The Long View

We learned this week that Target and Best Buy, where I have been for many years a frequent shopper, have donated $250,000 to a political committee supporting the campaign of a candidate for Governor of Minnesota who has promised to veto marriage equality legislation and has ties to a Christian rock band that advocates death to gays.

I have written to both businesses to say “Goodbye.”

My hard-earned queer dollars won’t fund their troglodyte agenda.

Should you be so inclined, I urge you to contact both companies (they don’t make this easy by the way):

Target “Contact Us” Page

Best Buy “Contact Us” Page

According to the Human Rights Campaign:

Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Target had donated $150,000 to the political committee MN Forward. Best Buy pitched in another $100,000.

MN Forward’s mission? Elect as governor an anti-LGBT state representative with a long history of attacks on LGBT Americans. This representative’s campaign even donated to a controversial “punk-rock Christian ministry” whose leader has advocated executing gays and lesbians!

After all these two companies have done to build a fair and equitable workplace, it’s a slap in the face. In years past, Target and Best Buy consistently received 100 percent ratings on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index.

They need to make this right – by donating an equal amount to support candidates who will fight for equality. But they won’t do it just because we ask. They need to see that hundreds of thousands of customers across the country are upset and disappointed.