Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who was invited to speak to Congress by House Minority Leader Nanci Pelosi (D). Sandra had previously been denied the opportunity to speak at a committee hearing by Rep. Darrell Issa (R), who had invited all male religious figures to discuss President Obama's current push to require reproductive health needs to be covered by all employers. Rush called Sandra a "slut," a "prostitute," and a "feminazi," and suggested that she should make sex tapes "so we can all watch."
Since then, Rush has apologized for the way in which he said those things, but not actually for the things he said. Because of all this, sponsors have been running in the opposite direction. With that in mind, he asks:
What responsibility do sponsors have when choosing programming?This is an issue that I have been following very carefully, along with the entire birth control debate. In terms of advertisers, I believe they have a huge responsibility to choose to support programs that align with views as a company. That does mean that certain organization, like religious ones, will choose to support things that I may not agree with. However, I don't believe anyone should support any individual or group that actively promotes hatred, bigotry, or insulting people/ideas/groups/ect that are different or not fully understood.
This all honestly reminds me of the JC Penny vs One Million Moms debacle. JCP decided to have Ellen DeGeneres as their new spokesperson. The group One Million Moms (consisting of only 40,000 members) demanded that JCP drop her as their spokesperson or risk being boycott for abandoning traditional family values.
It really sickens me, personally, to see groups that are promoting a lifestyle that purposely seeks to undermine the rights of those. But those are my feelings.
What do you think about companies or groups that get involved with politics, especially unpopular opinions or hot topics? What about companies that lobby in Congress?
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