you used to be able to read... are your glasses dirty?

Target has a nice electronics department.

lol

See why it just don't pay tryin' to be nice to some people ... ?

i'm getting there...ms is still ok, but their are a couple of others...

The gay folks can't DEMAND anything out of Target.

They can tell Target they will boycott them if they don't make themselves more humane in their donations.

Sensationalism in journalism is a good tool of influence but it is still not true regardless.

it doesn't matter what you think gays can or can't do.
they are doing it regardless of what you think.

I seen some dem bulls wut wants ta' be boycottin'!

They needs ta' be boycottin' Dunkin' Doughnuts, McDonalds or the fridge!!!

Yep, would make a great tee shirt for th' boycotteners.

Wish we had one here.

They're havin' a great back-to-school sale goin' on and you can print out their coupons.

Target. One great Store!!!

Best Buy is also on the ‘targeted list’ for boycott. There is one thing that has been overlooked in this thread.

The Gay community ‘supports’ companies and organizations who are known for providing fair and equitable workplaces for the LGBT. There are awards given to these organization, and those awards are published nationally, at the expense of the organizations who support LGBT issues for equality, organizations like HRC. Many local pride organizations bolster patronage to the businesses who maintain the criteria of equality as well.

A huge portion of the LGBT and its supporters, such as PFlag, have local directories and there are national directories through which millions of people determine where they will spend their money.

Best Buy and Target have a history of their support through their employment records and to the local communiteis for theie level of equal treatment of all.

Essentially, their actions, as fair and equal employers, have led to a FREE multi-million dollar Ad Campaign and solicitaion.

It was a slap in the face when funds were donated to support election campaigns of people who are known for their prejudice and their discriminatory stand against the LGBT.

What the LGBT (and their supporters) are asking of Target and Best Buy, is that they continue to follow a long record of non-bias and fair and equal treatment by donating a similar amount to a known LGBT supporter, or at least someone who has a record of standing up for equality for all

And the reward for Target and Best Buy, would be to maintain their place in the Ad Campaign that solicits, and recommends, patronage to the LGBT, their supporters and supporters of all equality.

Of course they don’t have respond at all – but they loose the free advertising AND the patronage of millions.

Wall-Mart has been boycotted for their employment practices, their pay scale and so on - and tht had nothing to do with LGBT - that was a national campaign illicited by the straight community.

What is the difference?

By the way - have not been WalMart for many years - I still boycott them, not becasue of their treatment of Gays but because of unethical employment practices of all.

Edit - no one has ever specified choice of donations for either Target or Best Buy - it IS THEIR CHOICE and as I said, they can choose not to act at all.

As a side note - It was a Straight woman who found out about the donation Target made and SHE made the act known. She decided to make her last purchase - about $200 worth and then went to the return department to return the merchancise - asking to speak to the manager. (She has someone filming all this). She proceeded to explain her disappointment in their donation choice and that she intended to tell all her friends, the community and all those who support equality for all - to boycott Target until they made it right."

It was through this 'straight' woman that the situation came to light.

The LGBT community does not stand alone in its effort to achieve equality. Some poeple understand that this fight serves to strengthen the standard of equality in which this country used to have as much pride in as the current PRIDE community does today.

Y......M........C.......A.

Just because they are boycotting for a reason you don't agree with doesn't mean your rights are being violated. And it doesn't mean Target's rights are being violated. As said before, Target can choose to donate to whoever they want to. People have the right to boycott if they want to. What are you missing here?

They are doing what exactly that I don't think they can do?

They aren't doing anything to Target except trying to get them to be a support for all humans as they should be.

Who cares if they wanna boycott Target. Do you realize how many people boycott companies on a daily business? There can be religious, moral or whatever reasons behind a boycott. Gays will boycott Target today, and then the next day they will be upset with some other company and boycott them as well.

amen knight - friggin sick of special interests here, and zero discrimination here. I dont like ANY of them

Gay folks have lots of companies to work on too so Target will be just one and I support them all the way.

As a general rule - Corporations, companies, and organizations will support whomever is on their side of an issue of particular interest to the company. Thier interest is whatever yields the best results to stockholders.

Obviously there is freedom to do so, not so obviously (at times) is the commitment and ability of a large group to 'likewise' affect stockholders interests.

That is the point being made by (the large group)who are requesting stockholder recognition of their 'purchase power'.

It's a capitalist society - remember - no purchase, no capital.

Sounds like the system is working just fine.

what equality? gays are demanding that target donate money to the political party of their choosing, not who target wants. so whats next? telling people who to vote for?...kinda seems that's what they are saying by this. why don't the pink panthers donate their own money? because they doing just like the churches, trying to control people.

A while back I was with a bunch of friends of mine at Disneyland. We had just gotten back into the park after a visit in the parking lot to enjoy some party favors in the privacy of the van we came in (tasty 4:20 and some brews we had brought with us! Molsen Goldens! ).

Now there was a couple making out hard and heavy on a bench near the 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea sub ride. Something looked very wrong about it. Now bear in mind two of the eight people that went with us that night were a BF and GF who went with us and they were kissing in the park and had security give them crap about it. Yet 8:something PM and there was this couple making out real Mac Daddy style in the park and Security didn't say squat to them. Then we seen why. It was two guys in a FAMILY park full of kids. It was a real stomach turning moment and I thought what I had been doing was screwing with my vision. When we realized what was going on we complained to security who told us they couldn't and wouldn't do anything about it. We were pissed. They threatened to throw two of us out for kissing in line for one of the rides, as a policy would throw us out of the park if they caught us enjoying 4:20, and were prohibitionist about a hoard of other things but they would not do anything about to gays making out in front of everyone.

It was a long time since I set foot in Disneyland after that. It was wrong!

Some Homosexuals want everything and then some with no regard for anyone else! Civil Unions wasn't enough for them and to be allowed to act lewd and lasciviously in public let alone a Family Oriented Theme Park?

Nope, some of these gay boys are going too far!

disneyland is very gay. they were one of the first companies to give same sex spousal support. they have been open about it for years.
not a big deal to me, as long as they don't molest on my kids. Florida itself is a gay mecca, esp. south beach and key west. i will say this about south beach, the gay guys there were some of the most well manored i've ever met. instead of hitting on me, they asked if i was gay, which has never happened anywhere else. i lived on south beach for about 5 years, and it was a blast.