Posted on 12/16/2004 12:31:37 PM PST by Walkin Man
...and who will be surprised by this news?
That gives me an idea...
Turnabout is fair play. Oh yes...fair play indeed.
Does the Salvation Army have alot of gay employees?
And they do.
Odds are this is some sort of "closeted" management thing.
YA THINK?!
95 percent of Target shoppers?
Gays want rights and they'll infringe on another person's constitutional rights to get it. If this was the 30s, they'd be perfect candidates for Hitler's SA. They sure have the mentality of a brown shirt.
"One homosexual activist group in Michigan, for example, has been distributing counterfeit one dollar bills and five dollar bills to be placed in Salvation Army kettles, accusing them of bigotry and prejudice," he says."
Hmmmm....that chart about the disparity in charitable giving between Red States/Blue States wasn't a fluke
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The deepest pockets of the Democrat Party is the HomoseXual Lobby =
...C-SPAN Television Network during the CLINTON Administration years
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Isn't it illegal to counterfeit U.S. currency, regardless of how convincing it is?
bump for later tonight
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I have to admit, I was wrong about this.
I was thinking that Target did a no-solicitation thing to be consistent with all groups. And I usually don't enjoy the annoying bell-claning when entering and exiting the mall during the holiday season (I hate stores in the first place). I wasn't bent out of shape about Target's decision.
However, I am sickened that this may be the reason. So, officially today, I'm boycotting Target (and it PAINS me to do so) and going to send some dough to the SA.
Take THAT, homos.
This is pure speculation....
--with all the brouhaha about Target this year, I'm surprised that no one recalls a few years ago several chains stopped Salvation Army-type soliciting because under some state civil rights laws, if one group may solicit, all may--raising the spectre of NAMBLA out there with a tin cup--
I think the Brown Shirts were mostly homosexuals. And wasn't there was a strong gay subculture among the Nazis?
And they do.
Yikes!
Looks like there is more than one reason to boycott Target.
Summary of the eRumor The eRumor calls for a boycott of Target stores because the Salvation Army will no longer be given permission to have holiday bell-ringers with kettles collecting contributions in front of Targets.
The Truth This story is true. Target stores informed the Salvation Army that for the first time, the Salvation Army solicitors will not be allowed in front of Target stores during the 2004 holiday season. Salvation Army bell ringers, the "Sharing is Caring" message, and the familiar red kettles for taking contributions have been a tradition in front of retail stores for a century.
In a news release, Target said the decision was to avoid showing favoritism in the face of solicitation or donation requests from a large number of organizations. The Salvation Army says it's a blow to them because Target locations produced $9 million in donations the previous year.
The Boston Globe looked into the 2004 red kettle campaign and found that there is a bit of a schism between retailers. Some of them, including Target and BestBuy, are banning the bell ringers both because of competing requests and because of customers who don't like them. But others, such as Wal-Mart, Big Lots, Autozone and Books-A-Million, are welcoming the Salvation Army and the civic-minded reputation they feel accompanies it.
The Salvation Army was founded in England by William Booth who felt a calling to serve the totality of those in need...spiritual, physical, and material. The Salvation Army is an international relief ministry that provides personal help, housing, family services, and disaster services in numerous parts of the world.
The red kettle tradition for the Salvation Army got started in 1891 in San Francisco. The local Salvation Army captain, Joseph McFee, had promised himself to provide a free Christmas dinner for the poor.
To help pay for it, he hearkened to his memories as a sailor in England where there was what was called a "Simpson's Pot" at a stage landing into which passersby tossed coins to support charitable causes. He got permission to put a kettle at the Oakland ferry landing...and the tradition spread from there to around the world.
Target Stores Won't Fund Veterans Projects-Fiction!
Target Stores are Owned by the French-Fiction!
Target Stores Won't Allow Collections for the Marine's Toys For Tots Campaigns-Fiction!
Target Stores Won't Allow Reservists Called for Active Duty to Maintain Insurance-Fiction!
Summary of the eRumor There are different messages urging you to avoid buying anything at Target stores because the company turned down a request for funds for a Vietnam veterans memorial wall, is owned by the French, won't allow collections for Toys For Tots at Christmas, and won't give reservists call for active military duty continued health insurance coverage.
The Truth This is quite an assault on Target stores and is becoming an example of how a rumor can mushroom and pick up momentum along the way.
It started with a man named Dick Forrey. He is listed as being with Howard County Vietnam Veterans in the state of Indiana.
He says that he did have the experiences both with the local Target store and the Target corporate offices as is described in one of the stories and did originate an email expressing his displeasure.
It is not true, however, that Target categorically refuses to fund Veteran's projects and even Forrey is upset with how large this eRumor has spread.
The Target company is sending a written response to people who inquire about the Forrey story that says that Target gives $2 million per week in the communities where stores are located. The Target letter says a veteran (referring to Forrey) approached a local store in March, 2002 for a $100 donation to a "moving wall" project. The response says that any donations by local stores are not in cash but in gift certificates or volunteer time. Cash is given by the corporate office and in response to official requests for grants. The letter says that the veteran who asked for the donation should have been given grant information from the store, but was not. The Target response also says that the company makes donations in three general areas: education, arts and family violence prevention. The company is happy to donate to any veterans causes that would fit within those guidelines. So while it's true that donations would not be given to a veterans project per se, they would be given if the veterans project is within the guidelines.
Regarding Target's ownership, the company is on record as a U.S. firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and always has been.
There is no foreign ownership in its past or present that we've been able to find or been presented with evidence about.
Regarding benefits for reservists on active duty, this has been a big issue since so many reservists were called in for service in the Middle East and the National Committee for Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve has been a watchdog of companies and how they treat reservists. They list target in the "Outstanding Employer" category which means it has "gone above and beyond the requirements of the law in support of their National Guard and Reserve employees."
So how did such a completely false email come into being? It's easy to suspect a conspiracy or organized effort against Target but from our viewpoint this appears to have gotten started with the Dick Forrey letter and as others read it and got angry over it, they added other false charges in order to stack the deck. Truth or Fiction
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