Threats force chain to pull same-sex ads

Canada's largest movie chain will no longer run any "issue-driven advertising" in its 79 theatres after pre-film ads it's been carrying in support of same-sex marriage prompted a boycott of its theatres by opposing groups. "We were starting to get emails that were threatening to our staff," said Nuria Bronfman, the Toronto-based vice-president of corporate affairs for Famous Players. The man who placed the ad, another Famous Players executive, said he'd received death threats.

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