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Contact: Cindy Roberts (662) 844-5036 ext. 227
For Immediate Release: 6/6/2005
AFA suspends Ford boycott for six months
(Tupelo, MS) - After meeting with a group of Ford dealers, American Family Association (AFA) has suspended its boycott of Ford Motor Company until December 1, 2005.
In the meeting, the dealers requested time to see if the concerns raised by AFA in their boycott announcement could be addressed by the dealers in cooperation with officials from Ford Motor Company.
“We believe the dealers were making a good faith effort and agreed to accept their request,” said AFA chairman Donald Wildmon. “Therefore, we accepted the suspension request and will work with the dealers in attempting to resolve our differences.
“We urge those supporting the boycott to disregard the boycott until December 1, 2005, and on or about that date, we will notify our supporters as to the status of the boycott,” Wildmon stated.
AFA launched the Ford boycott Tuesday, May 31, 2005. In less than a week, over 110,000 people signed the pledge to boycott Ford for the company’s support of same-sex marriage.
American Family Association is a pro-family advocacy organization with over two million online supporters.
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