Maybe They Can Use Chariots Instead

CNN reported today that Ford Motor Company has pulled all of its advertisements from LGBT-themed publications. Why, you ask? Apparently the American Family Assocation (and you absolutely must check out their website), criticized Ford for its support of the LGBT community. Ford has stated that all of its cars, with the exception of (Swedish-based!) Volvo will no longer "target" gay and lesbian consumers. Understandably, Ford now faces a public backlash from LGBT advocates.

I really cannot figure out who is the bigger idiot here. It seems to me that the AFA's argument is essentially that gays and lesbians should not own cars. Pardon me while I assume their logic. Maybe if gays and lesbians don't have cars, they will not be able to drive out of their hippie liberal neighborhoods and invade our good and wholesome suburbia and then kidnap our children to spread their devil-religion.

Why the hell do they even care? How insecure are these people that they need to go out of their way to read LGBT publications, record all of the advertisers, and then complain to them for (gasp) advertising their products. Why don't they try boycotting LGBT publications in an effort to

But even better, Ford AGREED with them. I cannot imagine a coporation pulling advertisements simply to placate a clearly arch-conservative social group. Ford aligned themselves with these people, shunned gays and lesbians, and took a stance in a fierce culture battle when maintaining the status wuo as "just a big corporation that targets any consumer" would have been enough to stay out of the fight. Idiots!

So, for the time being, I guess gays and lesbians will be forced to realize the existence of cars (other than Volvos) without the aid of convenient magazine advertisements. At the same time, Ford better get their collective heards out of their collectively huge asshole, and the AFA needs to wake up and get with the 21st century.

(Just a fun note: the front page of the AFA website shows a still of my good pal Bill O'Reilly giving a plug for the AFA "Christmas Campaign" on The O'Reilly Factor. If Bill O'Reilly likes it, it has to be good!)