Procter won't gamble on gays?Procter & Gamble may have washed gay consumers out of its advertising plans. For 12 years the antigay American Family Association The American Family Association (AFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes conservative Christian values.[1][2][3][4] It was founded in 1977 by Rev. has been boycotting the company's household products, demanding that P&G stop advertising on gay-themed TV shows and Web sites. In April, after the company cut back on ad spending, the AFA AFA In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Afghanistan Afghani. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. claimed victory, saying, "Insofar in·so·far adv. To such an extent. Adv. 1. insofar - to the degree or extent that; "insofar as it can be ascertained, the horse lung is comparable to that of man"; "so far as it is reasonably practical he should practice as we can tell ... P&G has stopped their sponsorship of TV programs promoting the homosexual lifestyle, such as Will & Grace, and they have stopped their sponsorship of homosexual Internet sites." The company insists that it has not bowed to pressure but did not deny that its ads had disappeared from AFA-targeted shows. "The absence of P&G advertising is due to either the [television] episode not meeting our content guidelines or there was simply no advertising available to purchase," says spokesman Doug Shelton. The AFA is now threatening a boycott against Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for for supporting the 2006 Gay Games The Gay Games is the world's largest sporting and cultural event organized by LGBT athletes, artists, musicians, and others. Originally called the Gay Olympics, in Chicago. |
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