The influential American Family Association, led by Donald Wildmon, has called off a threatened boycott of Ford Motor Co. because the automotive manufacturer agreed late last week to stop
advertising its Land Rover and Jaguar brands in gay magazines. "They've heard our concerns; they are acting on our concerns," Wildmon said in trumpeting his group's victory. A Ford spokesperson,
noting that most of the company's other brands were not currently booking space in gay-themed publications, said to the press that the decision concerning Land Rover and Jaguar was simply "business"
and not necessarily a reaction to outside pressure. The AFA, which has promoted an antigay agenda, has also been demanding that the company stop contributing cash, vehicles, and endorsements to
gay-oriented social activities and events. Ford would not say whether it would comply with those demands.
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