Consumer alert

[figmo]

From http://www.snopes.com:

Claim:   Procter & Gamble supports the overturning of a Cincinnati charter amendment that prohibits the City Council from enacting any protections specifically aimed at gays and lesbians.

Status:   True.

This is a list of the products Procter & Gamble manufactures. The "American Family Association" wants you to boycott them. If, however, you support what Procter & Gamble is doing, I recommend you let them know by buying their products and calling Chairman A.G. Lafley at 513-983-1100 and politely let him know that you are encouraging others to support Procter & Gamble by buying their products and will ask others to do the same.

Comments

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling a little hyper, so I went to the AFA page and used a false name and email to thank them for the list. It was something on the order of the following:

Thank you for the P&G boycott list! Now I know what products to buy to counter your boycott. So helpful!

Maybe not such a good idea, but it's not like I gave them real info, and it was fun. :)

I'm thinking that I'm also going to at least write to P&G with my support.

Thanks hon, I'm glad to know about this.

[poltr1]

(/me looks up from my plate of Cincinnati-style chili -- a 5-way from Skyline -- sets down my fork, and says:)

Since I often listen to an NPR station based in Cincinnati, I hear about the dreaded Article 12 regularly (not to mention the racial tension exacerbated by the city police). It's a heinous piece of legislation; the only city in the country to have such a rule on the books. I believe the station mentioned P&G's employee write-in plan last month.

It doesn't surprise me that Wildmon and his ilk are stirring the pot. He's one of the most well-known and reviled right-wing rabble-rousers out there. And Cincinnati is one of the most conservative cities in the country. You can't even buy a copy of Playboy anywhere in Hamilton County.