Is there a link? From what I can see, I don’t think it’s dumbassery at all. It’s exactly what I would do if I found out a company or institution with which I did business didn’t mesh with my beliefs; vote with my dollars.
I agree Focus on the Family’s wording (radical gay agenda? good lord.) is silly, but all in all, this is precisely how the things should work.
Well…true. I beleive in voting with your dollars. And certainly there’s nothing wrong with FotF giving or not giving their support (in terms of money) to those they think do or do not support their agenda. It is, indeed, as things should be.
But dumbassery still comes up as far as…radical homosexual agenda??? I guess there is one…I’ve read some pretty radical things about the redfinition of marriage, the dissolution of the concept of gender…some radical stuff, SOME of which was indeed written by homosexual people. But what Wells Fargo is doing? Giving benefits to same sex couples? Giving respect to people FotF don’t seem to think deserve such?
Bugger. I’m not arguing with the concept of voting with your dollars if I note that the way they are voting is dumbass.
This is dire news indeed. I’ll admit that I’ve swallowed some of my principles right along with their tasty nuggets, regarding their lack of separation of church and chicken. Don’t even get me started about their “dairy cow” ad campaign with holstein heifers vandalizing billboards trying to get you to “eet mor chikin”.
But this could be enough for me to rally sufficient will power to boycot them.
You want to hear something crazy? I have one of those CDs. The little one wanted chicken, Chik-Fil-A was nearby, so I succumbed. Out of curiosity we popped in the CD to see what it was about. The major “lesson” was on how not to be a prankster. A kid puts something that tastes bad (flour or salt or something) into an old codger’s milkshake. They lecture him on how pranksters usually will get theirs in the end. Then, the old codgers team up with a couple of little girls to tar and feather (literally molasses and feathers) the poor kid in front of the whole town.
A real “family values” lesson, there. Some kid irritating you? Devise an elaborate plan to humiliate him in front of all his friends, neighbors, and classmates. It’s what Jesus would have done.
Ah, I see. A normal homosexual is fabulous. A radical homosexual is bodacious, and feels that Focus on Family is totally bogus, and quite possibly heinous.
As to the question: “Yes, okay, there is a gay agenda! there’s just two things on it: 1) don’t get killed; 2) a decent brunch. That’s it!” - Elvira Kurt
Not only do I bank with Wells Fargo, we have a cat named Wells Fargo. He’s a total sweetheart, too. I have no idea why our roommate named him that, though.
I want to know where FotF moved their accounts to.
I’m in favour of using your buying power to make a statement. I’ve recently been forced to give up my favourite Chinese BBQ pork joint because they put up a bunch of posters advertising an anti-gay marriage rally, for example.
It’s just sort of unfortunate that Focus on the Family chooses to focus on only one kind of family.