Kathy and I joked that we needed to start a bunch of rumors that would turn the Family Foundation against a truly worthy cause, Wal Mart. We joked that we should start a rumor that WAL Mart stands for Were All Lesbians Mart. We didn't even have to gossip.
Wal-Mart target of conservative protest
Don't get me wrong, I am all for gay rights, and I don't think that any business should be punished for supporting gays and lesbians, but damn, it is fucking Wal Mart, people! I can't help but smile. Below is a clip from the article, I bolded the sections that made me particularly ill.
Long under fire from the left, Wal-Mart is now a target of Christian conservatives urging shoppers to boycott the huge retailer’s post-Thanksgiving sales because of its low-key outreach to some gay-rights organizations.
One group, the American Family Association, is asking supporters to stay away from Wal-Mart on Friday and Saturday — two of the busiest shopping days of the year. Another group, Operation Save America, plans prayer-and-preaching rallies outside many Wal-Mart stores on Friday.
The corporate actions that triggered the protests were little different from those taken by scores of major companies in recent years — Wal-Mart paid $25,000 this summer to become a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and donated $60,000 to Out and Equal, which promotes gay-rights
advances in the workplace.
Conservative leaders viewed these actions as a betrayal of Wal-Mart’s traditions, which have included efforts to weed out magazines with racy covers and CDs with explicit lyrics.‘‘This has been Christian families’ favorite store — and now they’re giving in, sliding down the slippery slope so many other corporations have gone down,’’ said the Rev. Flip Benham of Operation Save America. ‘‘They’re all being extorted by the radical homosexual agenda.’’
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The radical homosexual agenda... Right. And this is coming from a guy named "Flip" who is using phrases like "slippery slope," "giving in," and "gone down." I think his comments are a thinly veiled attempt to decribe his own battle with the love that dare not speak its name. Two words: Ted Haggard. I always suspect such things from the most virulent hate-mongers. Still, you're right about Wal-Mart. I love the fact that they are hated even when they do something that isn't completely evil.
Some days I am really glad I live in New York and can get help with scented candles by a gay man working for Target. :)
I hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving!
God Sid - you so smart! I didn't even pick up on the homophobic/closet homosexual key words. Way to go!
I agree with Sid, in fact i think there is something more to read into this. The closeted Reverend Flip, Admiral Ass Master, as his boyfriends call him did not mean to say "radical Homosexual AGENDA" What he was really driving at there was the joys of being extorted by the "radical homosexual ADVENTURE". Just change that one word and then you truly see what makes Flip flip.
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