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Target Targeted: Store Sues Gay Rights Group for Harassing Customers

Target Targeted: Store Sues Gay Rights Group for Harassing CustomersSAN DIEGO (AP) — Target Corp. is suing a San Diego pro-gay marriage group to get it to stop canvassing outside its San Diego County stores, alleging its activists are driving away customers.

Rights advocates say the trial between Target and Canvass For A Cause that begins Friday could further strain relations with the gay and lesbian community after controversy over its $150,000 donation to a business group backing a Minnesota Republican candidate opposed to gay marriage.

Minnesota-based Target insists it remains committed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and its lawsuit has nothing to do with the political agenda of the organization.

“Our legal action was in no way related to the cause of the organization and was done so to be consistent with our long-standing policy of providing a by not permitting solicitors at our stores,” the company said in a statement sent to The Associated Press.

Target says it has taken similar action against a number of organizations representing a variety of causes. It alleges in the lawsuit that the San Diego group‘s activists harass customers by cornering them near its stores’ front entrances and debating with them about their views on gay marriage.

The group says it canvasses at shopping malls, college campus and stores like Target to collect signatures and donations in support of gay marriage.

The corporation says at least eight Target stores in the area have reported receiving more than a dozen complaints daily since canvassers started working outside their stores in October 2010. Target says the activists have refused to leave when asked politely and shown the company’s policy prohibiting “expressive activity” on its property.

Canvass For A Cause director Tres Watson says Target wants to silence the 12,000-member group that formed in 2009 because it promotes gay marriage.

“It’s very David vs. Goliath,” he said. “We understand they’re the Goliath in the room. They’ve got all money in world to get us to stop talking about gay marriage.”

Watson says volunteers are trained daily on being professional and polite and their aim is to educate the public about the rights of gays and lesbians.

He says they have a right to work outside the stores and the courts have ruled in the past that shopping centers are today’s public squares where freedom of speech should be allowed.

“We train our staff and volunteers very carefully in techniques in winning people over,” he said. “When you’re trying to persuade voters and reach out to the community with a message, there is no advantage to being aggressive.”

Target was seen as an ally of the gay and lesbian community before it gave money to MN Forward, which supported Tom Emmer, who lost the governor’s race to Democrat Mark Dayton.

Target later said it was sorry for the hurt feelings and tried to repair its public relations damage from the controversial donation. Target created a committee to help it better scrutinize decisions regarding financial donations.

The company also negotiated a deal with Lady Gaga to sell a special edition of her upcoming album in a partnership Gaga said was tied to their “reform,“ supporting the gay community and making up for past ”mistakes.” But the singer backed out a few weeks ago.

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  • charles1540
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:00am

    When are people going to get enough of any group who choices to ignore the law and think it does not apply to their group. Enough already enforce the damn laws it that hard to do!

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  • ares338
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:55am

    I don’t even remotely care what a persons sexual preference is but no one has the right to keep another person out of any public place because they are targeting that place for a political purpose. Tea Party people are watched like a hawk for any perceived misdoings but have you noticed when gays have a demonstration it usually turns violent or at the very least hateful. Everyone has rights; yes even heterosexual individuals.

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  • Tawandaaaa
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:51am

    Like “David and Goliath”? Wow, this man really needs to read that section of the bible to understand that what brought Goliath down was David’s complete faith in God.

    I have avoided shopping at Target for years over their open support of gay rights and open degradation of all things Christian… I too will be happy to join in a shopping spree at Target this weekend. I think it would behoove all who plan to do so to make sure and take a minute to alert the management of the store you visit as to the reason you are shopping there.

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  • alrunner58
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:50am

    These people need to get a working life. They have way too much time on their hands.

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  • NUTN2SAY
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:44am

    I think it’s time for the heterosexuals of the world to rise up and put the gays back in the closet where they belong! Why? Look at what they are doing to our children! If you want to be gay, that’s your business, but leave the children alone! It’s amazing that any government would give this perversion of nature a political voice that must be reckoned with by the average tax paying heterosexual!

