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Wal-Mart Not Too-Smart
Family Leader ^ | Friday, September 29, 2006 | Maurine Proctor

Posted on 09/29/2006 9:14:41 AM PDT by restornu

We've just begun a serious discussion at our house about whether we will withdraw from shopping at Wal-Mart. They are close by; we spend thousands of dollars there a year; but they have succumbed to pressure and are actively promoting the homosexual agenda and homosexual marriage. Just look at what they are doing in Idaho, where Family Leader is working hard to pass a state marriage protection amendment.

Enough is Enough

Wal-Mart Sponsoring Diversity Week

The following is a report from our friends at the American Family Association. We work in coalition with them on several projects through our Washington D.C. affiliation.

Wal-Mart has given its full endorsement to the homosexual agenda and homosexual marriage. Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, will observe LGBT Diversity Week October 9-13. One of the sponsors for the Diversity Week is Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart is joining the Pleasure Boutique (an adult bookstore which bills itself as "Idaho's largest selection of adult movies and DVDs and largest adult toy selection in Idaho") and other groups in sponsoring the week. Diversity Week is a week of celebrating homosexuality and promoting the homosexual agenda and homosexual marriage.

Among the events being sponsored by Wal-Mart is Idaho Votes No Campaign Update and Information Workshop. Voters in Idaho will be voting on a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage in November. This Wal-Mart sponsored event will inform voters how to oppose the amendment and how to get others to do so. Wal-Mart is putting their money behind the effort to legalize homosexual marriage.

Other events being sponsored by Wal-Mart: Gay History of Idaho, Diversity in the Workplace, Women's/Lesbian Issues, Hate Based Crimes, Heterosexism, Homosexuality and Disabilities, LGBT Youth in Trouble, MCC-Faith and LGBT, and a youth dance for those age 24 and under.

Wal-Mart is throwing their clout and cash behind the homosexual marriage effort.



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To: restornu

I'll still shop there. But I think WalMart needs to be careful what it sponsors. In the case of gays, WalMart's silence would have been golden.


41 posted on 09/29/2006 10:02:46 AM PDT by LadyNavyVet
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To: Lunatic Fringe

I agree with you about this being an attack on Walmart from the other side. They're huge, so they are an easy target for attacks from all sides of the spectrum.


42 posted on 09/29/2006 10:03:32 AM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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To: defenderSD
You see, once you start legislating special rights for people involved in certain kinds of behavior, then where does it end?

Which is precisely why the government should get out of the marriage business entirely. If the government wasn't bestowing special status on monogamous heterosexual marriages (including Britney Spears' one day marriage, Cher's nine-day marriage, and Anna Nicole Smith's highly peculiar one-year marriage), then other groups wouldn't be clamoring to get their government-issued licenses too.

43 posted on 09/29/2006 10:03:48 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Psalm 73

Umm, that's not what non sequitur means. It means "it does not follow".

What does the Supreme Court and "Truth" have to do with me pointing out that the Annoying Christians planning to stand in front of Wal-Marts on Black Friday is another reason to avoid Wal-Mart?


44 posted on 09/29/2006 10:04:09 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Fiscal Conservative, Social Moderate. Understand?)
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To: restornu

It is disappointing I guess they don't know who their shoppers are
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Hmmm, walmart. the most successful retail enterprise on the planet. pay many dollars to those who examine markets and where the potential is to tap new markets.

You know, I think I'll have to operate under the notion that Walmart knows who its customers are a whole heckuva lot better than you do.

They'll do what they think is best for the bottom line, and given their track record, it's pretty safe to assume they know what they're doing.

Boycott away!


45 posted on 09/29/2006 10:04:16 AM PDT by dmz
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To: Lunatic Fringe

My argument is completely correct. You didn't take enough time to think about this issue. Gay behavior does affect everyone else in society. If you can't see that, you're not very observant and not well informed. I never said criminal behavior doesn't affect me. I'm saying that it's a form of behavior like homosexuality and thus people can argue that it should not be discriminated against in hiring because a large percentage of people with criminal records have cleaned up their act and are not involved in crime and must be given an equal opportunity for all jobs.


46 posted on 09/29/2006 10:04:44 AM PDT by defenderSD (CO2 is not a pollutant and I am not a polluter when I breathe....you hear that Algore?)
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To: restornu

I don't shop at Wal-Mart because their products suck, their store layout is terrible, their prices are not worth the cost of gas to drive there. Target is closer, higher quality products and competitive prices.


