Conservatives have denied they ever
called for a boycott against Google over its Legalize Love gay
rights campaign.
Buster Wilson, general manager of the
American Family Association's (AFA) radio network, told listeners on
Wednesday that a Google boycott “is going to be a hard one for a
lot of us,” and would “test the meat of our convictions.”
Google's Legalize Love “is a
campaign to promote safer conditions for gay and lesbian people
inside and outside the office in countries with anti-gay laws on the
books,” a spokesperson for the Internet search giant told The
Washington Post.
On Thursday, Wilson denied he was
calling for a boycott, saying that the “homosexual lobby” had
“lied” about his words.
“I was speaking on my show about how
horrible it is that companies like Google, like Home Depot and
others, use their powerful influence in our communities to push the
gay agenda upon the rest of us. Like, pushing for homosexual
marriage. Demanding special designations and rights for them simply
because of their preferred sexual lifestyles,” Wilson
wrote in a blog post.
“I stated that It would BE TOUGH FOR
SOMEONE LIKE ME TO CHOOSE TO NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF SOMEONE LIKE
GOOGLE, BECAUSE I AM SO INTERTWINED WITH GOOGLE PRODUCTS (Android
phones, search engines, calendars, to do lists, youtube, google shop
and on and on and on…..).”
“I DID NOT ONCE USE THE TERM NOR DID
I STATE, CATEGORICALLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT AFA WAS CALLING FOR A
BOYCOTT OF GOOGLE. N-E-V-E-R! I referenced the fact that we WERE
boycotting other efforts to push the gay agenda. But I never called
for a boycott of Google. They are simply peddling a lie to say that I
did.”
Wilson also described Google's products
as “awesome,” “quite productive” and “enjoyable.”
Commenting
on the flap, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell made a quick reference
to the 2005 gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain.
“Ohhh boy, Buster's got it bad. I
mean you know right now he's just starring at Google and thinking, 'I
wish I knew how to quit you,'” O'Donnell said.