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May 5, 2008 - Monday
Apparently, serving McFlurries and Big Macs to the public is no longer enough to satisfy
the hunger of McDonald's to make a cultural impact on the United States. Sadly, McDonald's
is now financing attacks on marriage and the family as a new Corporate Partner of the
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
The NGLCC promotes businesses owned by homosexuals, but it also pushes the homosexual
political agenda in statehouses, courthouses, and the halls of Congress. Thought crime
("hate crime") laws, homosexual and transgender "civil rights"
preferences, and domestic partner benefits are top-priority issues of the NGLCC.
Richard Ellis, Vice President of Communications for McDonald's, was recently named to the
Board of Directors of the NGLCC. In a press release, the NGLCC praised Ellis for his
"vast Board experience with LGBT and advocacy related organizations." It's
alarming that the overseer of McDonald's advertising campaigns directly geared toward
families will now be a leader in the NGLCC's campaign to weaken traditional values.
The NGLCC's efforts on behalf of homosexuality threaten the family, the definition of
marriage and the very religious freedom we hold so dear.
Here are two effective action steps you can take to get McDonald's back on course:
1) Sign the attached petition to McDonald's Chairman Andrew J. McKenna. FRC will compile
the names and signatures and deliver them to McDonald's at their corporate headquarters.
2) Print out the attached flyer (Click
here to download a PDF of the flyer) and bring it to your local McDonald's restaurant.
Ask to see the manager, give him or her the flyer, and respectfully request that he or she
notify the corporate offices that customers are upset about this policy. We ask that you
NOT attempt to post the flyer in the restaurant, hand it out to customers, or put it on
windshields in the parking lot--just bring it to the manager. Be polite, of course (the
manager probably is not even aware of this new corporate policy). DO print additional
copies of the flyer and give them to your friends, however, and ask them to take them to
the local restaurant manager as well.
McDonald's has enjoyed enormous success providing affordable food to billions of people;
it should resist the temptation to play politics with its business.
Thank you for taking action, and may God bless you.