Here is a link to the American Family Association website that sent out the “alert.” They say that Lowe’s has contacted them and apologized for the catalogue and say that they will call them “Christmas Trees” in their fliers. But they put out the catalogue as “Family Trees” and the Daily Kos has a lovely article today saying that “Family Tree” sounds so inclusive!
http://www.afa.net/Petitions/Issuedetail.asp?id=276
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/11/13/15394/506