Target agrees to stop funding anti-gay groups following Lady Gaga deal
Published: 02/21/2011 by Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk
The company has in the past donated considerable sums to organisations that support those who discriminate or even advocate death and violence to gays.
Now Lady Gaga has forced the retail chain to “make amends” and donate to gay rights groups.
Target, which has 1,743 stores across the United States, donated $150,000 of corporate funds to support a political action group, Minnesota Forward.
This organisation supported Tom Emmer, who supported a constitutional ban on gay marriage in his failed attempt to run for governor of Minnesota. His campaign had earlier donated to a Christian punk rock ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International.
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