TOMS' TRAVAILS

Blake Mycoskie, so cute. He reminds us of one of the Lauren boys.

Blake Mycoskie owns TOMS shoes.

The company is in a tangled mess with focus on the family --BARF! GAG!-- a hideous ignorant group that compares LGBT folks to prostitutes; pedophiles; voyeurs; adulterers.

TOMS teamed up with this awful group to help distribute shoes in Africa. And, to add more humiliation, Blake spoke at one of their events.

Recently, the gross fotf has been publicizing their relationship with TOMS shoes.

Mycoskie has learned what this group is all about (just now?) and their hostile anti-gay position thus he is quickly distancing himself and his company from the hate group.

That idiotic group is now pissed and trying to call Blake out on it.

TOMS shoes/Mycoskie issued this statement:

Had I known the full extent of Focus on the Family’s beliefs, I would not have accepted the invitation to speak at their event. It was an oversight on my part and the company’s part and one we regret. In the last 18 months we have presented at over 70 different engagements and we do our best to make sure we choose our engagements wisely, on this one we chose poorly.

Furthermore, contrary to what has been reported, Focus on the Family is not a TOMS giving partner.

So there is no misunderstanding created by this mistake, let me clearly state that both TOMS, and I as the founder, are passionate believers in equal human and civil rights for all. That belief is a core value of the company and of which we are most proud.