Why Ford Motor Company caving to the religious right DOES affect you

It's to be expected that gay bloggers are all over the Ford Motor Company's capitulation to the Christofascist Zombie Brigade in pulling ads from gay publications. But why should straight people, who don't read these publications, even care? They're not targeting us, are they?

Oh, yes they are.

Aside from the fact that I don't put up with people who diss my friends, there's the fact that the American Family Association and the many other groups of that ilk are gunning for ALL of us. And they are fighting us on two fronts -- they're fighting us in local, state, and the federal government, and they're fighting us in the boardrooms of America.

Dan Savage explains:

Gay or straight, you should at least pick up the phone and let local Ford dealers know that you won't even consider buying a Ford after this. Why should straight people care? Because the same AFA fucks that have successfully intimidated Ford on the gay issue are also attacking straight rights—they’re the same assholes who have successfully intimidated retailers like Target into denying women access to morning-after pills. They’re the same assholes trying to convince the Feds not to release a vaccine for two strains of HPV , the virus that can cause cervical cancer in women. The HPV vaccine—already tested and 100% effective!—could save thousands of women’s lives every year. The AFA is fighting it.

It's no longer a question of just electing progressive Democrats to Congress. It's no longer even a question of 2008. These people must be stopped, and they must be stopped now. Because if they aren't stopped, if they succeed in forcing companies to accept their terms or be subject to boycotts, sooner or later you'll have to sign loyalty oaths to Jesus just to get a job.

Two can play this game. Boycott companies who capitulate to these American Taliban lunatics, and write to them explaining why you refuse to do business with them. If the people in the boardrooms think they can spit on us and we won't boycott, make them think twice.

One can only hope.

(hat tip: Americablog)