
The Inaugural Baby Jesus Butt Plug Award goes to the Ford Motor Company for Extreme Cowardice Unbecoming of a Corporate Behemoth, for caving to the American Family Association and pulling its ads targeting gays and lesbians.
Affirming the news but denying the purported reason, a spokesman at Ford Motor confirmed today that the company's Jaguar and Land Rover brands will no longer advertise in publications such as The Advocate, aimed at gay and lesbian consumers. He also said the change was not forced on Ford by the American Family Association, based in Tupelo, Miss.It was a coincidence. Ford had been planning this for months.
Ford spokesman Jim Caine said the AFA launched a campaign urging a boycott against Ford earlier this year because some Ford advertising in Europe offended the association. “They also didn't agree with our diversity policies in hiring,” he said. The group canceled the boycott last week, per a release on the AFA website.“We agreed to strive to avoid offending anyone in our ads, and …not be seen as advocating for a lifestyle, social issue, or moral question, directly or indirectly.” - sourceFord agreed to avoid being seen as advocating for a lifestyle... isn't that the whole point of car advertising, advocating for a lifestyle of unrestrained consumerism? Buy, buy, buy, drive, drive, drive. You deserve a fast/sporty/luxurious/manly/enormous car/truck/SUV.
But only if you're straight.
Congratulations to the Ford Motor Company for Christening the first Baby Jesus Butt Plug Award.
If you spot other worthies for the pretigious Bajebupla, please nominate them in the comments section. Let's start naming some losers.