perfidy

In a puzzling display of hubris, the "good" "Christians" of the American Family Association have announced a boycott of the Ford Motor Corporation because of that company's policy of offering domestic partner benefits and donating money to gay rights causes.

"From redefining family to include homosexual marriage, to giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to support homosexual groups and their agenda, to forcing managers to attend diversity training on how to promote the acceptance of homosexuality...to sponsoring Gay Pride Parades, Ford leads the way," said a notice on the group's Web site.

Ford vice president of human resources Joe Laymon told the Detroit News that the company "values all people, regardless of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and cultural or physical differences."

Tupelo, Miss.-based AFA told the News it e-mailed an announcement about the Ford boycott to 2.2 million supporters.

The group said last month that it was ending its boycott of Disney because of some signs of change at the media conglomerate and because, "We feel after nine years of boycotting Disney we have made our point."

Yeah... made your point.

The AFA recently ended a nine-year boycott of The Walt Disney Co. over Disney's decision to extend benefits to same-sex couples and promote gay-related events at its theme parks. The boycott appeared to have little effect, since Disney reported higher earnings and increased theme park attendance during that time.

Yep. I suppose they did in fact make a point. Point well taken, gentlemen.

I hereby declare awkward, vaguely shameful missionary-style sex between married parners as "driving a Ford."

Hat tip: John Cole. Be sure to read his original post for a juicy punchline at the expense of another AFA boycott.