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Pastor calls for 'full Target boycott' over concerns about diversity, equity, inclusion
msn.com ^ | 4/23/25 | AP

Posted on 04/24/2025 4:03:50 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU

ATLANTA (AP) — The pastor of a Georgia megachurch who led a nationwide 40-day “fast” boycott of Target stores over the retail chain's commitment to diversity initiatives is now calling for that effort to continue as a “full Target boycott.”

The Rev. Jamal Bryant said this week that the Minneapolis-based retailer has not met all of the boycott effort's demands. Among them: Restoring its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion principles and pledging money to Black-owned banks and businesses.

Target announced in January that it would phase out a handful of DEI initiatives, including a program designed to help Black employees build meaningful careers and promote Black-owned businesses. Conservative activists and President Donald Trump have sought to dismantle DEI policies in the federal government and schools.

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Target did not succumb to black shakedowns. It's safe to start shopping at Target again!
1 posted on 04/24/2025 4:03:50 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
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To: AbolishCSEU

that’s what I was thinking! Just imagine the peace and quiet.


2 posted on 04/24/2025 4:10:08 AM PDT by ronniesgal ( so is it okay that I said that??? GO TRUMP GO!!!!)
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To: AbolishCSEU
My first reading was that the pastor objected to DEI initiatives.

But no!

He thinks Target isn’t woke ENOUGH.

3 posted on 04/24/2025 4:12:55 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: AbolishCSEU
Bill crap like this one reason why a lot of black Christians have left black churches to join majority white churches in hopes to find Christian leaders who aren’t on the dole worldly groups pushing worldly lifestyles and bitterness.

A lot of good minded blacks got tired of every sermon being to abort your baby and hate the whites.

4 posted on 04/24/2025 4:13:58 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Houses of worship that engage in politics should lose their tax exempt status.


5 posted on 04/24/2025 4:25:12 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Atlanta (Fulton County) is a cesspool, and sometimes makes the rest of the state stink.


6 posted on 04/24/2025 4:28:37 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: AbolishCSEU

“diversity initiatives”= RACISM!


7 posted on 04/24/2025 4:33:10 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (My Bearded Lady neighbor is an "Intimacy Coach" from the shed w/ Palestinian & Gay flags.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Anyone else wondering just how much taxpayer money this megachurch has been getting from Deep State over the years...?

Inquiring minds want to know.


8 posted on 04/24/2025 4:36:21 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla
Let's dive down this rabbit hole, shall we...

From September, 2024. Note the timing, right before the election...

New Birth Partners with Federal Agencies for Student Loan Workshop on Sept. 7th

9 posted on 04/24/2025 4:39:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: AbolishCSEU

He’s too late. We boycotted Target about 20 years ago because they boycotted the Salvation Army.

Then about 10 years ago the SA went woke, and my bell-ringing days were over.


10 posted on 04/24/2025 4:43:29 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: AbolishCSEU

That’s what these are: shakedowns.

Pay me protection money or I smash your store. It’s a thug mentality.


11 posted on 04/24/2025 4:45:16 AM PDT by Red6
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To: thegagline

“Houses of worship that engage in politics should lose their tax exempt status.”

If a mostly white church were to be avid in conservative politics (and I think they should be, as they were in the 1700s), they’d definitely be punished in some way. Maybe losing tax-exempt status.

But black churches have been blatantly supporting liberal politics from the pulpits, even having candidates giving stump speeches. They’re fine; no repercussions.


12 posted on 04/24/2025 4:49:36 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: mewzilla

Correction, my above link is to a church in Georgia with the same name.

There are a bunch of these apparently.

And I’m having a devil of a time finding any 990s on any of them.


13 posted on 04/24/2025 4:51:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

And I boycotted the salvation army over their dei initiatives


14 posted on 04/24/2025 4:52:42 AM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO!! The end.)
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To: Tell It Right

Booker T. Washington warned us about the black preachers.


15 posted on 04/24/2025 4:52:48 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Isaiah 5:20


16 posted on 04/24/2025 4:57:01 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: thegagline

No church has ever lost their tax exempt status over politics. But the majority white churches spend their time scared to death to talk about contemporary issues in fear of losing their 501c3.

I had a church elder tell me that to my face once when I called him on following the state rather than the Lord.


17 posted on 04/24/2025 4:58:56 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: AbolishCSEU

it’s time for a national divorce


18 posted on 04/24/2025 5:00:20 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: cyclotic

Deep States, not just here in the US, have been paying off compliant churches with billions in taxpayer money.

The last time I checked every Cabinet office in the US had a department that was funneling taxpayer money to compliant churches.

Churches that stayed closed during CoupFlu received billions in taxpayer money in return for closing the doors on their parishioners.

Too many churches serve mammon and Deep State, not God.

And as for this particular New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, I’d start looking for funding from HHS.


19 posted on 04/24/2025 5:04:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: AbolishCSEU

When you dine with the Devil, use a long spoon.


20 posted on 04/24/2025 5:06:15 AM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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