An ultra-conservative American organization has criticized a campaign by Office Depot and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, arguing that it will “inspire” young teenagers to embrace the gay lifestyle. The campaign aims to create a “braver, kinder school year” for students, but the Florida Family Association (FFA) disagrees. The Florida conservatives argued that the pop star's backing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and the reported $1 million donation is an “irresponsible message to many teens who would have eventually chosen to be straight.” “The one million dollar pledge from Office Depot to the Lady Gaga Born this Way Foundation will influence many teens to embrace homosexuality for their lifetime who may have otherwise worked through their crisis with straight results,” FFA officials wrote on their website before urging readers to send an email to Office Depot authorities expressing their distaste for the project. They continue: “Thousands of kids who might have otherwise worked through their pubescent sexual identity issues will be inspired to accept the wrong choice based upon this unscientific, emotionally charged propaganda. What's brave or kind about telling thousands of sexually frustrated teens that they were Born This Way when a high percentage of them would have ended up taking the straight heterosexual path for life?” Lady Gaga has been an ardent proponent of LGBT rights in recent years, but has faced much criticism from ultra-conservative groups, especially conservative Christian organizations who often claim Gaga is pushing youth to be gay.
