There is nothing hateful about believing that sex between two men or between two women is morally wrong. Indeed, if such activity is unhealthy and harmful to those that participate in it, it is kind and loving for those who see the harm to encourage those engaging in such activity to refrain, for their own health and well-being. It is a fact that those who admittedly engage in homosexual activity have far more mental and health problems on average than other Americans. Encouraging people to swear off self-destructive choices is not hateful; rather, it is loving.
As regards the boycott, the AFA is not opposed to homosexuals buying cars; it is opposed to Ford sponsoring gay pride parades and the like. For the AFA, the lifestyle addicted to homosexual encounters (or casual heterosexual encounters, for that matter) has the cumulative effect of hurting those who participate in it, mentally, emotionally, and especially spiritually. Therefore, they see Ford as encouraging an activity that damages people’s overall well-being – not unlike an addiction to tobacco, alcohol, a powerful drug, overeating, or another very pleasurable activity that threatens to reduce the beauty and richness of life into a single destructive desire. What would you do against such terrible practices, as a loving, concerned citizen? A boycott would be a start.
All that to say, the boycott is not an irrational hate-based action, but is rather an action based upon love and concern for those engaging in homosexual encounters, a desire for them to make healthier life choices.
