Conservative group’s boycott of Pepsi reaches 500,000 people

The American Family Association, which launched a boycott of Pepsi in January, claimed in a press release that the boycott is now 500,000 people strong. The AFA said it is boycotting PepsiCo because it supports “homosexual rights” — the company donated money to the Human Rights Campaign, which had worked to defeat California’s Prop 8. As part of the boycott, a church recently held a protest in downtown Atlanta, where members held signs proclaiming, “God hates Diet …