Posted on 06/01/2012 6:56:12 PM PDT by tobyhill
Two years after Target Corp. angered gay marriage supporters with a political donation that benefited a fiery gay marriage opponent seeking the governor's office, the retailer is now upsetting same-sex marriage opponents by selling T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a gay marriage ban in Minnesota.
The Minneapolis-based retailer is taking heat in its home state, where voters will decide this November whether to put a gay marriage ban into the state constitution. One organizer of gay marriage opponents warned that their displeasure could spread to 32 other states where voters have banned gay marriage.
"Target is attacking traditional marriage, which is an incredibly misguided thing for them to have done," said Chuck Darrell, spokesman for Minnesota for Marriage, a group campaigning to pass the constitutional marriage amendment. "It's an insult to the overwhelming majority of their customers."
Target's move comes two years after it endured a backlash from gay rights supporters for giving $150,000 to a campaign group backing the conservative Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, Tom Emmer, who narrowly lost to Democrat Mark Dayton in a race that went to an automatic recount. The donation set off protests and calls for a boycott from a constituency that had seen Target as an ally.
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Whose bright idea was this?
Target also once wanted to ban the Salvation Army from collecting at Christmas (excuse me, “Winter Holiday”) in front of their stores.
Their management is loco...IMHO
The best response is to get some offensive t-shirts, sneak them in to Target, put them up on the rack like they are being sold there, and take pictures that show target logos in the background for posting on Internet sites that would get ticked off about that.
What might really get their goat are anti-Obama t-shirts.
Hey, Target. I’ve got an idea. Stop supporting any political legislation, shut up and just sell your product. Liberal individuals who work for you can support whatever politics they want just as conservative individuals can support whatever politics they want but as a store, stick to selling your merchandise only. What’s so difficult to grasp about that?
Boycott
Buh-bye, Tar-jay! I hardly knew ya!
Traget? With a target as it’s logo? How un-PC.
Excellent!
No more shopping at target for my family
I believe Target is still a French owned company, one that does NOT support the good things here in America. Like others, I have typically avoided shopping at any of their stores for some time.
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