Gay activists boycott AMWAY after president donates $500,000 to traditional marriage
August 10, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – In 2009, Amway President Doug DeVos donated half a million dollars to the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). On August 3, his donation came under attack by gay activist Fred Karger ’s Rights Equal Rights organization in the form of a global boycott. The reason for the boycott, according to RightsEqualRights.com , is to “support our friends and…keep pressure on the mega-donors to NOM and other likeminded organizations and individuals who so vigorously oppose Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) equality.” Amway's Doug Devos NOM has recently urged boycotts of Starbucks and General Mills , who have donated significant sums of money to supporting gay “marriage,” which Rights Equal Rights gives as further reason for the boycott of Amway. But the difference, according to NOM President Brian Brown , is that “unlike our opponents, we do not target whole companies for the actions of an individual business executive in