Organizations Aim to Prolong P&G Boycott(too supportive of gay rights)

[RedEarth]

Two powerful conservative groups hope to extend indefinitely an election-related boycott of Procter & Gamble Co., contending that the consumer products giant is too supportive of gay rights and urging customers to stop buying Crest, Tide and Pampers.

Procter & Gamble, while proud of its reputation for recruiting and supporting a diverse work force, says boycott organizers have deliberately distorted the company's positions by suggesting incorrectly that P&G has endorsed same-sex marriage.

According to the Mississippi-based American Family Association, more than 287,000 people have signed onto the boycott since the AFA and the Christian ministry Focus on the Family announced the campaign in mid-September. They asked supporters to stop buying P&G's top-selling brands of toothpaste, detergent and disposable diapers.

The boycott was sparked by P&G's support of a campaign in its home city of Cincinnati for a ballot measure to repeal Article 12, a 1993 city charter amendment prohibiting gay-rights laws. A P&G executive has taken leave to run the repeal campaign, and the company -- according to spokesman Doug Shelton -- has donated $40,000 to the effort. Voters decide the issue next Tuesday.

The repeal campaign has numerous mainstream backers -- Cincinnati's mayor, its Chamber of Commerce, the local Roman Catholic archbishop and several major corporations, including Federated Department Stores Inc., owner of Macy's. They believe Article 12, the only ban of its kind in the nation, has tarnished the city's image and driven away business.




http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-procter--gamble-boycott,0,5852832,print.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[TheDebbieDee]

1. You know that the AMWAY people............

are lurking in the background of this boycott, don't you?

Their motives are very suspect.

[MrMonk]

2. Tsk ...

First, they were tithing to Satan.
Now, they're trying to force us all to marry homosexuals.
What's next, making their soap out of the fat of unbaptized infants?

:eyes:

[Charlie Brown]

3. These conservative "boycotts" have zero effect

The Southern Baptist Convention has been actively "boycotting" Disney since 1996. Disney is still around. I'm sure P&G are shaking in their boots.