    Another thing. The government wants to cut budgets! Let the government cut the budget on aids medical research! It is outrageous that any government would devote so much time, energy and taxpayer money on a disease that is SELF INFLICTED by the individual! Any self inflicted illness should be automatically considered a low priority.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:47am

      @NUTN2SAY ~~~ I like your moniker. And, I agree with you. We have been deceived by thinking tolerance is what JESUS would do. JESUS was never tolerant of sin, not ever.

      The BIBLE tells us that homosexuality is an abomination to GOD. For those so lost in the lie that it’s ok, we must pray and pray hard. Notice that it is satan’s group who support this lifestyle. We must pray hard as time is short, that those involved in this lifestyle and confused by why they are doing what they are doing, that their eyes will be opened and they will return to the ONE TRUE GOD.

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:43am

    its good to see someone standing up to protesters however Target is the one with the policies that will not allow the salvation army to ring bells there they will not allow employees to say merry Christmas. I do NOT like target but I wuld not protest them. I just do not shop there

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  • quicker
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:42am

    Never seen them at Acadamys or Pro Bass shops either

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  • Miguelito
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:41am

    Be care what you sow. Wasn’t Target that would not let the Salvation Army ring bell at Christmas or say Merry Christmas? It might be that sow and reap thing? Personally, stop shopping at Target after the anti-Christmas thing.

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  • Societal Misfit
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:24am

    Sorry but no group has any right to sit outside a private business for any reason. They can do this IF they have permission from the private business however if they don’t it is known as TRESPASSING.

    If any group were doing anything outside my business that they did not have my expressed permission to do or what they were doing was hurting my business I would first politely ask then to leave and if they refused I would simply have them arrested for trespassing as would be my right to do.

    I have friends that are gay, here’s the rub though, they understand and respect my POV and I theirs and that’s the boundary, and while we may discuss issues we respect that boundary which is how civilized people are supposed to act.

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  • Jamesjim
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:24am

    When I am confronted by any group as I go anywhere, I simply tell the confronter that I will make a donation to the opposition and support anybody who opposes them.
    I do the same when annoyed via the telephone.
    Home and cell, but especially, cell.

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:18am

    Target was seen as an ally of the gay and lesbian community before it gave money to MN Forward, which supported Tom Emmer, who lost the governor’s race to Democrat Mark Dayton.

    Did any of you goofballs read that line in the article???
    Target has been supportive of gay rights for years. I don’t know any Christians that will shop there!
    The gays are just ticked because Target made a business decision to support an anti-gay politician.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:34am

      @RATIONAL MAN ~~~

      Thanks for your response. You are right! We have been outside the USA for many, many years, just moving back last year. I had forgotten that I had chosen NOT to shop at Target when we came in and out of the USA because of that very reason. *sigh* Old age is a tough bird to bring down, let me tell you.

      I appreciate your reminder, and will get on my toes as soon as I get off the floor. Just kidding, but not by much.

      GOD BLESS AND PROTECT!

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 2:02pm

      Grandma I was the same way. I had actually forgotten why I never shop Target (it’s been so long) but after carefully reading the article I soon remembered, THEY DON’T LIKE ANYTHING CHRIST. That’s why no Salvation Army. For me, no Christ no Marylou.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:15pm

      @kickagrandma
      @Marylou7

      I just kinda flipped when I saw a bunch of posts praising Target.
      Please forgive me if I was too gruff in my response. I did just want to remind everyone about Target’s stance on the issue.
      I love you girls and I’m sorry if I was offensive or seemed abusive in my speech.

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  • thermonator
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:14am

    I am sooo tired of these people.
    What started out as, what we do in our bedrooms is none of your business, has turned into, tolerate us or else we will shove it down your throats.

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    • MemphisViking
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:29pm

      You mean, “tolerate us AS we shove it down your throats.”. Or maybe, “admit we’re better than you or else.”

