Republican attorneys general issue warning letter to Target about Pride merchandise

When I first read this on Scottie’s Playtime I literally saw red. I was so incensed … still am, for that matter! What the Sam Hell is wrong with people??? I have half a mind (no comments on that, please!) to write a letter to each of these Attorneys General and let them know just what I think of their narrow-minded, shallow, unconscionable bigotry! Grrrrrrrrrrrr … Anyway, please click on the link in the first paragraph of Scottie’s post to read the actual letter … if this doesn’t get your dander up, then nothing will. Thank you, Scottie, for sharing this and raising our blood pressure into the stratosphere!

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

Seven U.S. state attorneys generalsent a letterto 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…

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