Liberty Counsel accusing Macy’s of covering up sexual assaults

[Shana A]

Liberty Counsel accusing Macy's of covering up sexual assaults
By: Alvin McEwen Tuesday January 10, 2012 7:27 am    

http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2012/01/10/liberty-counsel-accusing-macys-of-covering-up-sexual-assaults/

In its continuing war against Macy's Department store for firing an employee who harassed a transgender customer – which was in violation of company policy – the right-wing Liberty Counsel has chosen to stoop low.

I mean really low. The organization is now accusing Macy's of covering up rapes. Liberty Counsel head Mat Staver said the following today on the Faith & Freedom radio show:

    We also have another individual that contacted us, Matt, who said that he was sort of a trouble shooter, I forgot the exact title that he was working in in Macy's, and he brought to Macy's the issue of these men going into the women's fitting rooms. . . . Loss prevention or something of that nature. He brought to their attention articles from around the country where people had gone into Macy's, and some other stores but specifically Macy's, women had gone in and they had been sexually assaulted in these fitting rooms by men that have been coming into those fitting rooms, and even rapes. He brought this to the attention of Macy's to address this policy and he said rather than address it he was terminated.

[Michelle-G]

Oh, of course the whistleblower is anonymous!  It's the oldest trick in the book - that you can't prove it's a conspiracy is the very proof that it exists!

It's only a matter of time before this subsidiary of Liberty University / Liberty Baptist Church crosses the line from an "conservative family values" group to a bona fide hate group.

[Shana A]

Liberty Counsel Accuses Macy's of Rape Cover-Up
Submitted by Brian Tashman on January 9, 2012 - 2:10pm

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/liberty-counsel-accuses-macy%E2%80%99s-rape-cover

The right-wing legal foundation Liberty Counsel is representing a former Macy's employee who was fired when she violated company policy and refused to allow a transgender woman to use the woman's changing room to try on clothes. In the weeks since the incident, Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver has made the rounds to disparage and attack transgender Americans as well as Macy's for respecting the rights of LGBT customers.

Staver has previously warned that Macy's policy could lead to rape by enabling male rapists to claim they are female and then assault women in changing rooms. Today on Faith & Freedom, Staver went even further by repeating accusations made by an unnamed tipster that Macy's is actively covering up a string of sexual assaults, including rape, at its stores. Staver did not seem to know much about the tipster or his claims, but that did not stop him from repeating them. Staver's deputy, Matt Barber, went on to say that he wasn't surprised by the accusations. After all, Barber said, the "homosexual activist lobby and people who are trapped in the homosexual lifestyle" are "in constant rebellion with order, with their natural order, with natural law, with biology."