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  • GIDEON612
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:13am

    You cannot rationalize with these people or any of these types of groupings thereof. There is no dealing with the devil. Anyone that knows God and His Word knows this. No one, No One, NO ONE is born a sexual deviate or with the gruesome acts they perform. I will not use the word “gay” to describe them anymore. This was hi-jacked just as they try to believe that God will not punish them, like Sodom, by defacing the rainbow.
    We are spiritual beings having a flesh experience for a short time. NOT flesh beings having, or seeking, a spiritual experience. There are laws of God that cannot be broken. For example: Slaughtering your baby by sacrificing them to the god of convenience comes with a price. Women who murder their babies have a dramatic increase in breast cancer probabilities. In like manner those that have given up the natural use of their bodies have a greatly reduced lifespan.
    Good for Target to not sell out to them.
    Read Romans Chapter 1 verses 16-32

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:09am

    Some people need to wake up and remember that Target supports gays. They made a BUSINESS decision to support the best politian their business and he just happen to be against gays. What’s going on here DOES NOT let Target off the hook for their past gay support!

    Meanwhile, outrage continues to build within the gay community and within communities that support gay rights, directly challenging Target’s interpretation of its best “business interests.” Unfortunately for Target, the story is now spilling out of the state and getting national media attention.

    But Target, long a supporter of gay equality in both its own organization and within Minnesota, maybe deserves a second chance.
    http://www.theawl.com/2010/07/real-america-target-ceo-chooses-business-over-gay-rights

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    • GIDEON612
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:21am

      I realize that they have dealt with the devil and it is coming back to bite them. They are also looking out for their bottom line in the customer loss category here as well. Having said that you have brought into light some very good points that cannot be overlooked in this matter. But for them to do what they are doing now instead of pandering to them is a great act that flies in the face of the liberally-correct movement.

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    • starman70
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:44am

      Target is beginning to learn that when you lie down with pigs, not only do you soon smell like them, you soon will be attacked by them.

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:47am

      You are dead on, RATIONAL MAN. I know from experience (8 years at Target) of their unwavering support of the GLBT community. I think this is kharma at its finest!!

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:00am

    Ever notice they never pull this outside of an Ace Hardware, Gander Mountain or Cabela’s? I wonder why?

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:37am

      Because those customers are true America loving citizens and won’t put up with any bull??

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:15pm

      Marylou…you are correct.

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  • streetrodder
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:54am

    I shop at Target and i allways tell the checkout people i support the lawsuit against this group of freeks. It will get back to the main headquarters.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:11am

      Be sure to thank them for supporting gay rights, which they do also!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:49am

    “Minnesota-based Target insists it remains committed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community”
    Why should any private business have to be “committed” to any “community” other than their customers? This is plain old blackmail. Support our agenda or we’ll drive off your customers. It is ridiculous any private organisation has to put up with it.

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    • raspberrytea
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:12am

      That’s what I was wondering.

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    • starman70
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:49am

      Isn’t Target owned by the French? Is it any wonder, based on European mores that they support most anything as long as it’s anit-Christian!

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  • John1863
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:48am

    I was confronted by a gay activist once and I told him to go f$#k himself, Would that make him still gay?

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:29am

      That would make him autonomously self-sexual….I think. Yeah an new victim group.
      THANKS JOHN !{smirk}

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  • NC
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:47am

    I wish The Blaze had a 30 second edit optiohn.

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    • WAR PIGS CRAWLING
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:23am

      Some days they should have an Intoxilyzer 5000 option…that would have helped me on more than one occasion….hahahaha

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  • NC
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:44am

    IIRC, Target will not even allow the Salvation Army to solicit outside their stores.

    I would rather shop elsewhere than push through a bunch of petitioners outside a store entrance. Who the group represents or even how noble their cause might be.

    Why not just have them arrested for trespassing, or have the mall owners enforce/start a “no soliciting” policy.

    NC (donates a couple hours every Christmas ringing a Salvation Army bell)

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:41am

    Hooray for Target. There is not one near us, but we will make a concerted effort to find one today and to purchase a significant amount of merchandise also stopping by to talk with manager saying WHY we are backing them.

    “Guys”, we’ve been sold a bogus bill of goods on this inclusive society cr*p! We are taught in the Bible that homosexuality is an abomination to our LORD GOD. Why then, do we continue to allow this sick, perverted lifestyle a voice, a presence in our society? This behavior is NOT normal past 14 years of age. All of these people practicing it are stuck in the preadolescent- adolescent development stage where for some reason or other they were safer than venturing out into the real world.

    Pray for their awakening.

