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NEW YORK, July 13, 2011 –
BBC America has terminated its involvement with a faith-based website
which helps fund so-called ‘gay hate’ religious groups through an online
shop which offers good and services from over 800 companies and
organisations.
Participating in the scheme until today was BBC America Shop – and yesterday
evening UK Gay News alerted the
BBC to the way “commissions” on sales of BBC merchandise could well be
passed on to such groups as Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council
and other organisations that fall into what
the Southern Poverty Law Center calls ‘gay hate groups’
“BBC America Shop was not aware of CVN.org’s current donation policies,” Amy
Mulcair, vice president publicity at BBC Worldwide Americas, told
UK Gay News by email.
“We have ended our relationship with this affiliate effective immediately,”
she added.
Microsoft was the first company to pull-out of the scheme.
The Seattle-based gay
friendly giant severed its relationship with Christian Values Network at the
end of last week
BBC Unwittingly Helping to Finance American Religious Gay ‘Hate’ Groups. The BBC, through its BBC America commercial operation, is unwittingly helping to financially support a number of “gay hate” groups, it emerged yesterday. (UK Gay News, July 13, 2011)
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Posted: 13 July 2011 at 17:00 (UK time) |
