Lowe’s ‘bigoted’ for pulling ‘All-American Muslim’ ads (CA Dem senator threatens legislative action)

Lowe’s ‘bigoted’ for pulling ‘All-American Muslim‘ ads (CA Dem senator threatens legislative action)

Los Angeles Times ^ | December 11, 2011

Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2011 4:26:34 PM by Cincinatus’ Wife

A California state senator called on home improvement chain Lowe’s to apologize for pulling advertising from a TV show featuring the lives of Muslim families.

Lowe’s pulled advertising from Discovery Channel/TLC’s “All-American Muslim” after the Florida Family Assn. complained about the show, which it called “propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values.”

State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) wrote a letter Saturday to Lowe’s Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Niblock in which he called the decision to pull advertising from the show “bigoted, shameful, and un-American” and “profoundly ignorant.” He demanded that the company rescind its action and apologize or face boycotts and legislative action.

“Lowe’s religious discrimination is the equivalent of a company asserting that it is pulling advertising from the Christian Broadcast Network’s 700 Club because the program somehow ‘riskily hides’ the agenda of Christian radicalized groups such as Aryan Nation,” Lieu wrote. “That assertion would, of course, be utter nonsense and religious bigotry.”

Lowe’s issued a statement in which it apologized for having “managed to make some people very unhappy” but did not say it would reinstate advertising on the show.

“Individuals and groups have strong political and societal views on this topic, and….

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