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Retailers Are Put on the Spot Over Anti-Gay Aid

Started by SandraJane, September 27, 2011, 02:12:09 AM

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September 27, 2011, 02:12:09 AM


Retailers Are Put on the Spot Over Anti-Gay Aid

By ERIK ECKHOLM|Published: September 25, 2011

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/us/companies-get-gay-rights-heat-over-christian-donations.html?_r=1

Stuart Wilber, a gay Seattle man, started an online petition when he learned about Charity Giveback Group.
   
The culture war over gay rights has entered the impersonal world of e-commerce.
A handful of advocates, armed with nothing more than their keyboards, have put many of the country's largest retailers, including Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Wal-Mart, on the spot over their indirect and, until recently, unnoticed roles in funneling money to Christian groups that are vocal in opposing homosexuality.
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