The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
After months of pressure from an anti-gay-marriage group, McDonald's Corp. has given up a director's seat and will stop sponsorship of a national gay business organization.
Richard Ellis, who until last month was vice president of communications of McDonald's USA, has resigned from the board of directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, franchisees were told in a Sept. 23 memo.
McDonald's USA, which had made a $20,000 donation to the chamber and
became a 2008 chamber sponsor, said it would not sponsor the
organization in 2009. (more . . .)
The Family Research Association comments:
The Big Mac attack on family values is finally over! After a five-month
boycott, Americans finally got what they ordered-McDonald's agreement
to
stop financing the homosexual agenda. Back in May, the fast food giant
joined the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to the dismay of
millions of
customers who did not feel served. At the time, company Vice President
Richard Ellis refused to back down, even calling conservatives "haters"
in a
public statement. The American Family Association launched a national
campaign to force McDonald's to eat its words. And eat them, they did!
This
week, McDonald's announced that Ellis had resigned from the GLCC. In an
email to franchises, the company said, "It is our policy not to be
involved
in political and social issues. McDonald's remains neutral on same-sex
marriage [and the] 'homosexual agenda...'" We thank McDonald's --
and those of you who used your buying power to encourage values on the menu and in company policy.