FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | December 5, 2005

Joint Statement on Media Reports of Ford Motor Company Entering Into Confidential Agreement with American Family Association

(San Francisco, CA, December 5, 2005) —"We are deeply dismayed by reports in the media and otherwise that the Ford Motor Company has entered into a confidential agreement with the extremist American Family Association (AFA) that requires Ford to stop advertising in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media. If there is an agreement with AFA, we expect Ford to disavow it. We expect Ford to publicly reaffirm its historic support for our community. And, we expect Ford to meet with LGBT representatives this week to resolve these concerns."

• Family Pride
• Freedom to Marry
• Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
• Human Rights Campaign
• Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union
• Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
• National Black Justice Coalition
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC)
• Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
• PFLAG National (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
• Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
• Triangle Foundation