    Thank YOU GOD for a company in AMERICA that will stand for CHRISTIAN values.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:56am

      WHOA GRANDMA!!
      Where have you been? And did you read the article? Target is pro-gay. They donate money to their causes, like same sex marrage and gay rights groups.
      Target is just ticked because gays are pestering people outside the store.
      They are not family and traditional marrage supporters!

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:39am

      @KICKAGRANDMA,
      Please know that Target is not standing for Christian values. They never have! Happy Holidays are not the same as Merry Christmas. I spent 8 years with that company…this is not them taking a stand against Gay anything, other than get out of our parking lot and stop chasing our shoppers away! That’s ALL IT IS…….Trust me!!

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  • Rational Man
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:41am

    Target is learning a lesson about radicals. You can’t just make a donation to the cause. You have to be as radical as they are or they turn on you.
    They should have learned that lesson from Obama!

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:28am

      Target is still too PC to suit me. Haven’t shopped there since they stopped their employees from saying Merry Christmas in our local store. Don‘t know what their policy is now and really don’t care. Once a company spits in the face of Christ I’ve had it with them….no turning back.

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    • randy
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:47am

      I’ve stopped shopping at Target years ago after they banned Salvation Army bell ringers from Syracuse, NY stores.

      randy  
    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:26am

      Just my point Randy…they will support gay rights but NOT the Salvation Army.

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    • XinTX
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:28am

      Exactly. They‘ve laid down with these radicals and are now finding out that sleeping with them isn’t so great for their business. Target spends a LOT of money supporting these very groups. Me suspects this is all a publicity ploy to appear to be ‘pro-family’. Watch how this unfolds. They‘ll stop short of going to court and ’settle’. In the ‘settlement’ (that has probably already been written) they‘ll ’compromise’ and give this ONE group a space outside their stores. Then they’ll claim “We had to do this to settle a lawsuit” to placate the objections of the pro-family groups. But this is all just Kabuki theatre anyway. Target is (and has been for years) a pro-sodomy-lobby company. Shop there if you won’t. I choose not to. But that’s just my choice. Great thing about this country (for now) is that we’re all free to make our own choices.

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    • zman173rd
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:08pm

      Rational Man
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:50am
      I don’t feel sorry for Target! They made their bed, now they can sleep in it!

      I agree. No Salvation Army at Christmas and so on. You can read their comments but they just want your money in a STERILE business transaction. I don’t cut off my nose to spite my face. If they have something I need and can‘t get someplace else I’ll buy it there. I have to pinch pennies like a lot of others. Their “TARGET” logo represents you the people. Big RED circles on your back when you walk in the store. Bang WINNING!!!

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  • orcainohio
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:40am

    This is another great reason for a flat tax system.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:34am

    Good for Target. One of those *sswipes get in my face as I’m trying to get in to Target, someone, and it won’t be me, is going to get hurt.

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:05am

      These idiots touch me once, and that’s all it will take.

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    • bobodu
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:32am

      How very Christian of you…That’s what Jesus would do….right?

       
    • Czar Casm
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:54am

      Who said they were Christian? And I’m certainly not Jesus. If anyone anywhere gets in my face in an aggressive nature, what would Czar Casm do? I know what Czar Casm would do.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:42am

      Bobodu,
      That’s why Jesus was the only perfect person to ever grace the palnet with his presence. No one can measure up to that or match it. The fact of the matter is no one has a right to harrass people in front of someone elses place of business it’s private property and anyone can be barred from it. There should be laws barring people from annoying customers on a business property in an attempt to damage businesses financially. Both criminal and civil legislation needs to be established.
      THESE TYPES OF ACTIONS NEEDS TO PUT TO AN END.
      If a business offends you you have every right to not go there you have every right to state you claims and grievences with management you have every right to call for a boycot of said business. YOU DON‘T RIGHT THE ANNOY THAT BUSINESS’S COSTUMERS WHEN THEY‘RE OWN THE BUSINESS’S PROPERTY

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    • bobodu
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:14pm

      Then I should have a right not to be preached at during red lights.

