Famous Players cuts same-sex ads after threats

February 19, 2005 D. H. McKee

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[Z] – I sadly wonder about people who fight *against* the Charter of Rights and Freedoms :
Canada’s largest movie-theatre chain will no longer run ads supporting same-sex marriage after opposing groups boycotted its theatres.
Famous Players will no longer run any “issue-driven advertising” in its 79 theatres, The Globe and Mail reported, after staff received death threats and movements against same-sex unions boycotted theatres for running ads in support of same-sex marriage.
The two pre-film 15-second ads that were sponsored by Canadians for Equal Marriage, will not be running as of this weekend, said Nuria Bronfman, the Toronto-based vice-president of corporate affairs for Famous Players.
CTV.ca | Famous Players cuts same-sex ads after threats

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