Home Depot’s Support for Gay Marriage Sparks Boycott
Home Depot Chairman Frank Blake told shareholders earlier this month that his company would continue to support gay marriage activists and activities. Since that time several high profile events supporting gay pride have seen corporate sanctioned Home Depot participants appear in parades and other public activities.
Last weekend, Home Depot sponsored the Southern Maine Pride event in Portland. During the opening ceremony, emcee Khris Francis thanked the company for their support of gay men. On June 11, over one dozen employees wearing Home Depot gear marched in the Boston Pride parade.
The home improvement company has drawn sharp criticism from groups who are opposed to gay marriage. The American Family Association (AFA) has organized a boycott of Home Depot to fight what it calls, “the company’s assault on the sanctity of marriage as only between one man and one woman.”
Earlier this month the AFA delivered 474,161 petition signatures to Home Depot chairman Frank Blake at the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Atlanta.
Home Depot public relations representatives were contacted for an official response to the organizations boycott efforts and responded via email saying, “The Home Depot is committed to respecting and recognizing the diversity of all people and fostering an inclusive environment for all.”
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What business do they have promoting a fringe effort like gay marriage?
I say sign the petition here: http://action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147496231
and hit them where it hurts by shopping at Lowe’s
Oh here we go, now starts the parade of homophobes.
First of all as a corporation they have every right and in fact a duty to promote civil rights, which is what this all boils down to. So get off your high horse and move into the 21st century!
Oh really? This is not a case of modern man becoming so advanced that homosexuality should be recognized as an acceptable behavior. In fact the fall of every great nation was accompanied by a broad acceptance of immoral behavior as acceptable. So stop trying to push your agenda on people who don’t buy it, and we in turn will buy our home improvement products from Lowe’s or True Value Hardware stores.
You are correct. And those who take offense have the right to take their money elsewhere. What about the civil rights of Chrisian to excercise freedom of speech and protect our childrenfrom being taught how to have homosexualy relations in the school? Why is it the hoosexual activist only see tolerance and one direction? That is hypocracy!
Where and when did schools start teaching children how to have sexual relations of any kind? I really do not recall that class. They might learn about it from other kids at school, but pretty sure there isn’t a Homosexuality Education 101 course. Your statement makes no sense “Why is it that homosexual activists only see tolerance and one direction?” So they should see the other side of tolerance, which is intolerance? And isn’t the point of supporting something, ANYthing for that matter, to move in one direction?
Well maybe you were asleep during Family Life Education.
So if homosexuality is OK then Family Life Education becomes, your family could look like Mommy and Daddy, or Mommy and Mommy, or Daddy and Daddy, and they are all the same, good safe choices you can make on how your family will look when you grow up.
Yeah right.
It’s an activists position to make the perverse look normal and it the beginning of the end of every great nation. Home Depot just wants to help the cause.
I’ll shop at Lowe’s
“A fringe effort”?
The polling now says more than 50% of Americans believe this is right. That number goes up every year. Even if you think this is wrong, which is your right to believe I respectfully concede, it’s not a fringe effort.
Polling? I don’t base my opinion on polls run by entities whose sole agenda is the legitimacy of perversion. If you like to put your finger in the air and see which way the wind is blowing be my guest. I don’t believe in moral relativism and your polls don’t ask the right questions. When people are confronted with the fact that queer life will have to be portrayed to children in every public forum as not only acceptable but beautiful they won”t be so quick to legitimize it.
I think that is a bit extreme. You make it sound like they will have homosexuality shoved in their face by some man in a sparkly gstring. And for the record, there are plenty of parents who are perfectly fine with their children growing up knowing it is okay for two men or two women to love each other and build a strong, lasting relationship just like any two straight people.
I feel that both groups should boycott home depot. For one the owner of home depot is the same owner of the falcons. (saints fan) Second I think it is sad that this company would take the risk of hurting its employees for a pr stunt. One million dollars to the lawyers is like one of us dropping 10 dollars in the collection plate on sunday. They are trying to exploit the gay community to increase sales. Most public companies are a majority of share holders and if 1 million will bring the stock up in a down economy the gay community just got caught up in a huge pr scheme. I feel politics and religious beliefs should be left out of buisness. Especially in such a politically correct society we live in, we cannot fart without someone getting offended and calling the media. People grow up and see the real picture it is all about driving up profits in corporate america. Nothing is ever done without something in return.
Both groups? Why would homosexuals boycott Home Depot? Home Depot is giving them a leg up in legitimizing same sex marriage. They should be promoting them six ways to Sunday for becoming a corporate sponsor of their effort. It really a statement and one I hope everyone would take not of.
I hope Home Depot goes the way of Hechinger and FAILS. I don’t plan to shop at a store that has decided they will support the demise of America.
Why not just stay out of it ? Home Depot should remain neutral..respect the personal feelings of all people and be what Home Depot what supposed to be. A place where all folks can come and get the items and supplies we all need to make our homes and communties a better place. Both gay and straight people have a desire to do this and would likely see that we all have a whole lot more in common than some differences. Bones
While Lowe’s is championing the hate parade, Home Depot are standing up for human rights for all people. The backwoods closet cases at the American Family Association now have a bigoted DIY store all to themselves.
Thanks for the information. I’ll start shopping at Lowes!
No doubt. What is it with these people and their homo agendas? If Home Depot wants to engage in activism they will pay the price, but only if people know what’s going on. Thanks for the article.
Thanks for the information! I’ll start shopping at Home Depot more often!