Posted on 05/18/2014 4:53:38 PM PDT by Morgana
I have some money in Sun Trust Bank.
I am evaluating whether to sever ties with them. I am extremely angry that they would be involved in shunning a good customer over social/political views.
The Gaystapo will not be denied...
It’s blatant religious discrimnation, a clear violation of the Benham’s civil rights.
I used to have a Suntrust account. If I still had it I would cancel immediately. I took all of my IRA accounts away from 20th Century Investments after they contributed to an anti CCW campaign that I think was in Kansas.
You’ve got to wonder about the idiots who made the original decision at SunTrust. Aren’t most of their branches in the south? The south isn’t exactly friendly territory for enforcing the religious dogmas of the State Church.
So, was the vendor misrepresenting Suntrust, and should be fired, or is Sun Trust lying?
Time to put Sun Trust out of business. They can no longer be trusted to abide by the laws of our country.
The only public moral decision most banks will make is pro-gay.
Well, since only .5 - 1.5% of the population calls itself "gay," that's not a WHOLE LOT of decisions that the banks have to make.
Besides, NOT ALL homosexuals walk around with a badge proclaiming their homosexuality; nor do they all "look" homosexual.
Also, many folks bank on-line. I do.
I also find that I don't need to go to the bank that often. I can just go once a month and get all the cash I need.
I have business accounts with them and its going to be a pain, but they are moving.
One bank is much like the other. There are zillions of banks to choose from. You don't talk politics there--that's not what banks are about. Save your politics for HERE!!
One of them has achieved a high enough position to make such a decision
They heard about the HGTV fiasco and decided to pile on, using suntrust - getting them to drop their PROFITABLE business.
Someone higher up noticed the backlash and stepped in to stop it before it reached disaster status. They should FIRE the gaystapo agent who tried to do this based on political belief and NOT shareholder value decision.
SunTrust Banks, Inc. SunTrust Banks Inc.
Headquarters SunTrust Plaza Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Number of locations 1,497 Branches
SunTrust Banks, Inc., is an American bank holding company. The largest subsidiary is SunTrust Bank. It had US$175 billion in assets as of December, 31, 2013.[3] SunTrust Bank's most direct corporate parent was established in 1891 in Atlanta, where its headquarters remain.
SunTrust operates 1,497 bank branches and 2,243 ATMs across Southern states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
The most direct corporate ancestor, the Trust Company of Georgia, was founded in 1891 as the Commercial Travelers' Savings Bank. Two years later, it restructured as a trust company and renamed itself Trust Company of Georgia. The current SunTrust Banks, Inc., was the result of a merger between the Trust Company of Georgia and SunBanks, Inc., of Orlando, Florida (founded in 1934 as First National Bank of Orlando) in 1985. The merged company operated as Trust Company Bank in Georgia and Sun Bank in Florida until 1995, when all banks took the SunTrust name.
In 1986, shortly after the Trust Company–SunBanks merger, SunTrust purchased Third National Corporation of Nashville, though it continued to use the Third National name in Tennessee until 1995. SunTrust purchased Crestar Financial Corporation of Richmond, Virginia in 1998 expanding the company’s footprint into Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
In 2001, SunTrust purchased the institutional businesses of the Robinson-Humphrey Company, LLC. creating SunTrust Robinson-Humphrey.
The company bought Memphis-based National Commerce Financial Corporation (NCF) for $7 billion in 2004. The bank operated as National Bank of Commerce in South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and West Virginia and as Central Carolina Bank and Trust in North Carolina. This acquisition allowed SunTrust to enter North Carolina and West Virginia for the first time, and substantially increased its footprint in the other states.
Of course that’s not discrimination, or reverse. Stupid idiots.
Same here. Closing my suntrust account is first item on tomorrow’s to do list
Their position is now well known. They will have a hard time reversing their original decision.
They'd have to name names and terminate those involved in the initial decision to recover some degree of credibility.
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