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- WELLS FARGO'S GAY UPLE AD SPARKS EVANGELIST PROTT
- WELLS FARGO: AD WH GAY COUPLE REFLECTS 'DEMOGRAPHIC REALY'
- GAY-IENDLY WELLS FARGO AD SPARKS NSERVATIVE PROTT
WELLS FARGO'S GAY UPLE AD SPARKS EVANGELIST PROTT
Christian Evangelist Frankl Graham has sparked an angry Facebook bate about gay rights when he announced he is pullg all of his anizatn's lns out of Wells Fargo acunts rponse to the bank's recent ad mpaign featurg a lbian uple. "Have you ever asked yourself--how n we fight the ti of moral y that is beg crammed down our throats by big bs, the media, and the gay & lbian muny?
But social media ers were quick to pot out the North Carola-based bank is a sponsor for Miami Beach Gay Pri, an annual ftival celebratg the LGBT muny. In rponse to Graham's cisn, BB&T's chief rporate munitns officer, Cytha Williams, issued a statement sayg the bank "embrac diversy and cln for our associat and all aspects of our bs" -- but the pany cled to take a formal posn on gay rights, sayg s sponsorship of the gay pri event do not imply an endorsement. " Related: Bog gay marriage study sends news outlets scramblg Wells Fargo (CBEAX) stood behd s ad mpaign and issued a statement sayg s support of the LGBT muny "reflects our pany's valu.
Competor JPMan Chase is currently nng ads that feature many highly succsful people cludg Ain-Amerins, Asian-Amerins and Hispanics as part of a major marketg other untri have also showsed lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr upl their marketg. Ran an ad featurg a gay uple, acrdg to The Fancial Brand.
WELLS FARGO: AD WH GAY COUPLE REFLECTS 'DEMOGRAPHIC REALY'
And Toronto-Domn Bank has placed ads newspapers and magaz across Canada that featured gay and lbian upl.
GAY-IENDLY WELLS FARGO AD SPARKS NSERVATIVE PROTT
Stati, many banks have n ads featurg same-sex upl niche media that targeted the LGBT muny specifilly and have shown their support other ways such as sponsorg gay pri events. Hoton police said 26-year-old Sarah Gay was a black Dodge Charger drivg northbound the southbound lan of I-45 near the Whe Oak ex. Gay then slammed to a black Kia R and gray Kia man and woman si the Kia R were pronounced ad at the scene.
Meanwhile, Gay and the driver of the Kia Soul were taken to the hospal wh non-life-threateng juri, police said. Acrdg to thori, Gay showed signs of impairment at the was charged wh two unts of toxitn inti of the man and woman killed are still pendg. It all started when two employe met for lunch the summer of 1991, a week after San Francis’s annual pri para — at the time lled the Internatnal Lbian & Gay Freedom Day Para.
"Over the weekend, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Associatn's print and CEO, Frankl Graham (Billy's son), posted on Facebook that the anizatn was movg s acunts om Wells Fargo to another bank bee s ad featured members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny. He lled on Christians to boytt the rporatn as well as to stop patronizg other pani that supported gay rights through marketg.