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The article claims this particular website has generated only one transaction in four years.

Is this much ado about nothing or a boycott I ought to consider joining?

1 posted on 11/14/2006 1:36:19 PM PST by Racehorse
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Is this much ado about nothing or a boycott I ought to consider joining?

You be the judge:

Wal-Mart Contributes 5% Of Online Sales To Homosexual Group(Sales made through the gay group's site)


2 posted on 11/14/2006 1:38:39 PM PST by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: Racehorse
Much ado about nothing. That group just signed up to be a member of Wal-Mart's affiliate program like many other websites have. Big deal.
3 posted on 11/14/2006 1:39:04 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Hey Kerry, What part of showing heels and ass is a winning strategy in Iraq?)
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To: Racehorse
Much ado about nothing.

I could get 5% by putting a link on my website.

Anyone can.

4 posted on 11/14/2006 1:39:29 PM PST by what's up
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I think this is much ado about nothing. I'll avoid Wal-Mart after Thanksgiving because I don't wish to catch some airborne illness or get trampled by the huge crowd. Anyone that goes shopping after Thanksgiving is a lunatic.
5 posted on 11/14/2006 1:40:10 PM PST by Jaysun (Let's not ruin this moment with words.)
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What they leave out is that this is a long list of pro-gay moves on the part of Wal-Mart. The one in the growing list that bugged me the most was this, Wal-Mart joins 'gay' chamber of commerce

There a lots of things. They can play down the lastest move all they want. It is the big picture that is disturbing.

6 posted on 11/14/2006 1:41:28 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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Much ado about nothing.

Wal Mart supports the Boy Scouts one hell of a lot more than any gay group. Our local troops have benefitted by Wal Marts donations of cash, material, and time. By all means shop Wal Mart.

Oh, and BTW, they are only boycotting Wal Mart on Fri and Sat after Thanksgiving. I wouldn't get near a Wal Mart during those 2 days, it will be a zoo with the Christmas sales starting.


7 posted on 11/14/2006 1:42:24 PM PST by Lokibob (Spelling and typos are copyrighted. Please do not use.)
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Much ado about nothing.


8 posted on 11/14/2006 1:42:51 PM PST by Texas Federalist (Pence Minority Leader of a Democrat House > Hastart Majority Leader of a Republican House)
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The article claims this particular website has generated only one transaction in four years.

It may be true that the site has not generated much, but it is the thought that counts. If Wal-Mart actively supports the Gay Lobby in any way,they are worthy of a boycott, and Christians should seriously reconsider shopping where abominations are supported.

I know Wal-Mart is "Bringing Back Christmas" this year, but that is a financial ploy just as trolling for gays is.

I have not been inside a Wal-Mart for over two years, can't say I've missed shopping there. Their prices are getting as high as a high-end department store anyway. Wal-Mart has strayed from its beginning.

9 posted on 11/14/2006 1:44:34 PM PST by Last Laugh
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Wal Mart has the decency to mention Christmas and now Wildmon wants to condemn them for allowing gays to do business.
15 posted on 11/14/2006 1:47:30 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Racehorse; Mrs.Nooseman; Diana in Wisconsin; bfree; Graybeard58; CSM; metesky; wanderin; ...

WalMart Ping


Here we go again.


16 posted on 11/14/2006 1:47:46 PM PST by Gabz (If we weren't crazy, we'd just all go insane.)
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Much ado about nothing.

They reintroduced Christmas this year. We should be happy.


19 posted on 11/14/2006 1:51:44 PM PST by Barney Gumble (A liberal is someone too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel - Robert Frost)
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Is this much ado about nothing or a boycott I ought to consider joining?

That's your call, but this certainly won't keep me from saving a lot, and avaoiding Target. I reallllly hate Target.

25 posted on 11/14/2006 1:58:45 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance
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Conservative Christian organizations need to find better ways to spend their time and effort. This is nothing more than an everyday business practice.


30 posted on 11/14/2006 2:01:00 PM PST by wolfcreek (Suegna como si vivieras para siempre; vive como si fueses a morir hoy.)
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Why would you want to join an evangelical lunatic group? Wal-Mart is an equal opportunity capitalist. If this lunatic group would just sign up for the same program the gay group did, it would rake in lots of money for its cause. Instead it is steering its members to other (generally pricier) merchants, and simultaneously providing oodles of free publicity to the gay group so that IT will now make a lot more money from the program than it otherwise would have.

What is it with Wal-Mart? This excellent company seems to be a magnet for lunatics on both extremes of the socio-political spectrum.


43 posted on 11/14/2006 2:17:14 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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Who cares. I'll keep shopping there as long as I get what I want for a considerably better price than other local stores.

Oh yeah... Merry Christmas WalMart! I'll shop there along with gays, lesbians and asexuals. As long as I can get the same 5% as a gay group, no problem.


52 posted on 11/14/2006 2:32:52 PM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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WalMart....the Alpha & Omega of EEEEEEEEVIL....../S


55 posted on 11/14/2006 2:41:24 PM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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This is much ado about nothing. There's nothing wrong with targeting 'niche' market segments.

Who the heck objects to gay people shopping at Wal-Mart, for crying out loud?

Besides, Wal-Mart is coming out of the closet on Christmas (Heh!), no doubt because they believe they'll get more business that way, and that they saw the furor that Target caused with their bellringer ban. I was in Sears last weekend and it looks as if they're acknowledging the reason for the Season, too.

The Christmas thing is reason enough for me to favor Wal-Mart over Target...but daggonit, while Wal-Mart beats Target hands down on the humdrum everyday items on price and variety, Target's fancier stuff (sheets, furniture, picture frames, dishes, clothes, etc.) is better than Wal-Mart's fancier stuff.

68 posted on 11/14/2006 3:23:56 PM PST by wimpycat (Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
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Wal-Mart is actually going to let their employees utter, "Merry Christmas" this year, and is hated by the nutball left. The latter alone would be enough for me.


69 posted on 11/14/2006 3:26:06 PM PST by John Jorsett (scam never sleeps)
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Visit Operation Save Wallmart [from homosexual agenda] at this website
http://www.savewalmart.com/


72 posted on 11/14/2006 3:30:38 PM PST by dcnd9
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Wal-Mart puts 'Christmas' back into big sales season
'Happy holidays' made many unmerry

By RYAN UNDERWOOD
Staff Writer


Christmas is coming early to Wal-Mart this year in more ways than one.

Beyond the continued push to start the holiday shopping season just as Halloween displays are being taken down, Wal-Mart is rolling out a marketing campaign that more fully embraces the religious themes of Christmas.

"This year, more than ever, Christmas will dominate our programming," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Marisa Bluestone said.


75 posted on 11/14/2006 3:48:43 PM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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