They have nothing better to do than bullying a private company into advertising where they deem is appropriate?
(MLive) — US Representatives Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit), Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Twp.) and John Dingell (D-Dearborn) were among 32 congressmen who authored a letter asking Lowe’s chairman and chief executive to reconsider his advertising decision regarding “All-American Muslim.”
The home-improvement chain pulled its advertising from the TLC show, which examines the lives of five Muslim families in Dearborn, after pressure from right-wing groups.
Loew’s has said it does not plan to reconsider its decision, which hasn’t stifled nationwide outrage.
The letter from the congressmen comes at the same time as the announcement of a Detroit-based protest of Lowe’s Home Improvement stores Saturday organized by a coalition of Christian and Muslim leaders, including the African American Ministers Leadership Council, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the People for the American Way Foundation. The demonstration will take place at a Lowe’s store in Allen Park at noon tomorrow.