Target loses $9 billion in market value in a week over LGBTQ Pride products

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  1. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    No, I just like facts. Some people seem allergic to that.

    Correct, currently.

    False, marriage is not required for procreation.

    Opinion

    False, marriage is not required for procreation

    The founding fathers actually opposed religion in government

    “The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — John Adams

    “Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.” — James Madison

    “The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.” — James Madison

    “This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.” — John Adams

    “Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.” — Thomas Paine

    “Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.” — Benjamin Franklin

    There is not one redeeming feature in our superstition of Christianity. It has made one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. -Thomas Jefferson


    Can you quote 7 quotes from the founders (the same number I just did) that stated that religious influence should be involved in our secular laws?
     
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    Social contract extended to "gay sex" only so it has something to do with "gay sex".
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    There you go bro, bringing it gay sex again.

    It has nothing to do with gay sex. They simply removed the sex discrimination aspect of being able to sign a civil document.

    You can get married without gay sex or without any kind of sex.
     
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    No but it was instituted to protect children and the family. Husband = Man Wife=Woman that is marriage.

    Religion, yes, belief in God,no. Religion is an organized institution. Faith in God transcends those institutions. The founders, most of them. came from England. Not only England but most of Europe had "State Sponsored Religion". We don't here. That is what it was all about. Go to the Capitol, go to the Supreme Court, God is mentioned everywhere. The Founders set aside denominational differences and conceded God is greater than that. You don't get away with trying to identify those men as atheists. You are a very tiny minority.
     
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    Marriage is the civil union between two unrelated persons.

    You realize all of these instances of god were added after the founders were long dead, yes?

    You made a specific claim that god was invited in by the founders to be able to create law. Direct quote these founders saying god should be involved in politics.
     
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    "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and to humbly implore His protection and favor"
    George Washington,Thanksgiving Proclamation, October3, 1789
    John Adams and many others had similar sentiment, I have a book about two inches thick of Washington's quotes. You do your own research.
     
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    You only need 7 more quotes to top mine that stated otherwise.

    I did my own research when I posted those 7 quotes — it’s time for you do to yours. Or wave the white flag of “do your own research”.

    Also which god was a speaking of? Zeus?
     
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    yes it was removed to create special privilige for homosexuals

    we have right to oppose special priviliges for homosexuals.
     
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    If it has nothing to dow wish "gay sex" then civil contract should have been extended to any couples including related (asexual) couples.
     
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    check the Google, homosexual couple cannot have children, their so called "sexual activity" is strictly private matter, so government has nothing to do with it.
     
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    they can have children, same way heterosexuals can have children with surrogates and sperm donors

    those are gifts from God for the homosexual couple right, same as a heterosexual couple?
     
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    Maybe you'll just have to suck it up, and not obsess over it. What are you, the Taliban? If sexual activity (of any kind) is strictly private, then it would have to be banned from TV, internet, magazines etc.
     
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    heterosexual activity is not private, it is regulated by the government.
    Government is imposing responsibility on heterosexual couples.
    we have to get to the bottom of the issue, people should not be prosecuted or lose jobs due to disagreement with LGBT(*).
     
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    No clue what you are trying to argue. Have a nice day.
     
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    That way asexual couples can have children as well, but for some reason benefits have been awarded to homosexuals only.
     
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    that is because you have been brainwashed by progressives.
     
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    nope, heterosexuals get child credits on their taxes too, even if adopted or surrogates used

    the way you suggest excludes the children of homosexual couples
     
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    no, discriminating based on gender was removed to treat everyone equal, regardless of gender
     
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    No, its because your comments like "heterosexual activity is not private" just doesn't make any sense whatsoever. I have no idea what it means, so I have no response to it.
     
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    there was no discrimination to remove
    it was a special priviliges award for homosexuals.
    "gay sex" is fundamentally different from heterosexual sex,
    people just refuse to admit it due to brainwash of due to fear of prosecution
     
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    you have to think harder
    "gay sex" does not need government regulation while hetero sex does because it might lead to childbirth.
     
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    signgle mothers get credits as well.
    you are trying to divert discussion due to lack of arguments.
     
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    What special privileges were created that elderly or infertile heterosexual couples don’t have?
     
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    Related couples are already related. A marriage creates a legal relationship where one didn’t previously exist.
     
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    I have no problem with Target selling trans merchandise. If I were a stockholder, I would be displeased with a huge display of it that takes up a large portion of the prime retail space in the front of the store. The market for that merchandise is not that great.

    One reason why Target has done this is because woke pressure groups have come up with indexes that are supported to show that corporate’s “Social Awareness Score.” It’s a bunch of crap, and consumers should aware of it.

    There is an investment firm, Blackrock, that is running a lot of ads on Fox News. They are another woke outfit that is more concerned with woke causes than the return on investment for their customers. If I’m saving for retirement, I want a firm that is looking to enhance the safety and growth of my investments, not pandering to left wing causes.

    If you are a “socially aware” lefty, then give them your money to invest. I’m more interested in staying retired after I have retired.
     

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