If the Five Hundred didn't give you cause to look into purchasing a Ford, perhaps the automaker's pro-gay policy will. Unlike Macy's, Ford is willing to stand up to the conservative right-wing, answering the American Family Association's call for a boycott of the company for its inroads in gay advertising with a simple explanation: "We buy advertising to put Ford's message in front of as many customers as possible."

That statement came in an email from Ford's vice president Al Giombetti, who has no plans to pull ad dollars from gay media. Meanwhile, the Ford Motor Company Fund will continue funding Detroit-area gay pride evens, because "[i]t has a community agenda, not a political one, and it supports causes and people from all walks of life."

Never before have we felt so comfortable – and willing – to simply look like a fat checkbook to an American corporation.

Ford defends gay advertising [Pink News]

Feel like you just read about the American Family Association boycotting the Ford Motor Company, like, just yesterday? While it wasn’t days ago, it was only a few short months back. Yes, the AFA has reinstated their boycott. And this time they’re bringing along 44 of their best (read: homophobic) friends - organizations all seemingly with either “family” or “marriage” in their names. All because Ford is still supporting the gay community.

They've also added an entire laundry list of specific reasons as to why they’re so ticked at Ford.

One of the reasons listed is Ford’s sponsorship of the London Mardi Gras. And, in order to show to their angelic supporters the debaucheries of gays they don’t link to just any old Mardi Gras site. They link to a gay porn site.

We just wonder why is the American Family Association so concerned about what happens in the United Kingdom?

Still, we’re glad the AFA is back in the news. They’d been so quiet after their Book of Daniel boycott, that we were starting to worry. We’ve missed them so.

Boycott Ford [Official Site]

The new year has only just begun and conservative are already kicking it off with a bang! Can you say boycotts galore? Ford and the American Family Association have returned for a sequel to last month’s drama, which the car company triumphed. Now a bunch of fundamentalists in Washington want everyone to boycott Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, and Nike.

A pastor on Monday called for a national boycott of Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and other companies that support a gay civil rights bill, saying the corporations have underestimated the power of religious consumers.

The Rev. Ken Hutcherson, pastor of Antioch Bible Church in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, said he would formally issue the boycott Thursday on the conservative radio show Focus on the Family.
"We're tired of sitting around thinking that morals can be ignored in our country," he said. "This is not a threat, this is a promise. Check out the past presidential election. We made the moral issue the No. 1 issue."

We’d love to see these conservatives toss their new Nikes, toss their HP printers into the trash, and suddenly become very picky over the type of aircraft they fly on their next trip to Orlando for fear of putting money into the pockets of those immoral Nazis at Boeing.

They could just fly on an Airbus jet. But then they’d only be keeping the French in business and we know that they’re immoral terrorists like all of us gays.

AP NewsBreak: Pastor Protests Gay Rights [ABC News]

• Brokeback Mountain is likely to sweep The Golden Globes tonight which means, yes, you have to watch. As if you weren’t going to anyway. [AP via Yahoo]

• Harrison Ford couldn’t possibly fit into any of the extra small t-shirt sizes you’d find at a gay men’s stores. Which leads us to believe he was shopping for his skinny galpal, Calista Flockhart. [Jossip]

• A right-wing group In Idaho is claiming a high school gay/straight alliance club is "a breeding ground for pedophiles." Won’t they be surprised to learn that it’s actually more of a breeding ground for pedicures. [KXLY]

• After the whole mess with Ford and the AFA, a French website ends up bestowing upon one of the company’s cars, the Astin Martin DB9 Volante, the title of the gayest car of the year. [Channel 4]

• RIP Oscar winner (and one time roommate to Marilyn Monroe!) Shelley Winters. [NY Times]

• The American Family Association is once again waging war on Ford but this time they're bringing along 40 of their fanaticaly conservative buds! [AFA]

• DirtyColin.com may have quickly come and gone but our go-getting sister at Jossip dug up some dirt straight from a key player as to the status of the site. [Jossip]

• Sony and Logo are launching a music label specifically for "lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gendered artists" called Music with a Twist. Obviously someone neglected to consult a gay person about the label's name. [Reuters]

• The gay hook-ups keep on coming. Here TV and Google video are joining forces and in turn become BFF.
[Multichannel News]

• Mr. Blackwell phones in yet another worst dressed list with less surprises and even less interest than last year. [E Online]

• You too can own a piece of Keith Haring art! Well, if you have seven figures and can squeeze a 77-foot long mural into your pad. [SF Gate]

• Seems like Jack and Ennis weren’t the only queers on Brokeback Mountain. About 8% of the sheep were big homos too. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

• Maybe Santorum was right and that homosexual marriage will lead to people marrying animals. A woman in Israel has married a dolphin. We bet he’s hung. [The Age]

• Bradford is going to be on Sirius Radio’s Derek and Romaine show tonight, we think around 8 or 9. Kim Stolz from America’s Next Top Model will be on too. When we get the exact time, we’ll post it here. [Sirius Radio]