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    • Czar Casm
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:42pm

      Who said you don’t have that right? And who’s private property are you on that has a red light that your sitting at? If this red light preacher is in your face tell him to back off. If he’s aggresive and touches you then ask yourself “what would Czar Casm do”? See above for answer.

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    • Czar Casm
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:03pm

      Look bobodu, lets say bobodu owns a business and the property that it sits on. I don’t have the right to go onto your property and holler at your customers about how crappy you are. And if I’m disrupting your business and your income you could probably sue my arsse.

      With that said, what’s up with your Christian biggotry?

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:33pm

      @Bobo

      Yeah you dumbas*, if you dont want to hear Gods word dont listen. Where were you when nancy pelosi said that the “word” was her favorite word? You lefties only recognize Christians when you mock or need God to garner votes. Steve and Larry can get married if they want, go to vegas. Just can’t violate private property rights. Or maybe I should come to your house, like SEIU does, and scream out scripture and harass you, maybe go upside your big head? Corner you and feel you up? would that be christian or would you like a kiss too?

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:33am

    Glad they are making a stand; this business of intimidation by these groups needs to stop and be dealt with across the board.

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:48am

      I’ll be shopping at a Target near me this weekend!

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:50am

      I don’t feel sorry for Target! They made their bed, now they can sleep in it!
      They have been allied with gays by choice, now they have to put up with the consequences of dealing with those people.
      Besides, Target is not pro-family any farther than to get families in there to spend their money.
      I don’t have to worry about being bothered by the gays in front of Target. I haven‘t shopped there in years and don’t ever plan to!

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:53am

      BRAVO, Target! Go for the jugular and their pocketbooks as that will be the only thing they will understand. Just explain to them, “you are redistributing the wealth to people who actually work for a living”. Now if we can just get police departments to raise the “get out of jail” rates, police forces might not be in such a financial pinch. It is just a matter of whose wealth is being redistributed.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:08am

      P.S. This is not a slam against gays (my earlier opinion), demonstrating has just come to the breaking point on my tolerance meter, as I am sure it has for many.

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    • wa_federalist
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:16am

      I may have to drive a bit, but I’ll find a Target and shop the heck out of the store. Good for you Target stand your ground.

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    • BarCalliyon
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:42am

      Looks like the trolls are out early trying to make the Blaziers look like homophobes. Better behave Happyboy before your mom disconects your internet.

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    • Ballgame
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:44am

      I can’t see how everyone is so Pro-Target. Target has a loooonnggg history of supporting the homosexual agenda. This is all about money and Target is losing money because of protestors “solicitors” in front of their stores. $150,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to the millions given to homosexual activist groups. Left hand / Right hand.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:03am

      Target has supported gay rights activities for years……the gay activists are simply using this “protest” to further remind themselves, and anyone else that will listen, that they still enjoy “victim” status……once you obtain “victim status”, you can’t let it go or let people forget…….this is why they are ever so watchful for any opportunity to get themselves into the news……I’m sure that MSNBC will be airing some “in-depth“ and ”hard-hitting” commentary on this story sometime today……

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    • SLEUTH
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:05am

      I agree with RATIONAL MAN 100%

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    • Oil_Robb
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:10am

      SODOMY is a DIRTY business

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    • indy1
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:21am

      Shop Target!

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    • Rumsfeld
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:22am

      Ditto!

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:41am

      Personally, I don’t like Target and fortunately, there‘s isn’t one nearby, so I’d have to go trekking to shop there. However, I am glad that they are standing up to the pro-gay groups. I’m getting really tired of this “hurt feelings”/“offended” routine that people use to further their causes. It’s getting way out of hand.

      Taquoshi  
    • TXPilot
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:44am

      Ok, sorry folks, but the only thing that I can think of when I thing about a gay rights political group, is that I don’t want to be anywhere close by, if they decide to “pole the constituency”……scary stuff!

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    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:55am

      grandmaof5
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:53am
      BRAVO, Target! Go for the jugular and their pocketbooks as that will be the only thing they will understand. Just explain to them, “you are redistributing the wealth to people who actually work for a living”. Now if we can just get police departments to raise the “get out of jail” rates, police forces might not be in such a financial pinch. It is just a matter of whose wealth is being redistributed.

      =====================================================
      Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahhhhhhhhhhh

      Thats sooo christian of you..

