.
Ford would not make corporate donations to homosexual organizations that, as part of their activities, engage in political or social campaigns to promote civil unions or
same-sex marriage.
Ford would stop giving cash and vehicle donations or endorsements to homosexual social activities such as 'gay'-pride parades.
Ford would cease all advertising on homosexual websites and through homosexual media outlets (magazines, television, radio) in the U.S. with the exception of $100,000 to be used by Volvo.
The lesson: Corporations oughtn't give in to pressure from any particular group to engage in activities that promote such a group's agenda. For doing so may tend to alienate other potential customers, leading to foregone sales, revenue and profits. No corporation wants this to happen.
Kowtowing to an extremely tiny minority can actually drive away far, far more customers than it wins over.
Of course, to be fair and equitable, the group for whom Ford will no longer be a promoter is free to engage in a boycott of its own against Ford if it wishes.
Then again, they'll probably go crying to the liberal-fascist ACLU instead.
Someone should advise Calvin that he can stop whizzing on the Ford logo now.
