{"id":2421,"date":"2016-03-13T21:06:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T02:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2016-03-13T21:06:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T02:06:43","slug":"mcdonalds-debuts-new-gay-themed-ad-in-taiwan-faces-boycott-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/2421","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s debuts new gay-themed ad in Taiwan, faces boycott threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By John Mack Freeman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new television ad from McDonald&#8217;s that debuted in Taiwan that features a same-sex couple has been met with hostility in that country.?Here is the ad:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Eng Sub] McCaf\u00e9&#039;s Gay Ads in Taiwan\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwo-_3Vs_yY?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2016\/03\/10\/mcdonalds-facing-boycott-in-taiwan-over-this-repugnant-gay-advert\/\">PinkNews<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Alliance of Taiwan Religious Groups for the Protection of Family has announced a boycott of the company, citing the ad?s ?polluted? moral values of love and acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>The group fumed: ?Because McDonald?s is frequented by many children, it is especially important to oppose the promotion of same-sex behaviour.?<\/p>\n<p>?It opposes all advertising that miseducates children on sexual behavior? and ?rebukes and boycotts all enterprises that are polluting the next generation.?<\/p>\n<p>According to Adweek, a spokesperson fumed: ?Even if you want to just take a leak at a McDonald?s bathroom, you can?t help but feel polluted.?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Mack Freeman A new television ad from McDonald&#8217;s that debuted in Taiwan that features a same-sex couple has been met with hostility in that country.?Here is the ad: Via PinkNews: The Alliance of Taiwan Religious Groups for the Protection of Family has announced a boycott of the company, citing the ad?s ?polluted? moral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,57],"tags":[655,656,654,153],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carousel","category-media-of-note","tag-glbt-advertising","tag-glbt-commercial","tag-mcdonalds","tag-taiwan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}