      Keep prayin..

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:01am

      @happyboy,
      Are you nuts? Maybe you should change your screen name if you feel that way, Happy and Gay are synonymous.

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    • ilovethiscountry
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:19am

      I have been shopping at Target more since this thing with the homosexual activists has started. Go! Target!

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:28am

      There should be laws that outlaw protesters from harrassing customers on a business’s property. If they want to protest target they need to do it off of target’s property. A business has the right to remove and ban people from their property who damage,steal,and cause trouble on it’s property.
      There should be fine and a community service for these actions as well civil letigations for sales losses do to customer harrassment.

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    • joyfulgiver
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:51am

      Yes, I’m very happy Target has taken action. I was one of the people being harrassed at my local Target store. These people are activists, plain and simple! Very “in your face”. Here is the description of their organization from Wikipedia, I know not a very good source of information. But, based on my personal experience, they are spot on. Comments in parenthesis mine.

      The Canvass for a Cause (CFAC) is a California-based non-profit organization that focuses on voter persuasion (read:intimidation), and public education efforts to build support for the progressive issues.[1] Founded in the wake of the passage of Proposition 8, the California law that eliminated the right of LGBT persons to marry (original proposition was to define marriage as a union btwn one man and one woman, period.), Canvass for a Cause volunteers and activists spend time in public places advocating for or against candidates or issues that are central to the progressive movement with an emphasis on LGBT rights.[2] Their model is focused on “one heart, one mind, one person at a time” and most of the organization is devoted to persuading voters, identifying supporters, and recruiting volunteers. Canvass for a Cause has built campaigns and projects on a variety of progressive projects, including LGBT marriage equality, which the organization says is its largest project, as well as women’s rights, immigration issues, cannabis law reform, and international relief efforts. The CFAC mission statement is “to recruit and train activists to send out into the community in order to educate about progressive issues, build support for campaigns, and raise funds for the cause.”[3] The organization is funded almost entirely by face-to-face fund-raising efforts of its grassroots organizers.[4]

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    • TurnRight
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:02am

      Good! It’s about time these places fight back. No more “Special Interests” groups ruining the country.
      The court system is how we fight back. If “they” can use it on us, turn about is fair play!

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    • funwizard2001
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:11am

      I think I’ll start shopping more at Target.

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    • the_zazzy
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:24am

      I worked as an assistant manager at Target for almost eight years. During that time, I watched every minority and gay assistant manager get promoted as quickly as possible, all the while awaiting my turn and practicing my conservative family-centered Christian beliefs. I eventually left the company to take a store manager role for another big box retailer, where I enjoy great success. Target was hell-bent on leaving Christ out of Christmas so as not to offend anyone, but quickly changed their tune after a massive grassroots threatened boycott. They have been so focused on catering to the “special” interests for so many years, and now it has come back to bite them on the backside! Kharma stinks…enjoy your fight Target!!!!

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    • LB
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:33pm

      It’s not about the gay thing…It’s about damaging a big corporation using the front of a social issue. Watch the other hand…..It’s a two for one plan

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    • hologram5
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:01pm

      Hey protesters, I’ll be at target this weekend. Come harass me. PLEASE!!

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    • ilovethiscountry
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:03pm

      I wish people would stop using the word gay to mean homosexual. Being gay has nothing to do with being homosexual. Also, saying gays and lesbians is saying homosexuals and homosexuals as lesbians are also homosexual.

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    • Omarvello
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:06pm

      Geez Snow! It looks like you support “selective” free speech. Seems to me american patriots should advocate our first amendment right should be applicable to all citizens. Just sayin’…

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    • the frog
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:27pm

      they should not half to say they are sorry the gay rights groups are always looking for a fight and they will find one where ever they can. target should press charges against them for scaring off customers

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    • robgc1
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:30pm

      enough with the gay agenda already

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    • Czar Casm
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:34pm

      Omarvello, we’re talking private property here. Selective free speech…ha. Your going to have to do better than that.

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    • HiLonesome
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:39pm

      Funny, I was just thinking about how they are capitulating their position in that they are apologising for donating money to the republican gubernatorial candidate. If your making a stand you aren’t doing the backstroke to keep the business coming. We go to target all the time maybe time for a change.