• The AFA is considering their boycott of Ford again. Because it so worked the first time. Not. [Town Hall]

• PinkLegal.co.uk launched the other day and the site offers legal advice for homosexuals entering “civil partnerships, which helps gay couples draw up pre-nuptial agreements and update their wills.” Benjamin Cohen, who became a teenage millionaire during the dotcom boom with his sites SoJewish and JewishNet, publishes the site. [Irish Examiner]

• Spokane has a new mayor since ousting James West from office. No word yet on the new guy's online chat room habits. [The Olympian]

• Martha Stewart fires one last contestant tonight. You must watch because this is the show's last episode. Ever. [The Apprentice: Martha Stewart Offical Site]

• Speaking of finales, if you missed last night's Nip/Tuck and want to find out the identity of the Carver, just click the link. All we'll say is "ew." [Zap2it]

• Some people just refuse to let the whole Ford thing die. [Good As You]

• Hot on the heels of the gay civil union ceremonies in the UK this week, Aussies are asking for "marriages" of their own. [Sydney Morning Herald]

Ford’s announcement that it will once again advertise in gay publications and supporting gay events has made the queers happy. But not everyone is running out to buy a Jag to celebrate. The American Family Association is thinking about boycotting the former homophobic car company.

Again.

All we wanted was for Ford to refrain from choosing sides in the cultural war, and supporting groups which promote same-sex marriage is not remaining neutral.

We think AFA meant to insert the words “other than our own” in between “sides” and “in.”

AFA considering boycott of Ford Motor Company [AFA]

A couple of days ago we reported on a Ford’s announcement regarding their decision to pull advertising for their Jaguar and Range Rover brands from GLBT publication.

Well, the gays won.

It seems that all it took was a nice little sit down with some of the folks at the HRC and several other organizations. Ford has decided to put its decision in reverse. The best part:

As a result we have decided to run corporate ads in these targeted publications that will include NOT ONLY (emphasis ours) Jaguar/Land Rover but all eight of Ford’s vehicle brands.

Translation: homos have way more money than those uppity right-wingers and Ford knows it. Now go out and buy yourself a Jag for Christmas.

Ford to Advertise Jaguar, Land Rover in Gay Publications [Reuters]

The HRC has announced that they and seventeen other GLBT groups had a two-hour meeting Monday at a Washington hotel. From what we’re culling from various sources, the HRC has given Ford a day to reverse its decision to not advertise in gay magazines (not a smart move by a company that needs all the business it can get).

HRC Pres., Joe Solomonese says that in the meeting, Ford was asked to put out a “very strong statement.” Translation: Put back your ads in our magazines or we’ll stop buying your Jags and Range Rovers, which, based on our informal WeHo survey, we’ve surmised gays make up at least a fifty percent market share.

That's something we've asked all of you car-shoppers to do already.

Gay Groups Ask Ford to Reinstate Ads [MSN]

• We spotted an Abercrombie-clad Jake Gyllenhaal at M Cafe in Hollywood yesterday lunching with a girl we think we can safely assume was only an assistant. Here's further proof that slender Jake really enjoys regular macrobiotioc meals.

• Robbie Williams takes the Tom Crusie course of action when accused of being a homo. Sue 'em. And win.

• AMERICAblog has unearthed some interesting info about the identities of two Ford officials who met with AFA last week to discuss pulling ads from gay publications. Ford insists its decision was purely a "business" decision. Well we're insisting our boycott is a "business" decision as well.

• France only allows artificial insemination for straights, so dykes in that country are running for the Belgian border in order to get shot up with man juice.

• Boston College has requested a school-sponsored dance lose its gay theme. We don't see why. The only students that show up to those things are fags and fag hags anyway.

• Good As You let us know that the American Family Association on Thursday called off its threatened boycott of Ford Motors after Jaguar and Land Rover ads were pulled from gay publications. Redneck bigoted hillbillies don’t drive Land Rovers! Gays do. Looks like we need to start our own boycott.

• In California a lesbian student has earned the right to sue her school after her principle outed her to her mother. "The person to decide when and how to talk with our family about this should have been my daughter, not her principal," her mother was quoted as saying. Thanks Lara.

• The Pet Shop Boys, still pop’s smartest performers, are set to release an album in the spring produced by the amazing Trevor Horn. Can’t wait.

• We know Madonna doesn’t cut it for everyone when it comes to electronic music. So we are highly recommending Beck’s new remix album Guerolito, a work-over of tracks from the Gold-certified and wonderful Guero. Some of our faves like Boards of Canada and Air lend the cutie iconic hipster a hand on production this time around. The result is a trippy and fun ride you can shake your ass to. Thanks Popbytes.

• here! Network has answered many a gay man’s prayers by casting Antonio Sabato, Jr. in Deadly Skies. The heartthrob plays a gay man who saves the world from an asteroid. This has all the makings of a new camp classic.