News

Log Cabin Republicans to Activists: Back Off Corporate Allies

May 26, 2011

(Washington, DC) - Log Cabin Republicans do not support the recent attacks on pro-equality corporations, including Orbitz, for advertising on America's most-watched cable news channel, FOX News.

"At a time when gay and lesbian Americans are facing real challenges in states like Minnesota, Tennessee or North Carolina, when we have the opportunity for concrete progress in New York, and where there is work to be done in Washington on issues like employment nondiscrimination and tax equity, our advocacy organizations are attacking long-time corporate allies for advertising on FOX News? It's not only a bad tactic, it's going to do more long-term harm than anything else," said R. Clarke Cooper, Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director. "If these armchair activists ever actually watched FOX News, they would know that there is a vibrant debate on the issue of gay equality occurring, with conservative champions like regular commentator Margaret Hoover speaking out in favor of freedom for all. FOX News's legal analyst, Judge Andrew Napolitano, has argued against DOMA and 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' Even Glenn Beck, speaking on The O'Reilly Factor, expressed his opinion that gay marriage was not any sort of threat to American values. These tactics are short-sighted, uninformed, and unfair to corporations who have stood by our community through thick and thin. Our friends deserve better than to be condemned for simply doing what is best for their businesses by advertising on some of the most watched media available."