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AUGUST 1, 2011
Roy Steele
Tie-dyed Jive in the (415)
http://www.jiveinthe415.com/
email: info@jiveinthe415.com
GAY ACTIVIST CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF RETAIL STORES SUPPORTING THE FAITH AND FAMILY VALUES, INC. NETWORKS, INCLUDING CHARITY GIVE BACK GROUP (CGBG), CHRISTIAN VALUES NETWORK (CVN), THE JEWISH GIVING NETWORK (TJGN)
Boycott campaign includes Target, Sears, Home Depot, Dell Computer, Lord & Taylor, PC Express
San Francisco, CA - San Francisco based gay activist and blogger Roy Steele is organizing, and calling for a nationwide boycott of retailer’s enrolled in a Christian shopping web portal. The Christian Values Network (CVN) of retailers donate a portion of each sale made via the web site, to non-profit religious groups, including the Family Research Council, Summit Ministries, and Focus on the Family. These organizations have been labelled anti-gay organizations, by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In addition, The Family Research Council was branded a “hate group” by SPLC this year.
“As a gay Christian man, it offends me that these retail stores are donating money to organizations that promote hatred toward the LGBT community,” Steele said. “The Family Research Council, Summit Ministries, and Focus on the Family, have a long history of spreading lies and misinformation about the LGBT community, and the effectiveness of reparative therapy, or ‘pray away the gay.’ Their behavior is anything but Christian. If these retail organizations are going to support the hate groups financially, it is incumbent upon our community, and our allies, to organize and rise up against hate.”
Through the blog “Tie-dyed Jive in the (415)” Steele is coordinating efforts to call, email, fax and write the retail stores. He is also coordinating Labor Day picket lines and protests for brick and mortar locations of retail organizations that do not remove themselves from the CVN network.
”The LGBT community, and the American people, are tired of the hate filled rhetoric that groups like FRC, and Focus on the Family, continue to preach in the name of Christianity,” Steele noted. “Microsoft, Apple, and Macy’s all removed their stores from CVN, when they became aware of the relationship between the web portal and the hate groups. It is time for the other retailers to do the same.”
The Boycott begins immediately, and follows a successful campaign by Bellingham, Washington student Ben Crowther, to convince Apple to sever ties with CVN. In addition, Microsoft, Macy’s Wells Fargo, Delta Airlines, and BBC America have ended their relationship with CVN. A complete list of boycott targets can be found on the website “Tie-dyed Jive in the (415)”.
Established in 2011, the blog “Tie-died Jive in the (415)” is focused on promoting diversity and tolerance, equal rights, marriage equality, and ending discrimination and hateful rhetoric by religious leaders, and politicians. jiveinthe415.com
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For the LGBT community:
San Francisco, CA - San Francisco based gay activist and blogger Roy Steele is organizing, and calling for a nationwide boycott of retailer’s enrolled in a Christian shopping web portal. The Christian Values Network (CVN) of retailers donate a portion of each sale made via the web site, to non-profit religious groups, including the Family Research Council, Summit Ministries, and Focus on the Family. These organizations have been labelled anti-gay organizations, by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In addition, The Family Research Council was branded a “hate group” by SPLC this year.
“As a gay Christian man, it offends me that these retail stores are donating money to organizations that promote hatred toward the LGBT community,” Steele said. “The Family Research Council, Summit Ministries, and Focus on the Family, have a long history of spreading lies and misinformation about the LGBT community, and the effectiveness of reparative therapy, or ‘pray away the gay.’ Their behavior is anything but Christian. If these retail organizations are going to support the hate groups financially, it is incumbent upon our community, and our allies, to organize and rise up against hate.”
Through the blog “Tie-dyed Jive in the (415)” Steele is coordinating efforts to call, email, fax and write the retail stores. He is also coordinating Labor Day picket lines and protests for brick and mortar locations of retail organizations that do not remove themselves from the CVN network.
”The LGBT community, and the American people, are tired of the hate filled rhetoric that groups like FRC, and Focus on the Family, continue to preach in the name of Christianity,” Steele noted. “Microsoft, Apple, and Macy’s all removed their stores from CVN, when they became aware of the relationship between the web portal and the hate groups. It is time for the other retailers to do the same.”
The Boycott begins immediately, and follows a successful campaign by Bellingham, Washington student Ben Crowther, to convince Apple to sever ties with CVN. In addition, Microsoft, Macy’s Wells Fargo, Delta Airlines, and BBC America have ended their relationship with CVN. A complete list of boycott targets can be found on the website “Tie-dyed Jive in the (415)”.
Established in 2011, the blog “Tie-died Jive in the (415)” is focused on promoting diversity and tolerance, equal rights, marriage equality, and ending discrimination and hateful rhetoric by religious leaders, and politicians. jiveinthe415.com
If you are interested in promoting or helping with this tolerance and diversity campaign, please email me!
If you are interested in obtaining information regarding this boycott and call to action, feel free to email me!
If you are interested in obtaining information regarding this boycott and call to action, feel free to email me!
For Retailers and Travel Suppliers:
| The Faith & Family Values, Inc. & Ubuy2Give, Inc.
FACTS:
PLEASE NOTE: You only will be able to disable affiliate tracking by placing the hold on CVN. They might disregard your demand to sever the affiliate relationship, and might attempt to add you back to their roster of stores through the back office software auto-approval process - so you must designate a monitor to make monthly reviews of their activity. I will notify you of any unusual activity I happen to see. |
The Faith & Family Values Network, Inc. or UBuy2Give, Inc. Retail Stores & Travel Supplier Roster is below. Boycott these stores for supporting anti-gay and anti-women organizations!
Updated May 30, 2012
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