Posted on 11/09/2006 10:10:32 AM PST by Froufrou
Wal-Mart, long pummeled by the political left, is taking additional flak from the right.
A conservative activist group is trying to recruit one million families who will refuse to shop at Wal-Mart or Sam's Club on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, traditionally two of the busiest shopping days of the year.
The American Family Association is furious with Wal-Mart for reaching out to homosexual advocacy groups that support same-sex marriage.
The criticism began when Wal-Mart announced it would join the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. And now Wal-Mart has made a deal with the Washington DC Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People, agreeing to donate 5 percent of the sales made through the group's website to the Center.
"Every purchase made online for books, music, videos, clothing and accessories, children's clothing and toys, and electronics at the site will automatically send 5% of the sales to the CCBLBT People," the AFA said in a message to its supporters.
"The agreement is an indication that Wal-Mart is totally committed to supporting the homosexual movement," the AFA said.
The conservative advocacy group complains that Wal-Mart also gave a "generous cash donation" to the Northwest Arkansas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center, helping to provide a place where homosexuals can come together to "socialize."
The AFA says Wal-Mart should have remained neutral in the cultural battle over homosexual marriage.
It says Wal-Mart made an "ideological" decision, not a business decision.
I think all of us would do ourselves a lot of good if we would heed that one more than we do. ;-)
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html
I happen to agree with you. Check out what I found when I googled 'why the left hates walmart.' It gives a better perspective.
I'll start taking my business to Target more and more.
I have to find out. Sometimes AFA gets things wrong, but often they are right and it turns out to be some regional thing that the head of the company doesn't know about, and the AFA action reverses the decision.
NAMBLA supports illegal activity.
It's illegal in the United States but that makes no difference. For what it's worth, NAMBLA was based out of Denmark the last I heard. If Walmart supported any organization, illegal or not, and that organization was one in which you are opposed, perhaps then you would better understand the position of the AFA.
And legally protected minorities or not, Walmart has past the point for what many consider acceptable, some of whom have decided to stop doing business with Walmart which is their personal decision based on Walmart's actions.
They aren't donating 5% of their sales to this group. They are giving the group a 5% commission on sales of items sold through the group's web site.
Or perhaps you oppose the right of individuals to make decisions in the free market and convince others of the validity of those decisions?
It appears that you are the one opposing the right of individuals to make their own decisions in a free market. After all, the group only gets the commission if those people buy the items through the group's web site.
I do not support homosexuality or the AHA, but it appears that you are the one that is contradicting yourself.
Right on, in the '60s vernacular :)
I did not know it was endorsing gay polygamy!
We have a 2003 F-150 and we like it, still paying it off. They just set up a Toby Keith concert for F-140 owners only and we're on the 11th row. How can they afford that?
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Isn't this getting a little tiresome? Now everybody's taking shots at Walmart. It reminds of the children's book, "Help, There are Liberals Under My Bed", where the kid's lemonade stand is harassed by liberal activists (cleverly disguised as Democrats). It's getting so you can't run a business without outraging someone - or having someone try to shake you down.
I don't buy groceries from political action groups, and neither does anyone else. These businesses provide an essential social service. Political action groups only serve themselves. And as far as someone shouting "social responsibility" is concerned, that's hogwash. That's a cover for not having a lucid argument for your position.
Obviously it is the right of anybody to choose who and who they will not do business with. However if someone is going to post on an open political forum information on a boycott, or any other subject then those of us who feel the boycott to be unwise (stupid) also have a right dissent.
I'm not sure running an ad equates to endorsing gay polygamy. I'd venture to guess that when a company buys advertising they most likely don't know what the issue's theme will be when the ad is on the market. I'd guess a company would choose a rag based on circulation or number of subscriptions.
I've owned a Ford since the mid-1970s and never had any problems with a single vehicle, but I've purchased my last Ford.
The voice of reason. They're in basis to make a dollar. But, the article at Fast Business I posted a few entries ago is really enlightening re: how WM corners the market with their pricing. It's very cutthroat of them, according to some of their vendors [like Vlasic.]
I think I'll have to say the same. It's hub's truck and I like it, too, but I also recognize that we have choices, for now, and I'd like to see it stay that way. I don't want immorality forced on me in any fashion, not all up front and not insidiously.
We have no disagreement here. Perhaps Walmart will someday provide financial support to an organization you find quite objectionable as the AFA does with Walmart.
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That may be true as I don't know for sure, but as a business I would surely want to know as much as possible. From what I remember, Ford insists on pushing the issue so it looks really bad for them.
The Christmas sales have already started....and they arent selling much. The recession is a coming.
Furthermore, as Wal-Mart is giving 5% of the sales coming from the gay website back to that website, the money going back to the website is money spent by gays linking to Wal-Mart. Gays are buying and making a donation at the same time. I'll keep shopping at Wal-Mart.
Taking flak from the left is why they're doing things like this... to 'softein their corporate image.
They've also started promoting Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, which is a great way to get Americans to cut down on energy consumption. It's all part of the new Wal-Mart image campaign.
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