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Rich Devos will be the next target.
He and son Doug donated to anti-gay marriage group, and in America 2014 that means he must be stripped of everything, and soon they'll be calling for flogging in the public square.
Leading gay rights activist declares boycott on Amway for president's donation to anti-gay marriage group
He and son Doug donated to anti-gay marriage group, and in America 2014 that means he must be stripped of everything, and soon they'll be calling for flogging in the public square.
Leading gay rights activist declares boycott on Amway for president's donation to anti-gay marriage group
Leading gay rights activist declares boycott on Amway for president's donation to anti-gay marriage group | MLive.comAmway makes no apologies for president Doug DeVos' 'private gift' to anti-gay marriage group
ADA, MI - A leading national gay rights activist announced he is launching on Amway boycott three years after the direct selling giant's president donated $500,000 to a conservative group that has worked to ban gay marriage.
LGBT rights activist Fred Karger says he is officially announcing the boycott of the Ada-based company and other DeVos family businesses including the Orlando Magic basketball team during a press conference this afternoon in Las Vegas.
Karger says he has obtained tax records that show Doug DeVos gave $500,000 to the*National Organization for Marriage (NOM)*Education Fund through hisDouglas & Maria DeVos Foundation.
Karger called the gift "largest family donation to NOM in its history. Only the Catholic Churchs political arm the Knights of Columbus has given more to the Hate Group NOM.
The donation appears to have been made in 2009.
Fueled with large donations from the Catholic and the Mormon churches, the organization campaigned for Proposition 8 in California, a constitutional amendment to prohibit same sex marriage. The organizations supports similar efforts in other states.
"With four crucial gay marriage elections coming up on November 6 we feel that an Amway Boycott will send a message to Amway owners and other potential mega-donors that if you plan to give lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations like NOM or directly to the November anti-gay marriage campaigns we may well take action against you, Karger said in a statement.
Fred Karger
Karger is the founder and president of*Rights Equal Rights,*created to fight Proposal 8. He was also a*gay Republican presidential candidate*until officially halting his campaign in June.
Amway's founding families have never been shy about their conservative views. They have given to many conservatives causes over the years including the Republican party.
Karger's press release hints that he wants to pressure Amway - which had sales of $10.9 billion last year - to make amends by donating to organizations that support gay rights.
We at Rights Equal Rights (formerly Californians Against Hate) have conducted four (4) boycotts in the past of large donors to Californias Yes on Prop 8 and settled two of them," Karger said. "Those companies later gave equal amounts of money to LGBT organizations.
Karger called Amway the biggest boycott target of Rights Equal Rights to date. He is asking people not only to avoid Amway's hundreds of products but the NBA basketball team Orlando Magic, which is owned by Amway co-founder Rich DeVos along with his hotels, car dealerships and fitness centers.
"Rights Equal Rights will be rolling out many more activities over the next several months and years, asking people all over the world who believe in equality to boycott Amway and all its subsidiaries!," Karger said.