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[FPN] - - Many citizens throughout America have joined a boycott against Hallmark Incorporated in response to that company's introduction of so-called "same-sex couple" greeting cards. (See a sampling of petition-signers' comments from all 50 states below.) The boycott, which was announced in August by Family Policy Network (FPN), has attracted committed participants in cities and towns throughout the nation. FPN is hosting an online petition that explains the boycott and gathers endorsements from individuals and like-minded organizations at BoycottHallmark.COM. The text of the Boycott Hallmark petition reads as follows: To: Hallmark Cards CEO Donald J. Hall In Isaiah 5:20,...

A Pennsylvania pro-family group has joined a nationwide boycott of a major greeting card company as a result of its promotion of the homosexual lifestyle. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania has joined forces with several other pro-family groups around the country to boycott Hallmark over the company's new line of "same-sex couple" cards. AFA-Pennsylvania's President Diane Gramley said, "More Hallmark customers believe homosexuality is wrong and believe in one man one woman marriage than believe in same-sex marriage. To claim ‘public demand’ was the reason behind the same-sex commitment cards is a cop-out . . . Hallmark has chosen...

A Michigan pro-family group has joined a nationwide boycott of a major greeting card company as a result of its promotion of the homosexual lifestyle. The American Family Association of Michigan has joined forces with several other pro-family groups around the country to boycott Hallmark over the company's new line of "same-sex couple" cards. AFA-Michigan's President Gay Glenn said, “Hallmark’s corporate position helps culturally legitimize and promote so-called homosexual ‘marriage,’ using its customers’ money to do so.” He added, “Each of us should ensure as a matter of conscience that Hallmark isn’t able to use any of our families’ money.”...

[FPN - 10/7/08] - Many citizens throughout California (see their comments below) have joined a nationwide boycott against Hallmark Incorporated, in response to that company's introduction of so-called "same-sex couple" greeting cards. The boycott, which was announced in August by Family Policy Network, has begun to attract supporters in cities and towns throughout the nation. The text of the Boycott Hallmark petition reads as follows: To: Hallmark Cards CEO Donald J. Hall In Isaiah 5:20, God warns against exchanging good for evil by saying, "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and...

Join the BOYCOTT Against Hallmark for its ‘Gay Wedding’ Cards  Family Policy Network (FPN) is calling for a nation-wide boycott against America’s largest greeting card company for aligning itself with liberal activists who want to redefine morality and the institution of marriage. FPN announced the boycott against Hallmark Cards, Inc. after the company introduced new greeting cards aimed at “congratulating” homosexuals who enter into so-called “gay marriage” contracts and “civil unions.” According to an 8/21/08 news story from the Associated Press, Hallmark spokeswoman Sarah Kolell said the company introduced the pro-homosexual cards in an attempt to be “relevant” to as...

A full-scale boycott against the world’s largest greeting card company will begin next week, prompted by the introduction of new products intended to congratulate recipients of so-called “gay wedding” and “civil union” contracts in states that recently began granting them to homosexual couples. The pro-family campaign against Hallmark Cards, Inc. is being orchestrated by the nationally-organized Family Policy Network (FPN), which is based in Forest, Virginia. Several state-based pro-family groups are participating in the boycott, and their names will be featured on the boycott website when it is launched next week. FPN Policy Analyst Alex Mason stated Friday that whenever...

We have strong indications that America is about to pick its president in the same way it picks out Hallmark cards. “Oh, this one just makes me feel good. I just like it. This will give her a warm feeling.” What is a President? Clean and serene He connects to my pain Fresh yet alive His words far from plain The hope of our land He seeks to renew I feel such a thrill O what will I do? Barack Obama is young, fresh and eloquent. His body language and his inflection exude empathy, intellectual depth and a deep, emotional...

BREAKING NEWS updated 9 minutes ago LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for mistreating cattle. Officials said it was the largest beef recall in the United States, surpassing a 1999 ban of 35 million pounds of ready-to-eat meats. The federal agency said the recall will affect beef products dating to Feb. 1, 2006, that came from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., which supplies meat to the federal school lunch program and to some major fast-food chains.This breaking news story will be...

President Bush arrived early this morning in Kansas City, Missouri to speak about the economy and to sign the Presidential Proclamation in Honor of American Heart Month (Transcript) The president had a breakfast meeting with Kansas City business leaders, then toured Hallmark Cards Inc. where he delivered a statement on the economy. (Transcript) Keeping with the American Heart Month theme, First Lady Laura Bush recorded the weekly radio address today: For the weekly radio address, President Bush has handed the mic over to me. And today, I'd like to talk about something that's close to my heart -- America's heart...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Buying a greeting card for someone’s birthday, anniversary or if the recipient is feeling under the weather is pretty straightforward. But what if the person is undergoing chemotherapy or struggling with depression? “Get Well Soon” probably won’t cut it. Likewise, most cards lining the store shelves don’t work on occasions as someone leaving an abusive spouse, undergoing drug rehab or declaring their sexual orientation. Hallmark Cards Inc., which has built its $4.2 billion empire on sentiments for life’s happier times, is releasing a new line of cards that will speak to those and other situations that...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2006 -- The Hallmark Channel marked its membership with the America Supports You program by teaming up for a holiday card drive and the premiere of its newest movie, scheduled to air Dec. 2. Emmy award-winning actor Ed Asner (right) thanks Army Spc. Maxwell Ramsey and his wife, Ayako, for their service to their country in Washington Nov. 28. Ramsey, a member of the 101st Airborne Division, is a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center because of injuries he suffered in Iraq. Photo by Carmen L. Burgess  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In a...

This is the extraordinary true story of a resilient young boy who, against unimaginable evil, drew inspiration from the beauty of life and in turn became an inspiration to the world… Karol Wojtyla is a boy of eighteen from the town of Wadowice, Poland. On the threshold of life as a budding actor, poet, and writer, the enthusiastic and optimistic young student suddenly sees his world shattered with the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939. As a firsthand witness to the horrors of the invasion, Karol joins a cultural resistance movement, where his life takes a dramatic and remarkable...

This is the extraordinary true story of a resilient young boy who, against unimaginable evil, drew inspiration from the beauty of life and in turn became an inspiration to the world… Karol Wojtyla is a boy of eighteen from the town of Wadowice, Poland. On the threshold of life as a budding actor, poet, and writer, the enthusiastic and optimistic young student suddenly sees his world shattered with the Nazi invasion of Poland in September 1939. As a firsthand witness to the horrors of the invasion, Karol joins a cultural resistance movement, where his life takes a dramatic and remarkable...

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This year, as the Muslim Eid al Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan approached, a major United States greeting card company, for the first time, published Eid greeting cards. In the past, Muslims in the United States, like Syed Ahmed, had to get their Eid greeting cards from overseas,if they could. But the Bangladeshi-American businessman, who lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, says, "not this year:" Mr. Ahmed says that previously during Eid he was not able to send greeting cards to his friends and relatives because he could not find Eid cards here. But he says now,...

  Excerpted from the referenced article: According to Variety magazine, the series is a production of Hallmark Entertainment, a subsidiary of Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark Cards Inc.In a news release issued in August, Hallmark described the miniseries this way: First Family: The Reagans – From the bright lights of tinsel town to the Oval Office and the U.S. presidency this true story follows Ronald Reagan's (Emmy and Golden Globe winner James Brolin) rise to notoriety, celebrity and world power. The four-hour dramatic miniseries chronicles Reagan's years as a Hollywood movie star, his marriage to his devoted wife Nancy (played by...