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Don't Boycott Target Over Transgender Bathroom Issue: Here's a Better Alternative
Christian Post ^ | 04/23/2016 | Carmen Fowler LaBerge

Posted on 04/24/2016 5:28:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Advocates of traditional family values are calling for a boycott of Target in response to the retail giant's announcement that they allow transgender people to use the restroom and dressing room that aligns with their preferred gender identity. The other way of saying this is that grown men have unrestricted and no-questions-asked access to bathrooms designated for women and girls.

Via their website, Target announced, "[W]e welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity. …Everyone deserves to feel like they belong."

Critics allege that this move is less common sense than nonsense by putting women and girls at risk of increased predation because sexually predatory men will use Target's policy to gain access to female victims. These are very serious concerns, and should not be minimized.

So how can we act to protect the most vulnerable in our society and actually effect change?

Three considerations to tamp down the hair-on-fire call to boycott Target:

1. While it is true that sexual predators exploit the freedom and trust in our society, predatory behavior remains illegal at all times in all places. Target is on notice that there is concern and fear that their policy invites predation. They should be given the opportunity to prove to be a good corporate citizen by announcing specific plans to insure the safety of all people while in their stores.

2. We need to step back and acknowledge what's actually happening on a larger scale and deeper level. The culture has shifted and nonsense has replaced common sense in many sectors. What was once considered absurd now demands not only accommodation but cultural adulation. That brings to the reality that transgender people feel as uncomfortable in a restroom that does not align with their gender identity as you feel with the idea of sharing a restroom with a person whose anatomy does not align with the sign on the door.

This is complicated and culturally contentious but raising the alert level to full-scale-screaming does not help. There is a clear contest underway in our culture: is gender a God-designed binary reality or is it a mutable fluid of the individual?

If Christians start boycotting every corporation that operates out of progressivism's politically-correct profit-motives, our choices are going to be very narrow, our voice further sidelined and our influence further diminished.

3. The boycott war is neither persuasive nor effective. States, colleges, professional sports associations, global corporations and performers have all joined the boycott of states whose laws require that in public environments, people use the restroom that corresponds with their birth certificate. So maybe boycotting Target is tit-for-tat turn-around-is-fair-play. But what does that accomplish?

Maybe a corporate engagement strategy through Target stock shareholders or a proactive campaign that seeks to fight predation of women and girls and addresses the dehumanizing abusive bullying of transgender people would yield superior results. The current boycott war is only driving us further apart from those with whom we disagree and those whose challenges we don't understand. (And yes, I'll be escorting my minor children to the bathroom while simultaneously exercising my second amendment right.)

Alternatives to a boycott:

How might we influence the conversation without threatening withdrawal and boycott? Is being further sidelined and isolated really the most effective approach for Christians who hope to positively influence the culture? How can we help insure every person's privacy and protection, including women, girls and transgender people? Is there a simple and reasonable accommodation that satisfies all concerned? What about the addition of single access, single occupancy restrooms or changing rooms?

Suggesting that boycotting Target misses the target is not to say that as consumers and citizens we should be silent or passive.

Each of us and all of us need to be proactive about our own protection: if you are a woman and you are by yourself and need to use the restroom or changing room, ask a female associate to monitor the facility. If a person who presents as male seeks entry, the Target employee should inform that customer that the facility is occupied and currently unavailable. If they can't wait, they could be directed to the single occupancy facility. If they protest, they should be informed that although their right to use the restroom or changing room of their choice is Target's policy, that policy holds for every guest and team member. And the guest or team member currently using the facility has asked for a reasonable accommodation of their safety. And if we're talking about your child, you should be in the facility with them at all times.

Instead of boycotting, why not call on Target to insure the safety of women and girls while they are also providing reasonable accommodation to transgender individuals? Instead of widening the chasm why not find the common concern of privacy and safety which stands at the center of concern for both groups?

If you'd like to weigh in personally, call Target Guest Relations at 1-800-440-0680. Share your concerns on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/target.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bathroom; boycott; boycotts; damagecontrol; homosexualagenda; moralabsolutes; target; transgender; transgenderbathrooms
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To: tuffydoodle
I went in there once when the store opened and the toilet seat was up, urine on the bowl.

