commercials depicting same-sex couples, called for a boycott of Oreo for selling rainbow-colored cookies during Pride season, condemned Whole Foods for sponsoring a Drag Queen Story Hour event, demanded that the Hallmark Channel pull an ad depicting a lesbian wedding, and lost their cool over a plug for TurboTax.The petition demanding the Hilton ad’s cancellation has amassed 12,186 signatures so far.“I am not buying into your social agenda that pushes the gay lifestyle,” the petition reads. “Your commercial featuring a homosexual couple and men in drag offends me, and it also offends many other conservative consumers.“I disagree with the LGBTQ agenda you are forcing on families and children.
Airing these advertisements during primetime, when children are likely to be watching television, crosses a line that Hilton should have never crossed.
I will not support or use Hilton while your company airs commercials featuring same-sex couples or ads pushing the LBGTQ agenda.
I urge Hilton to pull your LGBTQ-inclusive ads immediately. Please stick to promoting your services without making political or social statements.”.
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