47 posted on 09/29/2006 10:05:27 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 39-43)
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To: defenderSD

That's what the purveyors of Muslim theocracy say too. We "infidels" are a "destructive force in society", and therefore need to submit or be killed for the greater good.


48 posted on 09/29/2006 10:05:34 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker

That's crazy. You're advocating a change in government policy that would lead to the end of the traditional American family and the end of our society as it is today. The rights of monagmous traditional marraige are embedded all though our legal statutes and if you start tearing those rights out of the statutes that would throw our legal system into chaos.


49 posted on 09/29/2006 10:08:02 AM PDT by defenderSD (CO2 is not a pollutant and I am not a polluter when I breathe....you hear that Algore?)
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To: restornu

Well, let's see: Liberals hate Walmart because they "exploit" their workers. Now the American Family Association hates Walmart because they gave some money to some gay organization.

I guess Walmart will be closing its doors any day now. Oh...wait...they're making record profits. Never mind.


50 posted on 09/29/2006 10:08:31 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: restornu

Wal-mart should cut it out. A boycott of their Chinese crap by a disordered 2 per cent of the population isn't going to put them out of business.


51 posted on 09/29/2006 10:08:33 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hugo Chavez is the Devil! The podium still smells of sulfur...)
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To: restornu

I live in Boise so I can watch to see what happens.

If this is just taking place down at BSU then it won't really effect me, and pretty much won't effect anyone else except the people that already support the "diversity week" and would be at the event anyways.

Now if this were taking place AT the walmart stores themselves then I would have a problem with it.

Counter-protest? Probably not, but I definitly wouldn't shop at the stores during the week this was taking place and 95% of my daily shopping is done at Walmart, the other 5% at WinCo (WinCo has better meats, produce, and deli).


52 posted on 09/29/2006 10:08:34 AM PDT by Domandred
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To: GovernmentShrinker

They are wrong and we are right. You seem to be unable to make a judgement or a decision about key principles in society. Take a stand, make a judgement, make a decision.


53 posted on 09/29/2006 10:09:13 AM PDT by defenderSD (CO2 is not a pollutant and I am not a polluter when I breathe....you hear that Algore?)
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To: defenderSD
Gay behavior does affect everyone else in society. If you can't see that, you're not very observant and not well informed.

No it doesn't. This is the argument of uptight Christians "It *is* our business!"

It's not. What gay people do in their bedroom doesn't affect you, or society. If it does, then let's take a look at what goes on in your bedroom (if anything), and legislate it in order to protect society.

54 posted on 09/29/2006 10:09:27 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Fiscal Conservative, Social Moderate. Understand?)
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To: restornu
...Gay History of Idaho...

In a fine Western state like Idaho, what would that consist of? Some Brokeback Moutain action, maybe?

55 posted on 09/29/2006 10:09:59 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hugo Chavez is the Devil! The podium still smells of sulfur...)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

You're wrong. Take a few months and think about it, then get back to me if you like.


56 posted on 09/29/2006 10:10:52 AM PDT by defenderSD (CO2 is not a pollutant and I am not a polluter when I breathe....you hear that Algore?)
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To: restornu

What is one thing this "Family Leader" organization and the American Family Association have in common?

Both have a [Donate] button near the top of their web page. They want you to get all ticked off about something and send them some money so they can get more people ticked off.

Phooey on them!


57 posted on 09/29/2006 10:10:56 AM PDT by MineralMan (Non-evangelical Atheist)
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To: dmz

WalMart is indeed a highly competent organization. They outperformed every other public and private organization when it came to getting emergency supplies into post-Katrina New Orleans FAST. Somehow nobody but WalMart had figured out that it would be a good idea to stockpile generators and bottled water in warehouses just beyond the danger zone, along with trucks and drivers to start ferrying the stuff in immediately after the storm passed.


58 posted on 09/29/2006 10:11:02 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: defenderSD
lead to the end of the traditional American family and the end of our society as it is today.

More paranoid ramblings from the Religious Right.

The rights of monagmous traditional marraige are embedded all though our legal statutes and if you start tearing those rights out of the statutes that would throw our legal system into chaos.

I don't see anyone advocating revoking the rights of heterosexual couples. More paranoia.

59 posted on 09/29/2006 10:11:57 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Fiscal Conservative, Social Moderate. Understand?)
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To: LadyNavyVet

I got a feeling if you want to continue to do international business you have to embrace

Ethic Globalist!
http://www.globalethics.org/


60 posted on 09/29/2006 10:12:18 AM PDT by restornu (Elevate Your Thoughts! Will I accept of an offering, saith the Lord, that is not made in my name?)
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