"[6] The FFA unsuccessfully opposed an Orlando city ordinance to provide job and housing protection to gays,[7] and an anti-bullying bill aimed at banning bullying based on a student's sexual orientation.
"[16] The FFA has also called on schools to stop visits from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization that facilitates speaking engagements to educate on stereotypes, human rights and women in Islam.
[17] An Orlando reverend, Joel Hunter, voiced opposition to intolerance against Muslims and subsequently received hundreds of emails and letters from the FFA, one of which said, "I hope your family dies in a fire.
"[18] In September 2013, the FFA flew a banner before a Cincinnati Bengals football game that targeted Procter & Gamble due to their advertisements airing on television network Al Jazeera America.
But Lowe's Vice President Tom Lamb later said, "The decision was absolutely not, despite what's been reported in the media, influenced by any one group.
"[24] Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Daniel Ruth described Caton as a "biblical bully" and a "plague of boils on the community’s spiritual life.
[27] California State Senator Ted Lieu wrote to Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock calling the company's action "bigoted, shameful and un-American.
"[28] Minnesota Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, said that Caton displays "a startling lack of information about Islam" and called the FFA a "fringe group that is literally promoting hatred and bigotry.