McDonald’s in Taiwan recently made a new commercial on the theme of “acceptance.” The commercial begins with a father and son sitting face to face in a McDonald’s restaurant, each with a cup of coffee in front of him. However, the father’s face looks very gloomy, as the son’s coffee cup has “I like men” written on it. The son awaits his father’s response, but the father maintains his silence, and, without saying a word, picks up his coffee and leaves, leaving the son all by himself, weeping.
Unexpectedly, after a short while the father returns with his coffee cup and sits down facing his son, who waits anxiously for his father to say something. The father still says nothing, but takes the pen from his son’s side of the table and picks up his son’s coffee cup with “I like men” written on it. The father then starts writing on his son’s cup. When he has finished writing, he gives the coffee cup to his son. Upon seeing what his father has written, the son’s eyes become moist. The father has added three words to his son’s coffee cup to make it read: “I accept that you like men.”
After the commercial went public, it immediately drew many netizens’ attention, as well as that of the homophobic Alliance of Religious Groups for the Love of Families Taiwan. Alliance secretary-general Chang Shou-yi said that McDonald’s should not openly advocate gay issues. The group issued a statement saying that it would launch a campaign to dissuade people from buying from or visiting McDonald’s, adding that even using McDonald’s toilets would make them feel tainted. After reading the organization’s statement, Chinese student movement leader Wang Dan said, “I am more concerned about McDonald’s toilets getting tainted by people like you.” Designer Nieh Yung-chen posted a comment in his Facebook timeline, saying that the organization should just emigrate off the Earth. Taoyuan City Councilor Xavier Wang reminded the organization that Facebook is also gay friendly. He added that if the alliance is determined to stubbornly oppose gay rights, it should remember not to use iPhones, search with Google or consume cola drinks.
Photo: Ethan Zhan, Taipei Times
照片：台北時報詹豐造
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
台灣麥當勞最近推出一支以「接納」為主題的新廣告。影片一開始，一對父子在麥當勞裡面面對面坐著，兩人前面都擺著一杯咖啡。但父親的表情很凝重，因為兒子的咖啡杯上寫著「我喜歡男生」。兒子等待著父親的回應，但父親沉默再沉默之後，什麼也沒說，就拿著自己的咖啡走掉了，留下兒子一個人在那邊啜泣。
想不到沒多久，父親就拿著咖啡杯回來了，坐回兒子對面。兒子帶著忐忑的心，等待父親發表意見。但父親一樣什麼也沒說，就拿起兒子桌上的筆，拿起兒子那杯寫著「我喜歡男生」的咖啡杯，開始在上面寫字。寫完，父親將咖啡杯還給兒子。兒子看了，就哭了。原來父親在兒子的咖啡杯上加了三個字：「我『接受你』喜歡男生」。
廣告推出後，立即受到許多網友的關注，卻也引來反對同性戀的護家盟注意。護家盟秘書長張守一表示反對麥當勞公開鼓吹同志議題。護家盟更發出聲明：「對麥當勞發起拒絕購買與抵制去麥當勞的行動，連去借廁所都感到被污染。」中國學運領袖王丹看了後表示：「我還擔心麥當勞的廁所被你們污染呢！」設計師聶永真則在臉書開砲：「護家盟乾脆搬離地球好了。」桃園市議員王浩宇則提醒護家盟：「臉書也是挺同志的喔！」他還補充說明，如果真的要堅持反同志，「記得iPhone不能用、Google不能搜，可樂不能喝喔！」
(自由時報綜合報導)
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