The Candidate Target Didn't Back

Target supports candidates that support its business and economic goals. That very same rationale was also used to justify slavery. How unfortunate for Target. Let's face it -- the only way to save the bad PR now is a full apology from Target.

Margaret Anderson Kelleher, has won the endorsement of MN's statewide lgbt rights organzation-Outfront MN and she is clearly a supporter of marriage equality as is Matt Entenza, the other "major" candidate seeking Democratic endorsement. The Independence Party is the third "major" party in MN(Jesse Ventura was elected by this party) and the likely Independence Party nominee, Tom Horner, also supports marriage equality. The only officially recognized "minor" party in MN currently is the Green Party and Farheen Hakeem wil be running the GP ballot line and supports marriage equality. Even when you look at the three smaller parties with gubernatorial candidates on the ballot this fall in MN, both the Grassroots and Ecological Democracy candidates have been on record at some point supporting marriage equality. THough I'm unsure, the Resource Party candidate is the only possible other opponent of marriage equality on the ballot for governor besides Emmer in Nov.

You all need to get over yourselves. Jesus, do you guys even think of where your money goes? Where your taxes go? They finance a war that you may not like, but guess what? It doesn't mean you can boycott taxes. You buy a movie in a Best Buy and your money goes to a corporation that then uses that money to pay their workers. Isn't it possible that one of those workers will use his salary to finance an anti-gay candidate or organization? Businesses do not have loyalties, and I bet half of you, despite your complaints and promises never to set foot into a Target again, will set foot into a Target into the near future, because maybe then you'll realize that Target is concerned with its survival first, not their customer base. To make yourself feel better, just donate to pro-gay charities. Donate more than you give to Target. They need your help more than Target needs your hate.

I am in total awe of pepa and johnny. WOW!

@Micheal Butler. Wrong, we went to war because the US was attacked by Japan. And your comparison of third world citizens in getting jobs to the Third Reich is shameful and down right disgusting. We cannot fight every evil that exist in the world, if it were so not only we would be in Iraq but under your warped hypocritical world view we will have to invade Russia, China, Sudan, Guatemala, and so on. Heck lets also invade Malawi for their civil rights violations. But I take the appropriate stand of instead not funding said evil or giving aid or funding to said evil governments unlike like certain celebrities who do so and get away with it. (ie Madonna)

@ Pepa: You missed the whole point: Before today's "Super Discounters" took over selling to lower income people, hundreds of thousands of Americans worked for American companies in America making good quality merchandise that American workers could afford to buy. Then the "Beat Down The Cost OF Goods So We Can Make Higher Profits" syndrome took hold. As a result, American companies paying decent wages to Americans went out of business and fired those hundreds of thousands of Americans because China and India paid lower wages to their workers. BUT--Now Chinese and Indian workers are demanding higher wages so they can buy some of the goods they are manufacturing. The result will be: HIGHER prices that the discounters will have to pay, which will mean HIGHER prices for the hundreds of thousands of out of work Americans will be expected to pay. NOW do you understand????

Honestly, Pepa's comments on this ridiculous BS are the only thing that kept me from boycotting the frickin advocate! Don't drink the stereotype mafia's koolaid, people.

I think boycotts are going to be more than necessary from now on because of recent supreme court rulings. We need to show corporations that if they are willing to intervene in the political arena and support candidates, they can do so without helping to elect candidates that say that Arab countries are more moral because they can stone gays. Target can be all gay friendly to it's employees, but all that reputation goes out the window when elected officials start taking our rights, thanks to Target and Best Buy support of homophobic republican candidates.

Pepa, I didn't read all of your comments but scanned them....you are absolutely right.....there is too much bitching about what companies do and don't do....they can't please everyone.....big companies do take advantage but it has been going on for years and really if they are that bad they will get theirs in the end....one thing that too many that bitch and gripe on these articles are victims....I am a winner.....I can make things better for myself....I don't listen to what the right wing say...they don't help me or hinder me.....these people are so unhappy with themselves that they can't see any good out of anything.....I have stopped reading too many comments because of the negative comments...you would think they have a cloud over them each and every morning.....negative people THERE IS A SUN THAT SHINES EVERYDAY.....PLEASE LOOK UP IN THE SKY AND FIND IT....AND QUIT YOUR WHINING....IT IS GETTING OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In Target's defense (sort of), even if they regret the donation now, you can't get those back! Boycotts usually have a goal, but what is the goal here? Suggest something specific that you would want Target to DO. (besides donate $300,000 to Dayton!)