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NEW YORK Ford Motor Co. confirmed today that the company’s Jaguar and Land Rover brands would no longer advertise in publications such as The Advocate, aimed at the gay community.
Ford representative Jim Caine also said the change was not forced on the carmaker by the American Family Association, based in Tupelo, Miss.
Caine said the AFA launched a campaign urging a boycott against the company earlier this year because some Ford advertising in Europe offended the association.
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