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Published: 08/3/10

Target Hit With Boycott by Gay-Rights Activists Over Political Donation

By  Christopher Weber - Politics Daily
Target Hit With Boycott by Gay-Rights Activists Over Political Donation

Gay-rights activists are cutting up their Target credit cards and demonstrating outside the retail giant's stores to protest the company's donation to a political group backing Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who is against same-sex marriage. Target contributed $150,000 to MN Forward, a pro-business group that has endorsed and is paying for ads for Emmer, ABC News reported. The boycott got a major boost Tuesday when MoveOn.org, the Democratic political advocacy group, said it would help with the petition drive to spread the boycott, according to Reuters. On his Web ...

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