You weren't thankful the seat was UP?

181 posted on 04/24/2016 12:41:55 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: doldrumsforgop
Target’s official policy is to no allow CC in its stores.

Carry anyway.

It's CONCEALED; isn't it??

182 posted on 04/24/2016 12:45:14 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Gaffer
I would even go to the point of getting a license to carry a concealed weapon if the state I lived in allows that.

IF???

Don't you KNOW?

183 posted on 04/24/2016 12:46:33 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: TruthBeforeAll
Use the damn bathroom that fits one's anatomical make-up.

You go in the stall. You use the facilities.

Who's to know whether you be danglin' or not?


Now if someone with girly parts wants to use a urinal; I say go for it.

Not many of us guys are going to be leaning over to see.

Those that do; well...

184 posted on 04/24/2016 12:49:19 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: doldrumsforgop
Bringing firearms to Target...

Doers anyone else here have a problem with this???

How about a crossbow instead?


I'd think that having a name like TARGET would just set you up for WEAPONS being aimed at you!

185 posted on 04/24/2016 12:52:26 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: FatherofFive
They push 'diversity' programs that counts skin color and genitalia above performance and results.

It keeps them in a job.

186 posted on 04/24/2016 12:54:06 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

I chatted with a young woman who manages a convenience store near me. I mentioned a robbery at a nearby c-store, and she related that local police told her to carry anyway, even though her c-store chain prohibits employees being armed.


187 posted on 04/24/2016 12:54:26 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: lucky american

...build a separate, one stall, transgender bathroom. Problem fixed.

AMEN!

188 posted on 04/24/2016 12:57:59 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Ransomed
The ones who claim they are what they aren’t would never use them.

They would or ELSE!

That what LAWS are for!

189 posted on 04/24/2016 12:59:20 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Hypothetical as a person in one of the fifty states. Of course I have a Weapons Carry License. Have had for years.


190 posted on 04/24/2016 1:01:40 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: PGalt

I don’t know Target’s history. Is it anything like J.C Penney’s, which chain was the brainchild of a man who was so Christian that he vowed to God He would keep only 10% of wages andtithe 90%? He could not contain the money that flowed into his stores after that. Sadly, the homogoons inveigled that chain and have destroyed it, virtually.


191 posted on 04/24/2016 1:07:29 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: BlackAdderess
If you know kids, you know they are not so easy to manage in their bladder and #2 behaviors. Spontaneity is their hallmark ...
192 posted on 04/24/2016 1:09:17 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: jdsteel
The first two cover “Queer”.

Used to.

Now the first FOUR do.

193 posted on 04/24/2016 1:16:00 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: LYDIAONTARIO
The goal of sexual perverts And muslims is to destroy Christianity.

SATAN...

194 posted on 04/24/2016 1:17:55 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: daniel1212
...and took and finger printed me,...

On what AUTHORITY?

195 posted on 04/24/2016 1:19:29 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: daniel1212
But as all have sinned, may they and all find grace to repent and be born again by contrite faith in ther risen Lord Jesus.

AMEN!!




 

 

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and
their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men
from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them
."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

Psalms 12:8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Doonesbury Cartoon for Feb/08/2013

Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.


Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.



2 Peter 2

1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done.
Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.



But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.


If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
 

 
 
 
 
 
 


The Health Risks of gay sex.

196 posted on 04/24/2016 1:20:59 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: jjotto

Sounds like a wise idea.

But don’t complain if; and when; your boss finds out and fires you.


197 posted on 04/24/2016 1:23:05 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Gaffer

I noticed as I further down the thread.


198 posted on 04/24/2016 1:23:45 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

I told her I approved. (I’ve seen her at a range, which explains her confiding in me.) Convenience store manager jobs are easy to replace (here anyway) for a young, sharp person with a work ethic.


199 posted on 04/24/2016 1:28:41 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Elsie
On what AUTHORITY?

A form of citizens arrest i guess.

200 posted on 04/24/2016 1:43:09 PM PDT by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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