Posted on 04/22/2016 8:59:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
More than 167,000 people have signed a pledge to boycott Target after the retailer said it would welcome transgender customers to use any bathroom or fitting room that matches their gender identity.
The boycott pledge was started by the conservative American Family Association (AFA).
"Target's policy is exactly how sexual predators get access to their victims," AFA President Tim Wildmon said in an open letter. "This means a man can simply say he 'feels like a woman today' and enter the women's restroom...even if young girls or women are already in there."
Wildmon urged people to sign the boycott pledge, claiming the policy "poses a danger to wives and daughters." He also urged people to complain about the policy on Target's Facebook page.
He suggested that Target should install separate unisex bathrooms instead of giving all genders access to facilities designated for women or men.
Target clarified its position on transgender bathrooms in a statement on Tuesday.
"We welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity," the retailer said in the statement. "Everyone deserves to feel like they belong. And you’ll always be accepted, respected and welcomed at Target."
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That's right.
Making the statement is all that's useful
If tens of thousands actually feel that way, it will be noticed.
Target is off my list now.
When they catch on that you're doing it deliberately they'll trespass you from the chain and it will be on your permanent record.
Thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten.
I did the same thing, and my intention was annually to write my local Target store and remind them why I do not shop there during the Christmas holidays.
I don’t shop there.
We have an operation in place in all 50 states with committed people.
Food for thought.
The time is now...we still have time to do it now!
Jedi.
A very interesting idea.
Although the refund deal will not always work. They have company imposed limits on the number of refunds you can do.
But the full carts will take up man hours to take the items and restock them.
Although this punishes the employees more than the company they work for, doesn’t it? For instance, I don’t blame the kid at the cash register because the boobs running the company in Minnesota are morons.
Don’t get me wrong—I do not shop at Target anymore.
Just wondering on your perspective.
I don’t see that it punishes the person who has to restock. They get paid for their work.
As for the refund option, if enough people do it it will take up a lot of time.
I rarely set foot in Target anyhow. But it may be worth it just to do the above.
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