Hallmark apologizes for pulling same-sex ads

No self-respecting gay man would ever buy a Hallmark Card.

Oh, I thought someone was on here saying how POWERFUL and MIGHTY the one dozen mom crap is.

Let’s please hear from them now!

Seems like these moms are nobody losers. If you can t sure up Hallmark then you’ve lost.

Who will they lose next? Chic fil A?

They were so mad when they didn’t renew their hate donations.

They said they would be boycotting chic fil a

Well?????

We need a retaliatory organization called Two Million Dads to protest any protests against gay content on TV.

Great publicity for this wedding service company. All the gays will be hiring them.

Let this be a lesson to other network heads: don't fuck with the gays cuz we've got power, too

2 HALLMARK STORES NEAR ME HAVE CLOSED RECENTLY.

They need the gay money.

Cuntface Cole has already called for a boycott.

Just so we know more about the One Million Moms group, there ain't 1,000,000 moms. Please refer to the attached link.

Why do they think they get to decide what is aired and what isn’t. They are not some ordained committee.

People who are constantly obsessed with gays or other groups or other people in general have serious issues.

Mind your own business.

“the One Million Moms group, there ain't 1,000,000 moms.”

So they are a house of cards.

I hope Disney fucks the "150 moms" over next by making Elsa a big ol' lesbian.

Lol

Fuck these meddling religionists, trying to police everyone else. I wish them the worst.

R12 they never will

Am I too conspiracy-minded? I can't help but think this was some sort of play between advertiser and network for long-term whatever might have been hoped for.

There are "Hallmark stores"? I had no idea.

Good for Hallmark!

Ok, it happened clusterfuck-style, but in the end they stood up to that shitty "way fewer than a million moms" gang of marauders!

Who's next?

First, a) how many people actually go to Hallmark stores for do-dads or cards; or b) how many people go to the 99 cent store or Dollar Tree to purchase said similar items for at least 25% off the Hallmark prices, including some of non-card their products? And, c) how many people actually send cards nowadays.

Hallmark is in some of the ‘dollar’ stores. They put their lower tiered products there.

Does Hallmark still have independent stores? Malls are dying and the people who go to the few remaining malls in my area don't exactly buy cards.

I think people have gotten over elaborate cards (unless it's a group sort of thing) or "top of the line" cards, even the fraus. We just need something moderately pretty to write a greeting inside, an inside that's preferably mostly blank. It's kind of obscene that an "average" birthday card can be up to $4-5 (or is it more, because I haven't gotten a regularly priced card since I became familiar with Dollar Tree). Rather spend it for the gift.

I’m sure Hallmark is either diversified or they have been sold off for parts to a hedge fund.

Brands don’t die anymore, they either adapt or they are murdered by evil private equity.

Does anyone remember the ad campaigns where people turned to the back of their cards to see if they were hallmark? When you care to send the best? T Something like that.

I told a friend about it and they accused me of making it up or misremembering. Then I tried to google it and then noting. No YouTube videos to prove it.

But I distinctly remember it. I might have even brought it up here before.

R23 I am 55 and remember that campaign which ran for years. God how tacky.

Wow, R23 & 24, I'm also 55 but don't remember that (though I spent a lot of time in school and over-working)' that's exceedingly tacky and, actually, kind of frau mean. You didn't get the right brand? Verboten, bitch!

Yes, the ads did show the card recipient turning the card over to see if it was Hallmark. Old enough here to remember.

Yes, that was their ad campaign: "Hallmark. When you care enough to send the very best."

Thank you guys. I knew I wasn’t crazy.

Geez remember when cards were really a thing?

Sure do remember those ads R23