GAY-MART: WAL-MART PAYS MONEY TO ''GAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE"
Assalamu aleikum.
Wal-Mart does not stock or sell zabiha meat products, despite a
national market of millions of Muslims. Wal-Mart's alleged policy of
"advancing diversity among all of its associate, supplier and customer
bases" does not apply to Muslims, despite the fact that Muslims far
outnumber faggots (6 - 7 million Muslims v. 2.4 million "gays" and
"lesbians").
As if that weren't bad enough, yet another reason why Wal-Mart is no
place for a Muslim: the money you spend there:
(1) ends up in the hands of faggots both directly as special money
donations and in the form of "gay" conference sponsorships and
(2) contributes to Wal-Mart "gay" product distributions including
"gay" films and novels.
Note: "Sage Sweetwater" novels (mentioned in the second article below)
are lesbian cowgirl westerns that are to be featured at Wal-Mart
stores nationwide.
Please note that 2 articles follow:
*Wal-Mart's 'Gay' Partnership Risks Conservative 'Rollback'
*Wal-Mart Gay Friendly Opens Shelves To Sage Sweetwater Novels
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(1)
Wal-Mart's 'Gay' Partnership Risks Conservative 'Rollback'
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
August 29, 2006
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(CNSNews.com) - After months of criticism from union-backed groups
over its employee pay and health care practices, Wal-Mart now faces a
potential "rollback" of support from conservatives because of the
retail giant's partnership with a homosexual business coalition.
"I don't think this is something that will sell on Main Street
America, where most Wal-Mart stores are located," said Tony Perkins,
president of the conservative Family Research Council (FRC). "I don't
think cheap prices on goods from China will be enough to stop a
rollback in their customer base if they choose to go down this aisle."
Joining the FRC in criticizing Wal-Mart's new alliance with the
National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) is Americans for
Truth, which describes itself as "the only national organization
devoted exclusively to exposing and countering the homosexual activist
agenda."
"Wal-Mart has always been a favorite of God-fearing Middle American
customers who hold traditional family values," said Peter LaBarbera,
the group's founder and president. "I'm very surprised that Wal-Mart
would now bite the hand that feeds it and thumb its nose at those very
customers.
"It seems to me that Wal-Mart should reconsider its unsavory alliance
with these extremist homosexual activists in today's heated and
polarizing culture war," LaBarbera added.
However, Bob McAdam, vice president of corporate affairs with
Wal-Mart, told Cybercast News Service that the world's largest retail
company joined the NGLCC "just like we have joined a number of other
groups representing all parts of the spectrum of our customers" -
including women's organizations and minority groups.
The conflict began on Aug. 21, when the NGLCC issued a news release
announcing "a partnership with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as part of the
company's ongoing commitment to advancing diversity among all of its
associate, supplier and customer bases."
As part of that agreement, Wal-Mart will pay $25,000 to NGLCC - "the
largest LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender] business
development and economic advocacy organization in the world" - and has
agreed to sponsor two of NGLCC's annual conferences.
"We are honored to have Wal-Mart's support of the NGLCC," said the
group's co-founder and president, Justin Nelson. "Our partnership will
not only provide more opportunities for the Chamber, but the business
community as a whole."
When asked by reporters why Wal-Mart had not issued a statement on the
new partnership, Nelson said that it's "normal procedure" for the
NGLCC to handle such announcements.
Since then, conservative organizations have become increasingly vocal
in their criticism of the new partnership.
Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute at
Concerned Women for America, said that by joining forces with the
NGLCC, Wal-Mart is "validating the idea that homosexual activists have
the right to shake down corporations out of fear of being called bigots."
Perkins called the alliance "an odd new domestic partnership." He's
asking FRC's supporters to download a flyer from the group's website
that asks why the retail chain is supporting homosexual activism and
place a copy of it at the customer service desk of the nearest Wal-Mart.
As Cybercast News Service previously reported, the retail giant has
been no stranger to controversy over the past year when
union-sponsored groups such as WakeUpWal-Mart.com and Wal-Mart Watch
have charged the corporation with needing to meet "higher
expectations" and being unsafe for shoppers.
McAdam said he expects the popularity of the company - which has about
3,900 outlets in the United States alone - will trump any criticism
from either side of the political aisle, just as when Wal-Mart added
homosexuals to its non-discrimination policy two years ago.
"I think our attraction to Americans in general speaks for itself, and
that's why comments from either side of the political spectrum or
whatever philosophical debate are less important than the daily
approval we see from our customers," McAdam said.
"Wal-Mart continues to serve the vast majority of Americans regardless
of their political persuasion or their personal beliefs," McAdam
noted. "Last year, about 85 percent of Americans bought something at
Wal-Mart. We have more than 138 million customers a week at Wal-Mart.
"With numbers of that size, we're dealing with just about everybody,
and to that extent, we want to be as welcoming as we can to every part
of the spectrum, and we will continue to be broad in our outreach," he
added. "We welcome people of all persuasions and all philosophies."
Not all homosexual activists are pleased with the new arrangement, though.
"Our community is a smart community, and we can see a shameless
marketing opportunity when it comes," Jeremy Bishop, program director
of the "Pride at Work" subsidiary of the AFL-CIO, told Cox Newspapers.
"For us, it's a matter of social and economic justice," Bishop added,
"and Wal-Mart has a long record of not treating its employees - gay or
straight - with equity and dignity."
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(2)
Wal-Mart Gay Friendly Opens Shelves To Sage Sweetwater Novels
By Sage Sweetwater
Friday, August 25, 2006
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Sage Sweetwater novels now gearing up to be sold at Wal-marts
Retail behemoth Wal-Mart has teamed up with the National Gay and
Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in an effort to advance diversity within
the store's associate, supplier, and customer bases.
As part of the arrangement, Dee Breazeale, a vice president at
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., will serve on the gay and lesbian chamber's
Corporate Advisory Council, which works to educate corporate America
on the benefits of workplace diversity. Other companies with
representatives on the Corporate Advisory Council include IBM, Wells
Fargo, and Kodak.
Wal-Mart has also agreed to sponsor some of the chamber's programs,
including two of its conferences.
"We are honored to have Wal-Mart's support of the NGLCC," said Justin
Nelson, co-founder and president of the National Gay and Lesbian
Chamber of Commerce. "Our partnership will not only provide more
opportunities for the NGLCC but the business community as a whole."
Not everyone thinks the Wal-Mart/NGLCC partnership is a good idea.
Jeremy Bishop, program director of Pride at Work, a constituency group
of the AFL-CIO labor organization, criticized the Bentonville, Ark.-
based corporation for its inhospitality to gay and labor concerns.
"The mission statement says it is committed 'to forming a broad-based
coalition of LGBT-owned and -friendly businesses,'" Bishop told
PageOneQ.com, referring to the gay and lesbian chamber's own
description of its agenda.
"We're not exactly sure how Wal-Mart fits into the LGBT-friendly
business category," Bishop said. "In fact, we're not sure how Wal-Mart
fits into anything worker-friendly."
He said he would rather the chamber "demand that Wal-Mart create
'friendly' practices of, say, paying their employees
above-poverty-line wages, offering affordable health care, and when
that is done, they could think about offering domestic-partner
benefits and dealing with the massive class-action lawsuit facing them
regarding gender discrimination."
That lawsuit, the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history,
alleges unequal pay and opportunities for up to 1.6 million current
and past Wal-Mart employees, AP reported. The Advocate)
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