Tony Gosgnach
The Interim

The French Connection clothing company has announced it will continue to use a controversial name for a line of clothing, which scrambles two letters of a four-letter obscenity. The company's defiance comes despite drops in trading and value of its stock, and an almost 10 per cent fall in sales.

The American Family Association and Focus on the Family have launched a boycott of U.S.-based Proctor and Gamble (www.pgboycott.com), the maker of products such as Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste, for throwing support and money behind the homosexual political agenda. The company has also come under fire in the past for being a frequent sponsor in "LGBT" media, for backing "gay pride" parades and for sponsoring "sexualized television programming," among other things. As of October, a quarter-million Americans had already signed a pledge to boycott P and G.

The Ford Motor Company convened its first-ever "Diversity Forum" last September, gathering more than 100 multi-national companies to dialogue on "diversity issues." Homosexual activists hailed the forum as a boon to their cause and Michigan's governor, Jennifer Granholm, took part. Ford has scored 100 per cent in the corporate equality index of the Human Rights Campaign, a homosexual activist group.

The U.S. Catholic League slammed the Ford Foundation for hypocrisy recently, after the foundation announced it has established a new policy barring its beneficiaries from engaging in any activity that promotes violence, terrorism, bigotry or destruction of any state. Yet, the foundation has been lavishly funding the anti-Catholic "Catholics" for a Free Choice group for a long period of time, pointed out League president William Donohue.

The LifeSite News service has reminded Canadians that, despite any protestations to the contrary, the United Way does support abortion by funding the vociferously pro-abortion Planned Parenthood organization (see the website at: www.unitedwaytoronto.com/who_we_help/agency-list/2004-Toronto-DOS.pdf). In New York City, the United Way even recommends web users to access the National Abortion Rights Action League - New York and the National Abortion Federation.

The U.S. MTV music channel edited out a representative of a pro-life women's group from a pre-election program, which "educated" young adults on political issues and urged them to vote. Feminists for Life said it was disappointed MTV would only give voice to people who fit the channel's own simplistic, preconceived stereotypes.

Concerned Women for America has an audio feature accessible through the internet on the subject of "corporate sponsors of the homosexual agenda." It can be heard by pointing your web browser to: www.cwfa.org/articles/6513/CWA/family/index.htm.

Four major sponsors, Lowe's Home Improvement Company, food company ConAgra, Kellogg's and Tyson Foods, have backed out of sponsoring the racy ABC/Disney television program Desperate Housewives, after determining the program's salaciousness sinks beneath their standards. Critics say the program treats topics such as adultery and suicide as being not only commonplace, but also socially acceptable.

The USA Today newspaper reports that Sandals Resorts has lifted a two-decade-old ban on same-sex couples. A homosexual publication responded by saying it hopes the company will now promote the fact it is a "homosexual-friendly tourism destination." Advocates of the traditional family may feel otherwise.

Japanese game maker Nintendo "sexed up" U.S. advertising for its DS handheld game, titillating viewers with the tagline that, "Touching is good." A woman's sultry voice also invites the listener to come a little closer and "get a feel."

In light of fundraising for relief efforts regarding the devastating tsunami that struck Asia recently, Population Research International is again warning about the pro-abortion orientation of the UN agency UNICEF. PRI president Steven Mosher says that although it denies promoting abortion, UNICEF has endorsed, and even helped to draft, documents calling for the legalization of abortion. The agency has also funded the pro-abortion Population Council and the South African group LoveLife, which actively encourages teen girls to have abortions.

The corporate watchdog group Life Decisions International received a threatening letter from the U.S.-based March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation recently, warning LDI that it was seriously misrepresenting the mission of the March of Dimes. It added that it reserved the right to pursue legal remedies if the concerns were not properly addressed. LDI president Douglas R. Scott responded that he is "not the least bit impressed" by the letter and pledged that his organization would continue to expose the March of Dimes until it changes its attitude toward preborn children.