Target Goes Political Again, Releases Controversial Lesbian Ad
I adore Target. The closest one is about fifteen minutes from my house, and I shop there at least once every other day or so. I routinely stop in for that one thing I need, and walk out with a cart full of stuff I found on clearance. If you’re a Target junkie, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
What I’m tired of these days is having things shoved down my throat by a society determined to force-feed an agenda, while generally being extremely hostile toward my own belief in judeo-Christian principles. How individuals live their lives is absolutely none of my business, but when a company weighs in the way Target does with this ad and others, they leave me no choice but to make a different decision about where I spend my hard earned dollars.
This isn’t a new thing. Target did an ad in 2012 depicting a gay couple at their wedding, and one featuring two gay dads last month after they came out in support of marriage equality. According to Christian News, this is becoming more of a thing than most probably realize.
As previously reported, DirecTV and CVS both recently came out with commercials featuring homosexuals, and in San Francisco, Burger King advertised its “proud Whopper” earlier this year, while Nabisco promoted its Honey Maid grahams and Teddy Grahams in a commercial that featured a homosexual couple.
In 2012, cereal giant General Mills came out in support of same-sex “marriage,” and dessert mix company Betty Crocker did the same a year later, donating cakes to three homosexual twosomes for their “wedding.” JC Penney published Mother’s Day and Father’s Day print ads depicting homosexual couples in 2012, and in 2009, the Campbell’s Soup Company placed a two-page ad featuring two lesbians in the homosexual publication The Advocate.
Starbucks defended its support for same-sex “marriage” last year despite boycotts against the company, and the restaurant chain Chipotle was featured in two homosexual pride parades.
Home Depot, Target, Walgreens, Microsoft and Levi’s, among others, have also met resistance from Christian organizations for their support of the homosexual lifestyle.
How do you view ads like this? Just advertising, or a company treading on thin ice by weighing in on political matters?
