(I don’t think its stupid at all. Look at the recent results of the episode with Tyson in Shelbyville, TN.
Boycotts (threatened or otherwise) and bad publicity CAN get a company to change policy!)
I disagree on the possibility of outcomes.. All you are doing is giving Hallmark more reason to write YOU (people that feel and beleive as you) OFF.
There is LARGE money in the Homosexual Community and Agenda. Why do you think the Democrat Party is in bed with them, no pun intended.
So you announce a big boycott. Hallmark takes note checks it sale relative to you (Boycott) and relative to the Homosexual agenda.
You would have to have a MAJOR impact in their dollars for them to notice the loss of your business compared to the pick up from the Homosexual agenda.
If their figures show no net loss from those that oppose the Homosexual agenda as compared to the gain by those from the homosexual agenda, this is what will happen.
Hallmark will produce even less cards / items suitable to you and increase those desired by the Homosexual agenda and then other agendas that you would likely have issue with.
Now all that said. I already shop for cards and related items at a local Christian Gift shop or I order online from Christian or Socially responsible companies.
Of course there in lies the problem. Hallmark already realized this and that is why they are courting new markets.
OK, so if nobody counters their amoral business decision, we just give our approval for more by default?!
I agree with you about simply buying something else (or better yet, make it or print it via desktop programs) but to go off into the night without a whimper is just whimpy. We need to make noise, even if ineffective. Personally, I’m glad somebody took the ball and I’ll follow the boycott.
BINGO! And that is what is behind companies (Ford, McDonald's) supporting the agenda and courting the demographic. Maybe I am wrong, but I don't remember seeing Hallmark cards targeted to, say, interracial couples. Must not have met the profitability margin. There are a good many wedding cards out there already that do not depict a man and woman or make reference to the gender of the parties in the verse. Why create a new class of cards?
It's a pity, I liked the Hallmark channel and its mostly wholesome fare. I have bought Hallmark cards in the past, but frankly, most commercially-made cards are too expensive.