• NY Times, Thursday, March 16, 2006 11 AM

It would appear that the right-leaning American Family Association has it in for Ford Motor Company. For the second time in the last several months, the group is calling for a boycott against the U.S. automaker because Ford advertises in gay-themed publications. Last time, Ford waffled, first saying it had essentially buckled to the pressure before arguing that it had not. This time, Ford offers no evidence that it will be bullied by the AFA. The conservative lobbying group, in announcing its action against America's second largest automaker, said to the company's president, William Clary Ford Jr., that "we cannot, and will not, sit by as Ford supports a social agenda aimed at the destruction of the family." Donald Wildmon, leader of the AFA, noted that his group was resuming its attack against Ford because the company had failed to withdraw its ads from gay-themes titles such as Out and The Advocate.

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