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Eugene

(62,646 posts) Fri Jul 7, 2023, 07:06 PM Jul 2023

Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise

Source: CBS News

Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise

BY KERRY BREEN
JULY 7, 2023 / 2:23 PM / CBS NEWS

Seven U.S. state attorneys general sent a letter to Target on Wednesday warning that clothes and merchandise sold as part of the company's Pride month campaigns might violate their state's child protection laws.

Republican attorneys general from Indiana, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and South Carolina signed the letter, writing that they were "concerned by recent events involving the company's 'Pride' campaign."

The attorneys said that they believed the campaign was a "comprehensive effort to promote gender and sexual identity among children," criticizing items like T-shirts that advertised popular drag queens and a T-shirt that said 'Girls Gays Theys.' They also highlighted merchandise with "anti Christian designs such as pentagrams, horned skulls and other Satanic products."

The letter also criticized Target for donating to GLSEN, an LGBTQ+ organization that works to end bullying in schools based on sexual and gender identity. The company stated in a 2020 guide that school staff should not tell parents about a child's gender or sexual orientation without consulting the child first, something the attorneys general said undermines "parents' constitutional and statutory rights."

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-attorneys-general-issue-letter-to-target-about-pride-merchandise/

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Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2023 OP

It would sure seem to me... ret5hd Jul 2023 #1

They won't, but Target ought to.., Bobstandard Jul 2023 #2

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)

1. It would sure seem to me...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 07:17 PM

Jul 2023

that attorneys general sending letters about “satanic products” would surely violate somethin’ somethin’ about “freedom of religion”.

Bobstandard

(1,660 posts)

2. They won't, but Target ought to..,

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 07:51 PM

Jul 2023

They won’t, but Target ought to tell them to pound sand, then create a PAC to fund challengers to the reelection of those AGs.

Instead, they’ll cave, making it clear that fascism is winning in America. Fascism is the marriage of totalitarian government and corporate interests, after all. No corporation worth its commitment to building shareholder value would dare challenge a political movement that might result in the loss of revenue. Unbridled capitalism and democracy can’t coexist. Just another reason why we’re screwed.

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