      Imagine if we all let target know that we don‘t support gay marriage and we won’t shop there any more.

      See if Target likes that

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    • No1YaKnow
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 2:06pm

      Good for Target. Political activism really has no place right in front of the store. Their goal is to “win people over”? How about if you want to hand out a flyer and say “we’d appreciate your support.”? That would be acceptable, but it clearly sounds like they want to force debate on the issue. This is the problem I have with some of the activists in the LGBT community, they want to ram their view in your face and force you to say why gay marriage shouldn’t be legal to engage in heated debate. I personally have no problem with it, I say leave it to the states, but I do have a problem with someone getting in my face. I feel the same way about other groups too, any activists—don’t corner me.

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    • proconserv
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 2:11pm

      I would like for some gay idiots to come up to me and try to talk to me about giving them the same rights as I have as a “normal” person. I don’t even think they have the right to adopt children with their abnormal and wrong lifestyle. It would be a pleasure of mine to debate them any time about this subject. Of course, they won’t like what I have to say. A practicing gay person is wrong, it is immoral and God made sex to be between a man and a woman to bring children into the world, nothing else! If a man sleeps with a man or a woman with a woman, you are making sex perverse!

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    • lylee
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 3:17pm

      Finally a company with ******.

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    • faithwillwin
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:13pm

      AMEN! i’ll also be shopping at TARGET much more often. our local walmart doesn’t allow soliciting outside their doors, i don’t allow it outside my door and no one should be forced to put up with that kind of harrassment. i think homosexuals should not be called “gays”. that whole business is for the sole purpose of making what they do sound innocent and innocuous which most of us know is far from the truth. their behaviour is sum total of their hypocrisy and moral fiber or lack thereof. they scream at the top of their lungs and call everyone else terrible names if they don’t agree with them but they think they can bombard us all, trample on our rights and opinions and shove their perversions down our throats. they call that their “civil rights” but there’s nothing civil about it. maybe strippers should be able to solicit in front of toys-r-us; or possibly atheist solicit in front of all the Christian book stores. i don’t think so.

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:19pm

      I stand by target. These special interest groups think they can bully anyone in this free enterprise system because they disagree. Well screw you and your interests. Boycott target if you want to. Maybe if you spent more time targeting the groups that would behead you for your “special interest” in the same sex, like radical islam, you would be taken seriously. Til then wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wahwawawa. Cry me a river.

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    • SLAPTHELEFT
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:23pm

      And to TRES WATSON- nobody cares what you talk about. You entertain yourself into thinking that any body gives a sh*t. Get over your self dude. We have far more pressing issues to deal with than if you are gonna marry steve. Who cares? Go to vegas and get married. I’ll congratulate you in advance. I hope you and steve have a great life together. now if you dont mind Im gonna get back to worrying about steven lerner collapsing our economy.

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    • faithwillwin
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:35pm

      after reading all of your comments, i recant my support of target as a consumer, but i do support this law suit no matter who it’s from.

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    • Cecil
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:24pm

      I’m going right now just in hopes that these @55 lickers have something to say to me.
      I have a freedom of speech as well and boy do I have a lot to say. But only if provoked.
      It is time there is a stand made and the intimidation stopped once and for all.

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    • gotech
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:44pm

      Me Too! All these groups learned this from the community orginazers who got this from Saul Alinski in his book Rules for Radicals. The right needs to orginanize and start going to these folks houses and protesting. See how they like it! We all need to show up at Trumpkas house and raise hell.

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    • waggie
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Don’t you just wish for once that a company would totally stop patronizing these liberal groups and just come right out and say “We oppose you. We don‘t agree with the homosexual lifestyle and we’re suing you for harrassing our customers”. I mean, how hard is that? But no, they keep trying to stay in the middle so that they don’t alienate the homos altogether. Come on, grow a set and tell it like it is!

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on March 25, 2011 at 7:15pm

      HUH? You read the last 2 paragraphs? They’re caving!

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    • Uncle Sambo
      Posted on March 26, 2011 at 8:28am

      Target should hire Pinkertons to solve the problem.

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