We Love Happy Meals

James — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:30:44 +0000

I admit to having a weakness for McDonald’s french fries. There’s just something about those thin slivers of golden-fried potatoes, seasoned with just the right amount of salt. I know too much of them isn’t good for me but figure it’s OK to indulge every now and then.

McDonald’s fries might not help my cholesterol count, but eating them does have one benefit: It annoys the Religious Right.

McDonald’s is officially under boycott from Donald Wildmon’s American Family Association (AFA). The AFA, a Mississippi-based Religious Right outfit best known for obsessing over sexual content on cable and network television and its vociferous opposition to the “homosexual agenda,” has been going crazy lately because McDonald’s has made it clear that its family-friendly policy includes gay families.

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James — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:57:37 +0000

The anti-gay American Family Association, which condemns gay and lesbian family causes like marriage equality, has called for a boycott of fast-food chain restaurant McDonald’s. McDonald’s, however, has given the AMA notice that it’s not about to allow its policies to be dictated by anti-gay groups. In a May 29 letter to AFA founder and chairman Donald Wildmon, Pat Harris, Global Chief Diversity Officer for McDonald’s, wrote, “Our founder Ray Kroc once said, ’None of us is as good as all of us.’” Added Harris, “This is a core value of McDonalds.” Get the meat of this story from edgenewyork.com.

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