ACTION ITEM: Information about Wal-Mart

I just got this email from a missionary friend in Japan.  I had no idea that this sort of thing had happend all the way back on August 21, or I am getting forgetful at this ripe age of 35. <grin>

Pass this very important information on:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Eric Kurfman
Date: Oct 17, 2006 2:56 AM
Subject: Information about Wal-Mart

WAL-MART Joins HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA 
IN TIME for CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

In a rather risky move - just before Christmas shopping season, it
was announced on August 21 that Wal-Mart has joined the National 
Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.  
( http://www.nglcc.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/5735/pid/576 )

 The original announcement states: "The National Gay & Lesbian 
Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) announced today a partnership 
with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc... This partnership will include executive
representation on the NGLCC's Corporate Advisory Council (CAC)  
and sponsorship of the organization's 2006 events and initiatives."

Yes - you heard right. Just prior to the Christmas shopping season -
the most important time of year for retailers - Wal-Mart suddenly 
joins itself to the radical homosexual agenda. Did no-one in
management consider that Wal-Mart has always been seen as a
"family-friendly" store? Did they not consider that millions of
Christians and conservative Americans may object - and take their 
Christmas shopping elsewhere? Did they not take note of the fact 
that right across the country, overwhelming numbers in the 2004
election voted to keep marriage as between "one man and one
woman"? What on earth were they thinking? 

Even the LA Times, which was among the first to break this story 
in the mainstream press, commented that, "For Wal-Mart Stores 
Inc., even trying to make new friends is controversial." The Times 
 quoted Randy Sharp of the American Family Assn. who said that 
he and others had stopped shopping at Wal-Mart because of its 
shift from a "pro-family" stance. 

Now, why didn't Wal-Mart see this kind of reaction coming? Do  
they not care if they alienate large numbers of existing customers? 
Or is it just that they figure no-one will do anything about it? What 
kind of business takes an action that is bound to offend millions
of its customers just before the busiest time of the year? 

The reaction of people who hold conservative values was well
summed-up by WorldNetDaily in a commentary entitled, "Why 
did Wal-Mart go 'gay'?" earlier this month.

In it, Kevin McCullough writes: "On nearly every occasion I've visited  
a Wal-Mart, I've nearly always seen entire families shopping together... 
there quite possibly couldn't be a more family-friendly vendor in all 
of America... Until this week... Wal-Mart stores have now signed 
 on to an agreement with the 'National Gay and Lesbian Chamber 
of Commerce.' Leaving me to ask the question: WHY?... why is 
Wal-Mart now spending resources in time, attention and money 
to promote same-gender sexual behavior? 

"Why will a Wal-Mart vice president now sit on the NGLCC task force?

"Why will Wal-Mart spend monetary resources to help fund 
conferences that promote same-gender sexual behavior?"

 The WorldNetDaily piece goes on to comment that, "In turning 
their back on the Red State shopper who disapproves of these 
changes, Wal-Mart has made a terrible business decision."

Many conservative Americans could only shake their heads in 
agreement at this sad assessment. And yet it appears that
Wal-Mart remains completely unapologetic and unmoved. One of
its spokesmen even dismissed their decision as "just another 
routine business outreach." 

There has been no backing down - no apology at all. It is almost 
as if Wal-Mart feels it will suffer no major repercussions at all 
from this. Even though they must be aware that in some quarters 
there is talk of "boycotts", etc, they seem almost blissfully unconcerned. 

Well - maybe they are right. But on the other hand, it just may be 
that Wal-Mart is about to find out how its customers really feel 
about these new changes. For a big retailer at Christmas-time it
would take only 2% or 3% of its customers to send a very clear 
message by shopping elsewhere. If that happened, the alarm bells
would be huge - right across the retail world.

Please PASS THIS ON.

LA TIMES Article-
 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-walmart25aug25,0,1146352.story  WORLDNETDAILY Articles- http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51774 http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51782  NGLCC Articles- http://www.nglcc.org/ht/d/Releases/pid/576 ----------------------------------------------------

Now you know.

Eric Standlee