{"id":15891,"date":"2012-06-05T18:31:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T22:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=15891"},"modified":"2012-07-31T21:11:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T01:11:22","slug":"christians-boycott-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/06\/christians-boycott-target.html","title":{"rendered":"Christians Boycott Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Target Selling Pride Shirts to Help<\/span> Anti-God, Anti-Christ, Anti-Bible, <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Pro-sodomite Marriage Group<\/span> \u2014 and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reportedly Blocking Emails From Those Complaining<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15892\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Sodomite-Target-Pride-T-Shirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15892\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Sodomite-Target-Pride-T-Shirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BOYCOTT TARGET &#8211; Sodomite Target Pride T-Shirt &#8211; Image source: target.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Sodomites-Recruit-Children1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15708 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Sodomites-Recruit-Children1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Target Corp. is selling gay pride T-shirts to raise money for a group working to defeat a same-sex marriage ban in Minnesota \u2014 and is reportedly blocking emails from one group complaining about it.<\/p>\n<p>The Minneapolis-based retailer \u2014 which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/target-targeted-store-sues-gay-rights-group-for-harassing-customers\/\" target=\"_self\">came under fire two years ago<\/a> for a $150,000 campaign donation in support of a gay marriage opponent \u2014 is currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.target.com\/c\/ways-to-shop-pride\/-\/N-56ep7#?lnk=sr_rd_pride\" target=\"_blank\">selling special shirts<\/a> with all proceeds benefiting the Family Equality Council.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the American Family Association <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afa.net\/Detail.aspx?id=2147521799\" target=\"_blank\">mobilized its supporters<\/a> to urge Target to pull the shirts, but has since said the corporation is <a href=\"http:\/\/secure.afa.net\/afa\/activism\/TakeAction.asp?id=424\" target=\"_blank\">blocking emails<\/a> sent through the organization\u2019s internal system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope you will not let Target silence your voice. I encourage you to call their corporate office and share your personal thoughts,\u201d the group told supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Target has pledged up to $120,000 to the Washington, D.C.-based Family Equality Council, which is working against a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage slated for the November ballot. Target started selling the shirts in late May and will continue through the end of June. Available only on the retailer\u2019s website, the $12.99 apiece shirts come in four designs with words including \u201cpride\u201d and \u201charmony.\u201d One, designed by singer Gwen Stefani, features the phrase \u201clove is love.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14869\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Close-up-of-two-gay-men-kissing1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14869 \" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/05\/Close-up-of-two-gay-men-kissing1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sir, you may now kiss your he-bride!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15893\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Target-sodomite-pride-banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15893 \" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Target-sodomite-pride-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Target sodomite pride banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_TARGET_GAY_MARRIAGE?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a>, Target hasn\u2018t taken a stance on Minnesota\u2019s ballot question. A spokeswoman said the T-shirt promotion was organized by a group of gay Target employees and that it\u2019s the second time Target has had an initiative benefiting a specific group. The first raised money for St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTarget is pleased to be able to bring our guests products they want while, in turn, helping support the LGBT community through the donation of 100 percent of the purchase price to the Family Equality Council,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Minnesota for Marriage, a group that supports the constitutional amendment, said Target\u2019s actions are \u201can insult to the overwhelming majority of their customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust get out of this debate and do what they\u2019re good at,\u201d Chuck Darrell said according to the AP. \u201cGet out of the business of trying to redefine marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Posted on June 3, 2012 at 10:05am by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/blog\/author\/madeleinemorgenstern\" rel=\"author\" target=\"_self\">Madeleine\u00a0Morgenstern<\/a><br \/>\nRead More: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-admin\/post-new.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/wp-admin\/post-new.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE WATCHWOMAN UPDATE:<br \/>\nEQUIPPING THE SAINTS TO ANSWER: \u201cWHY DID GOD DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH?\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=18360\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=18360<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><strong>PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cFILED UNDER\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>CLICK ON ANY OF THOSE TOPICS TO TAKE YOU TO SIMILAR POSTINGS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Posted by Donna Calvin \u2014 Tuesday, June 05, 2012<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this Watchwoman post on your Facebook page, Linkedin, Google+1, Twitter to all your friends, Please click \u201cLike\u201d, Share, and Leave Comments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Word Warriorette, a free Yahoo Group, and subscribe to be notified (one email a day) of new posts on Watchwoman.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/\">http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<h6><em>DISCLAIMER: Beliefnet puts paid advertisements on \u201cWatchwoman on the Wall\u201d blog site including some that would never be approved of by the King James Bible, Pastor Ernie Sanders of Doers of the Word Church, What\u2019s Right-What\u2019s Left Radio Ministry, the Voice of the Christian Resistance, Geauga County Right to Life and Donna Calvin.\u00a0 We at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrwl.org\/\">www.WRWL.org<\/a> do not condone, endorse, adhere to, practice or believe in many of the topics and some of what other bloggers promote or their religions at Beliefnet.\u00a0 However, Mrs. Calvin has no control of what Beliefnet displays.\u00a0\u00a0 She blogs at Beliefnet because she is in the missionary field ministering to true believers posting articles and commentaries informing pro-life, conservative Christians of recent anti-Christian acts and hostile legislation to God\u2019s Agenda and His Will for the world.\u00a0 Hopefully, unbelievers will read these along with the salvation message of Jesus Christ as written in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3, according to the King James Bible, and be saved.\u00a0 A missionary must go into the unbelievers\u2019 territory to reach them.\u00a0 Her mission is to Proclaim Warning to a Nation that has forgotten their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the only Truth, the Life, and the only Way to the One God the Father.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Target Selling Pride Shirts to Help Anti-God, Anti-Christ, Anti-Bible, Pro-sodomite Marriage Group \u2014 and Reportedly Blocking Emails From Those Complaining &nbsp; 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