Posted on 11/09/2006 10:10:32 AM PST by Froufrou
Wal-Mart, long pummeled by the political left, is taking additional flak from the right.
A conservative activist group is trying to recruit one million families who will refuse to shop at Wal-Mart or Sam's Club on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, traditionally two of the busiest shopping days of the year.
The American Family Association is furious with Wal-Mart for reaching out to homosexual advocacy groups that support same-sex marriage.
The criticism began when Wal-Mart announced it would join the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. And now Wal-Mart has made a deal with the Washington DC Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People, agreeing to donate 5 percent of the sales made through the group's website to the Center.
"Every purchase made online for books, music, videos, clothing and accessories, children's clothing and toys, and electronics at the site will automatically send 5% of the sales to the CCBLBT People," the AFA said in a message to its supporters.
"The agreement is an indication that Wal-Mart is totally committed to supporting the homosexual movement," the AFA said.
The conservative advocacy group complains that Wal-Mart also gave a "generous cash donation" to the Northwest Arkansas Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center, helping to provide a place where homosexuals can come together to "socialize."
The AFA says Wal-Mart should have remained neutral in the cultural battle over homosexual marriage.
It says Wal-Mart made an "ideological" decision, not a business decision.
In any event, Sam is surely rolling in his grave.
FTFA:
...Wal-Mart has made a deal with the Washington DC Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People, agreeing to donate 5 percent of the sales made through the group's website to the Center.
I know this may be a little too complex for you tiny little mind to grasp, but Walmart is not donating 5% of all sales to gay advocay.
They are paying a 5% commission on sales made through some gay group's website.
It's a standard business arrangement. They do the same thing with countless other groups.
Learn to read, Bozo.
So you're a psychic too?
I will do more shopping at Wal-Mart if what I read about them using the term Merry Christmas this season is true.
I know it does not go to cancer advocacy, nor to spinal bifida support, nor to feeding the hungry. It goes to a DC advocate of GLBT lifesytles.
Now, who do you think the 5% goes to?
And who can read.
George W. Bush is the boogeyman, too. Run for your life, you useful idiot.
Answer the question:
Who does the money go to?
The 5% is just a referral reward.
This is like "affiliate" programs all throughout the internet.
I'm no great fan of Walmart but there's no sense spreading false info about this story.
Right, as if AFA would have stood for mere neutrality!
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