ByABC News
July 26, 2008, 6:42 PM
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- U.S.-based candy maker Mars says it is pulling a Snickers television advertisement in the United Kingdom that prompted a complaint from a gay rights group.
A statement from Mars issued late Thursday said the ad featuring the actor Mr. T is the second in a series that was meant to be funny and has been received well there.
But Mars says the ad is not meant to be offensive and it is pulling it.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation criticized the ad as using stereotypes of gay men.
It's the second time in a year-and-a-half that the privately held company has pulled an ad after receiving complaints that it was homophobic.
In the ad, Mr. T berates a speedwalking man as a "disgrace to the man race."
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