Chicago Tribune: The American Family Association has ended a five-month boycott of McDonald's Corp. after Richard Ellis, formerly McDonald's vice president of U.S. communications, left the board of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The conservative Christian group had been calling for the resignation.
Ellis recently left his U.S. post and returned to an executive position in McDonald's Canadian operation, McDonald's officials said. Ellis resigned from the U.S. association's board because he is now based in Canada.
The American Family Association also said McDonald's notified it that the restaurant giant has no plans to renew its membership in the chamber when it expires at the end of the year. McDonald's provided $20,000 to be one of the corporate sponsors of the chamber's annual fundraising gala.
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