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Target not budging – so AFA stands firm
ONE News ^ | May 12, 2016 | Chris Woodward

Posted on 05/12/2016 11:22:53 AM PDT by aquila48

A boycott of Target continues following a meeting between company officials and representatives from the American Family Association, which initiated the boycott that has attracted more than a million individual supporters.

Target is inviting transgender employees and customers to use the bathroom and changing room for the gender they identify with. According to Target, the policy is all about inclusivity and making people feel welcome.

American Family Association is boycotting Target, saying the policy puts women and children at risk of sexual predators who may take advantage of the policy. After AFA shared these concerns with Target officials Wednesday, the retailer stood by its policy.

"Target was very polite and very professional and they heard out our concerns over their restroom and changing room policy ... but Target stood by their position – and therefore the boycott will continue," says Walker Wildmon of AFA.

The family advocacy group has collected 1.2-million petition signatures, and on Wednesday hand-delivered one-million of those signatures at Target headquarters in Minneapolis.

(Excerpt) Read more at onenewsnow.com ...


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Let's keep the pressure on!
1 posted on 05/12/2016 11:22:53 AM PDT by aquila48
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TARGET STANDS FIRM
So Squat .. !
and flush twice !
2 posted on 05/12/2016 11:24:26 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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To: aquila48

Was going to Target last night and drive right past them, to Walmart.


3 posted on 05/12/2016 11:25:49 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: aquila48

Change “all feel welcome” to “ mentally ill folks feel welcome”

Fixed.

As for Target, FU until the sun goes dark.


4 posted on 05/12/2016 11:26:32 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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I've not set foot in Target since this ill-considered decision. Costs me a little more to shop elsewhere (hello WalMart!!), but I don't care.

I'm sure that the couple hundred bucks a month that I dropped at Target won't bankrupt them, but I hope that a couple of million people feel the same way I do.

I like Target. Hopefully, the board comes to their senses and cans the current executive team.

5 posted on 05/12/2016 11:27:14 AM PDT by wbill
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

How many “Transgender” employees does Target have?


6 posted on 05/12/2016 11:27:21 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus headsConservatus)
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To: aquila48

As I said, until you see a quarterly report where Target underperformed its sector, don’t expect them to budge. If you can’t hit their bottom line hard, they aren’t going to change....

Last quarters earnings call is coming up, but the policy went into place just a week or two before the end of quarter... so, doubt you will see any impact, So, will have to wait probably until August to see any impact on anything they have to release publicly.


7 posted on 05/12/2016 11:28:12 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Da Coyote

Bruce Jenner I hear is now not sure which bathroom he will be choosing. Says maybe he is going to UN transition...these folks are mentally dangerous and need a separate bathroom just for them..


8 posted on 05/12/2016 11:28:22 AM PDT by rovenstinez (Har)
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To: aquila48

Creating the policy is like paying protection money to the mob. By bowing to the Left, Target avoids being pilloried by every journalist, politician, college student, celebrity, rent-a-mobster, etc.


9 posted on 05/12/2016 11:29:50 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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And of course when Target collapses they’ll blame the Right Wing Conservatives for their demise.


10 posted on 05/12/2016 11:30:23 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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these folks are mentally dangerous and need a separate bathroom just for them..

In a mental institution.

11 posted on 05/12/2016 11:30:52 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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I am starting to notice retailers permanently closing their customer restrooms, rather than get dragged into this controversy. So the only ones that suffer here are people with health conditions that compel frequent bathroom breaks.


12 posted on 05/12/2016 11:32:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: aquila48

There will be an incident at Target where a man either will expose or assault a women/child in the restroom.

There will be a civil lawsuit and Target will loose big time. I can hear the plaintiff’s attorney saying, “Target has failed in taking necessary precautions to protect my client in their store and provide a safe environment for customers.”

Lawyers can these “SLAM DUNK” cases.


13 posted on 05/12/2016 11:33:09 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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SCREW’M!

Never buy from Target again. I went back last year only because they had a specific product I like that nobody else carries, but I’ll adjust my likes rather than buy from them again. I’d quit before over the Christmas brouhaha, but now for good.


14 posted on 05/12/2016 11:33:14 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: aquila48

I wonder what really goes into their calculations to make them stick to this insanity.

A million people protest, which probably means quite a few more say nothing but will never walk in the door again.

Yet being PC is more important. Either they’re getting $$$ from some LBGTQ organization, or even the government to cover the losses, or they figure everyone else is going to do the same thing so it won’t matter anyway.

Strange days we live in.


15 posted on 05/12/2016 11:33:24 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: aquila48

Target shareholders should sue the BOD for putting politics before business. It’s malfeasance, at least.


16 posted on 05/12/2016 11:33:58 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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To: aquila48

Or, “Shooting at an obstinate Target”

They’re looking at it from the stand point of, will their Liberal business increase to make up for it.

Maybe it will.

I could have said something about coming at this thing this precipitously. Driving them further into the arms of the “enemy.” This is not a new problem either.


17 posted on 05/12/2016 11:34:42 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Oh and: Target Stocks Crash Down Another $2 Billion… CEO Defends Pro-Transgender Policy


18 posted on 05/12/2016 11:35:25 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: TMA62

We shall see, we shall see.


19 posted on 05/12/2016 11:36:01 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: SkyDancer

Compared to whom? Got to look at the entire sector (including wally world)


20 posted on 05/12/2016 11:36:42 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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