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19 Groups to Reinstate Boycott of Ford
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| Last Edited | RP Mar 13, 2006 09:01pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - San Francisco Chronicle |
| News Date | Monday, March 13, 2006 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Nineteen conservative groups said Monday they would reinstate a boycott of Ford Motor Co., contending the automaker reneged on an agreement to stop supporting gay rights organizations.
The groups set up a Web site urging supporters not to buy Ford vehicles after the automaker said last December it would continue running advertisements in gay publications. The American Family Association, which is leading this latest effort, had originally called for a boycott of Ford last year but suspended it for six months at the request of some Ford dealers.
Wildmon and other leading conservatives wrote Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford in January, asking him to remove the automaker "from involvement in the cultural war."
Randy Sharp, AFA's director of special projects, said Monday that Ford's chairman "refused to acknowledge, much less reply, to our concerns."
Ford shares rose 2 cents, to close at $7.86 on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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