Pastor plans a boycott of supporters of (WA) gay rights bill

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=4580

A pastor yesterday called for a national boycott of Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and other companies that support a gay-civilrights bill, saying the corporations have underestimated the power of religious consumers

Rev. Ken Hutcherson, pastor of Antioch Bible Church in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, said he will formally call for the boycott Thursday on the radio show Focus on the Family.

"We’re tired of sitting around thinking that morals can be ignored in our country," he said. "This is not a threat, this is a promise."

Last week, several companies, including Boeing Co., Hewlett Packard Co., Microsoft Corp. and Nike Inc. signed a letter urging passage of the measure, which would add sexual orientation to a state law that already bans discrimination in housing, employment and insurance based on race, gender, age, disability, religion, marital status and other factors.

Microsoft is restoring its support for the proposal a year after the company was denounced for quietly dropping its endorsement.

[rsmith6621]

1. This Is One Reason

Why I have a problem sitting for an hour on Sunday morning in church......I use to teach and direct a Sunday School dept at my local baptist church.....

How about we boycott churches that preach messages that Jesus would SPEW his last supper over?

[tmooses]

2. Why don't these creeps get their tax exempt status revoked? I'm so

sick of hearing this "morals" shit. What is so moral about people being to denied basic civil rights?

[madeline_con]

3. What does the Rev'rend propose?

They get rid of their computers and printers? :crazy:

[ugarte]

4. I guess church groups will stop buying all those Boeing aircraft

and start traveling by bus.

:rofl:

[Scooter24]

5. boycotts boycotts boycotts

I swear... all these boycotts are worthless. Just their 5 min. of news trying to stir up elections.


Ken Hutcherson

[stumblnrose]

6. He looks just like the guy i met in the baths

up on capitol hill.

[customerserviceguy]

10. Interesting

I've never seen a picture of this asshat in a Washington newspaper. I guess I now know why, in politically correct Washington, no one would ever diss a black preacher. That's how he gets away with spewing his message of hate. Any white Southerner Pat Robertson clone with these views would be savaged by the Seattle media.

[f-bush]

7. Hutch is an embarrassment to the State of Washington

Not only that he runs a slimy fundy church which always pushes the envelope on legality as far as Chruch and Satet are concerned.

[Strong Atheist]

8. More "tolerance" from the followers of god.

:eyes:

[VegasWolf]

9. Exactly, I thought god was supposed to love all the children. nt