[sinkspur]

This is silly.

Bill Donahue hasn't had a "cause" for several months, and he needs one, since his Catholic League is kept afloat through donations.

Thus, he goes out searching for one, and, what do you know, he finds that Wal-Mart discriminates against Christians.

Except, they don't. Donahue has had to eat a lot of shoe leather of late, and he's bitten off an ample helping with this doozy.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

This is about a very poor response more than it is about the original issue, at least in my opinion. The response was hostile, condescending and rude. But I don't expect you to agree. And my loss of store loyalty has a list of reasons, not just this.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Oh .....and the great big irony is that Wal-Mart still wants to make a killing off of Christians because of Christmas; they just don't want to have to show them respect, because it might make some bigot somewhere in the world mad -- oh, I mean "offended."

[GraceCoolidge]

"It's nice to know that Wal-Mart is closed on a federal holiday," explains Donohue, who says he's asking the leaders of 126 religious organizations spanning seven religious communities to boycott the retail giant.

I think Mr. Donohue misses the point on this one. There are plenty of federal holidays when Wal-Mart does not close. Christmas is the only holiday formally "observed" by Wal-Mart closing for the day, it appears. I read the article, and I guess I am in the camp that just doesn't see the outrage. I find both the store and website useful (the store is one of few that has carts that will hold all my kids, for one thing). I am planning on doing some of my other Christmas shopping at Sears, though... I still remember the posting here about Sears' exemplary record in supporting their reservist employees called up for military service. Definitely that story has encouraged me to shop there more. Now if we could only find more things made in the USA!