American Family Association celebrates the Decline of the American Worker

by Jesse Russell, not me.

"Somehow my e-mail address ended up on the list for the (anti-)American Family Association. Their most recent email touts a 15 month long boycott by the organization as one of the main reasons for a drop in sales at Ford. The reason for the boycott? Ford is apparently "a leading corporate promoter of homosexual marriage and the homosexual agenda." I've never been quite clear as to what the "homosexual agenda" is and the black-and-white world view email from the anti-American Family Association fails to go into details. But last I checked, the majority of U.S. autoworkers 1)Are not homosexual, and 2)have families. So why would someone against the "homosexual agenda" and supposedly pro-American family want to launch a campaign that would take their jobs away? Apparently what caused the outrage is a handful of ads Ford has run mostly in popular gay publications and mostly overseas (I've put the ads at the end of this article).

The crux of the email seems to ignore a basic understanding of "supply and demand" as well as the unwillingness of Ford to adopt innovation. The organization touts the drop in Ford's sales by 6.8 percent in May as proof that their boycott is working. The main argument is that the other four major car companies have watched their sales increase (Honda, Toyota, GM, Chrysler). However, they forgot to mention that they are also boycotting Toyota and that the Asian car maker's sales are skyrocketing - in fact, the email celebrates Toyota's sales simply because they blow Ford out of the water. According to the AFA's own email Toyota is up by 14 percent.

Not surprisingly the email is fairly vague on other significant economic impactors to Ford's sales, probably because the group also doesn't believe in climate change, so they probably don't understand that the average American could possibly be avoiding Ford because of lack of fuel efficient options. When the National Association of Evangelicals attempted to launch a campaign to encourage evangelicals to help stop climate change, the AFA stepped up with Focus on the Family to crush the campaign. Anything to move the rapture along, no? It must tear AFA members up inside knowing that the other companies tout climate change as a reason to buy their vehicles and Ford has been a slow adopter. In a sense, by not buying Ford and supporting the companies with more hybrid options they are perpetuating the "theory" of climate change. Maybe the AFA should start a car company that sells only SUVs?

Back to Ford's sales. One of the primary facts they ignore is a new attitude in America regarding hybrids and Toyota pretty much has that market cornered with 80 percent of all U.S. hybrid sales. I believe most Americans would prefer to buy American, but they just don't have the options. Prius sales nearly tripled last month (more than 24,000 sold in May) over the same time last year. GM has also finally gotten on the ball with more fuel efficient vehicles - just in time for skyrocketing gas prices. Most of GM's sale increases have been in "light" vehicles including the hybrid Saturn Aura and the Chevrolet Silverado."

http://www.dane101.com/current/2007/06/08/th_anti_american_family_association

*sigh*

They do love their constitutional liberties while attempting to use the document as a weapon. They are whining evil incarnate. Constantly crying about how they are persecuted. They know not of what they whine about. They can not accept the fact that this is the land of the free, not the land of focus on the family.

I seriously doubt their boycott has had any effect on Ford, they just like to pat themselves on the back and get their listeners to hate more. Look to Toyota, Honda, GM if ya wanna know whats ailing Ford.