McDonalds Homosexual Advocacy Increases - Now Funds Pride Parade

[James]

McDonald's: Christian boycotters 'hate' homosexuals | WND

Those who oppose homosexuality for religious reasons are participating in "hate," according to an official for McDonald's, the worldwide purveyor of Big Macs and Happy Meals.

"Hatred has no place in our culture," corporate spokesman Bill Whitman told the Washington Post in response to a campaign by the American Family Association for a boycott of the burger-and-fries outlets because of the corporation's advocacy for the homosexual lifestyle.

"That includes McDonald's, and we stand by and support our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and harassment," Whitman said.

"Throwing out any pretense of being neutral in the culture war, McDonald's has taken up the rhetoric of gay activists, suggesting those who oppose same-sex marriage (SSM) are motivated by hate," the AFA said in a new alert about its campaign today.

"AFA has asked for a boycott of McDonald's restaurants because of the company's promotion of the gay agenda. AFA asked McDonald's to remain neutral in the culture war. McDonald's refused," the group said.

"McDonald's has decided to adopt the 'hate' theme used by gay activist groups for years," said the AFA alert.

"Mr. Whitman has intentionally avoided addressing the reason for the boycott. This boycott is not about hiring gays or how gay employees are treated. It is about McDonald's choosing to put the full weight of their corporation behind promoting their agenda," the AFA alert said.

McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner said the company will promote issues they approve, the AFA said.

"Being a socially responsible organization is a fundamental part of who we are. We have an obligation to use our size and resources to make a difference in the world ... and we do," Skinner was quoted as saying.

The American Family Association's earlier boycott of Ford Motor Co. over its promotion of homosexuality was dropped after company sales fell 8 percent per month for two years.

AFA said McDonald's donated $20,000 to the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in exchange for membership in the NGLCC and a seat on the group's board of directors. The NGLCC lobbies Congress on a wide range of issues, including the promotion of same-sex marriage.

AFA had asked the corporation to remove its name and logo from the NGLCC website, where it is listed as a "corporate partner and organization ally." AFA also requested that McDonald's remove the endorsement of NGLCC by Richard Ellis, vice president of communications for McDonald's USA, from the website.

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[Michelle]

Looks like I won't be eating there for a while.

[James]

Update -

McDonald's hears: 'I'm NOT lovin' it!'
In front of local restaurants, fed-up Christians protest company's support of same-sex marriage | WND

[Michelle]

The thing is, the groups boycotting aren't asking them not to serve gays or to not extend benefits to or not to hire them. All that they are asking them to do is to not give money to organizations whose purpose is to force the legalization of gay marriage.

[Floppyjoe]

If we put gay marriage to a vote it would never be made legal. We should live in a democracy but we don't.

[James]

McDonalds Homosexual Advocacy Increases - Now Funds Pride Parade

By Tim Waggoner

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - American Family Association Chairman and Founder Donald Wildmon has called for the continuation of the boycott of McDonald's restaurants after the fast food giant announced it has increased its support for the homosexual movement by funding a homosexual pride parade.

"McDonald's says they 'stand by and support our people to live and work in a society free of discrimination and harassment,' here is what they won't tell you. McDonald's helped sponsor the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade," said Wildmon.

McDonald's expressed its support for the Pride parade via a television commercial, in which a company representative said, amidst montage shots of the parade, "McDonald's is proud of our diverse workforce and of our recognition by the Human Rights Campaign as a company that actively demonstrates its commitment to the gay and lesbian community."

AFA previously asked McDonald's to remain neutral in the culture wars after the company paid $20,000 to become an official "organizational ally and corporate partner" of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and secure a seat on the group's board of directors. The NGLCC lobbies against laws protecting marriage as being between a man and a woman.

"The company refused, stating they will continue to support the gay agenda including same-sex marriage. AFA has called for a boycott of McDonald's restaurants," explained Wildmon.

Wildmon assured pro-family advocates, "This boycott is not about hiring homosexuals or how homosexual employees are treated. It is about McDonald's choosing to put the full resources of their corporation behind promoting the homosexual agenda."

In an interview with the Washington Post, McDonald's spokesman Bill Whitman declared that those (even Christians) who oppose homosexual marriage are motivated by hate, saying, "hatred has no place in our culture."

Matt Barber, who is the Director of Cultural Affairs with Liberty Counsel and Associate Dean with Liberty University School of Law, said that Whitman's comments tell Americans, "If you happen to support the historical definition of marriage - which is, and has always been male-female - then you're a ... hatemonger."

Barber said that McDonald's idea of inclusion "only swings one way," referring to the "so-called Employment Non-Discrimination Act," under which "Christians and other business owners with traditional values would be forced - under penalty of law - to abandon sincerely held religious beliefs and adopt McDonald's own secular-humanist, moral-relativist view of right and wrong. In many cases, business owners would be persecuted, even if the business in question were expressly faith-based."

"This pits the government directly against the free exercise of religion and, for that reason, is unconstitutional on its face," he added.

Barber also said that statistics have proven that McDonald's decision to support the homosexual agenda is just "bad business."

"McDonald's is now publicly supporting counterfeit 'same-sex marriage,' despite the fact that, according to a March 2007 CBS/New York Times poll, only 28 percent of Americans believe same-sex pairs should be allowed legally to marry."

"Marriage is a fundamental building block to any healthy society. If you introduce counterfeit money into commerce, the dollar is devalued. If you introduce counterfeit marriage into society, true marriage is devalued and society is harmed," stated Barber. "Yet McDonald's has now thrown its full weight, brand name and presently tarnished reputation behind the push for 'gay marriage' in all 50 states."

AFA is asking all to sign their online boycott McDonald's petition, which can be found here:

Boycott McDonald's - A Project of American Family Association

Source: LifeSiteNews.com

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