Posted on 10/18/2004 11:29:50 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Canada's largest bank has canceled its promotion of homosexuality with its employees after a pro-family organization sponsored a national boycott of the institution.
As WorldNetDaily reported, the Royal Bank of Canada directed its employees to "be supportive" of "gay, lesbian and bisexual issues" and to show that support by displaying the homosexual movement's rainbow triangle symbol in the workplace. The statements were made in the first edition of a new newsletter called "Rainbow Space."
"Voluntarily displaying this sticker shows gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered co-workers that they can feel safe with you, and shows unsupportive co-workers that you won't tolerate homophobia," stated the newsletter.
But after a boycott was launched by the Canada Family Action Coalition, the bank backed down, saying the rainbow promotion had "unintentionally created divisiveness."
David Moorcroft, Royal Bank's senior vice president announced the course reversal in a letter dated Oct. 14.
"Effective today, the sticker component of the program is being eliminated," wrote Moorcroft.
The Canada Family Action Coalition hailed the move, saying bank executives heard from thousands of Canadians and "did the right thing."
Said Dr. Charles McVety, president of CFAC: "The bank realized 'based on the feedback received' that the Rainbow Triangle Sticker program 'has unintentionally created divisiveness'. Without such feedback, the Royal Bank would have continued its practice of marginalizing those who do not support homosexuality."
According to Canada Free Press, Brian Rushfeldt, CFAC's executive director, said, "Each person that acted by closing their accounts, sending e-mails, telephone calls or letters should be commended for taking a stand for freedom of thought, conscience and religion."
The bank says the boycott was not the reason it changed its policy.
"Any time someone boycotts us, it's a concern," Moorcroft is quoted by LifeSiteNews.com as saying. "But that's not the reason we made the decision."
Close them down... haha
OK, before I click that... what is it?
You have to see for yourself
The Royal is the biggest of the big five banks in Canada but I'm glad I don't use them.
closes his eyes like a child. isn't that the truth
As Imus would say, "Lying Weasels."
They're pretty oblivious but do you think they'd actually post a picture of that? Hmmmmm.
I'm boycotting Bank of America here in the states after seeing their ad yesterday morning on msNBC. The ad was boasting about Bank of America's support for the motor voter law that has registered millions of young voters. Apparently, Bank of America wants as many uninformed, lazy people to vote in elections as possible.
Ping.
Even if you don't know anything about the candidates of the issues, just get out there and vote! Why? Who the hell knows!
(OK, we do know. We're not that stupid).
"Even if you don't know anything about the candidates of the issues, just get out there and vote! Why? Who the
hell knows!"
To give an illusion of control and cloak the economic attack? And just what is the economic impact of this bank waffling on such an issue (and why the heck do we have institutions weighing in on controversial topics that weren't acceptable for general parlance in the past?) It seems to me that this has to have a nice ripple effect in destabilizing the economy.
P & G has a similar Gramscian agenda going on which will backfire as well when it surfaces (and cause another ripple.)
And what will happen *next* when we have all these corporate ripples setting the economic stage?
just wait 'til the other side boycotts back... poor spineless morons.
The only reason to appeal to a special interest group is to get their business. Why don't businesses just appeal to universal human wants and desires. Seems to me by appealing to one group they are opening the door to offending another.
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