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Thursday, July 31, 2008

McDonald's Boycott: Yes or No?

So....most of you have probably heard about the boycott the AFA is holding against McDonald's. If you haven't heard about it, there are several reasons why they decided to do this. Things like McDonald's paying $20,000 to become an official "organizational ally and corporate partner" to the National Gay and Le$bian Chamber of Commerce; or their 2007 commercial sponsoring the San Francisco Gay Parade. There are quite a few other reasons American families and Christians are being asked to boycott McDonald's. For a better understanding, go to the official boycott website here: www.boycottmcdonalds.com/detail.aspx?id=102. If you're interested, you can sign the petition there, or send the info along to friends.

However, here is another website that shows all of the NGLCC partners.
www.nglcc.org/corporate/partners. It seems pretty clear to me that boycotting one company isn't going to be as easy as it appears. If we want to boycott McDonald's based on their contributions to the lifestyle, shouldn't we be boycotting every SINGLE one of them? Is it even possible in this day and age to cut out every corporation that has made the choice to send money to that particular cause?

I remember the big Disney boycott a long time ago, and how unsuccessful it was. I know quite a few Christian families who have still gone to Disneyland, bought Disney movies and toys for their children. Don't they still host a Gay Parade every year?

If you have a spare hour, go on over to Kim C. at Life in a Shoe to read her post, and then the 56 (so far) comments people have left about it. Or, just let me know what you think about it here, and we'll start our own discussion. We don't patronize McD's that much anyway, so I am not sure what this boycott will even mean for our family...



1 comment:

Jessica said...

So does that mean no more mcdonalds for the leblanc family??

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