Ok, so...save your television...save your self!!

Here's some fun news: the ever-selfless folks over at the gay-hating American Family Association have spent hundreds of manhours watching and logging television shows in order to provide us, the country's gays, with a list of the top ten gay-supporting advertisers.

The kids at the AFA came at the project with a discipline that bordered on scientific (the other side bordered on "fascist", but that's another story entirely). First, they determined what were to them the most gay-promoting shows. They included:
Ugly Betty,ER, Desperate House-Wives (their spelling), The Simpsons, The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters, The Class, America's Next Top Model (loved by podismycopilot)

Funny -- while they claimed to have nabbed the list from GLAAD, that also happens to be a list of some of the most popular and critically lauded shows currently on the air (even The Class won a People's Choice Award). Maybe they mistook "gay supporting" for "quality". They even provide this analysis in their "results":
In each program monitored, homosexuality was promoted in a positive manner as a normal and accepted lifestyle. Some scenes included homosexuals kisses and bedrooms scenes. In instances where opposition to homosexuality was portrayed, the opposing character was publicly ridiculed or condemned by the other characters on the program.
They watched these homo-heavy shows (must have been torture to expose themselves to such well-written entertainment -- er, immoral content) and counted the number of ads that major companies ran during them. They then tallied the results and determined the top gay supporting companies -- in fact, they even gave handy lists of the companies' products and contact information for each, perhaps so that appreciative gays like ourselves can contact the companies and thank them for their support.

Which I suggest we do -- the full details are below (because I'll be damned if I'm linking to their hateful site -- or actually, too late for that,I do hang out with the gays... right?).

Thanks, AFA! You sure saved me a lot of Googling!
1. Ford Motor CompanyChairman William Clay Ford, Jr. P. O. Box 1899 Dearborn, MI 48121 Phone 313-322-3000 Fax: 313-845-7512 Toll Free: 1-800-392-3673 Toll Free: 800-555-5259 PRODUCTS: Ford cars and trucks, Mazda, Jaguar luxury cars, Lincoln luxury cars, Mercury cars and minivans, Volvo automobiles.
2. Toyota President and CEO Yukitoshi Funo Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. 19001 S. Western Ave. Torrance, CA 90509 Phone: 310-468-4000 Fax: 310-468-7800 PRODUCTS: Camry, Corolla, Tacoma, Tundra, Lexus
3. AT&T Corporation Chairman Edward Whitacre, Jr. 32 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10013-2412 Consumer Services 1-800-222-0300 PRODUCTS: Wireless and Internet service, Cingular, Blackjack phone, long distance phone service
4. Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company Chairman Alan G. Lafley - lafley.ag@pg.com 1 Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 Business Office Number: 513-983-1100 FAX: 513-983-4381 PRODUCTS: Bounty, Clairol, Cover Girl, Gilette, Folger's, Downy and more.
5. Revlon Revlon, Inc. President Jack Stahl 625 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022 212-527-4000 Fax: 212-527-4995 PRODUCTS: Revlon branded beauty products.
6. Glaxo Smith Kline CEO Dr Jean-Pierre Garnier One Franklin Plaza PO Box 7929 Philadelphia PA 19101 Toll free: 888-825-5249 Phone: 215-751-4638 Fax: 919-315-3344 PRODUCTS: Abreva, Advair, Aquafresh, Boniva, Nicoderm, Nasonex.
7. Unilever Unilever US, Inc 700 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs NJ 07632 Phone: 201-894-2808 Fax: 201-871-8047 PRODUCTS: Degree, Dove, Slimfast, Snuggle Suave, Sunsilk.
8. Daimler Chrysler Corporation President Dieter Zetsche 1000 Chrysler Drive Auburn Hills, MI 48326 Phone: 248-576-5741 Fax: 248-576-4742 PRODUCTS: Dodge, Mercedes, Jeep, Ram trucks
9. Verizon Communications Ivan Seidenberg, Co-CEO Chairman Charles R. Lee 1095 Ave. of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 395-2121 Fax: (212) 921-2971
10. The Quaker Oats Company President Robert S. Morrison 321 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60610-4714 Phone: 312-222-7111 Fax: 312-222-8323 Consumer toll-free: 1-800-367-6287 PRODUCTS: Gatorade, cereals, oatmeal.

So be sure to run out and buy some Gatorade, Sunsilk, and a Dodge Ram today!

(thanks T.V.tattle)