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• WALMART FAC BACKLASH FOR MARKETG VIO FEATURG GAY MEN ON A BLD DATE
• WAL-MART: ‘GAY-IENDLY’ & PROUD OF
• NEWS: WAL-MART, GAY SEAMEN, KATHERE HARRIS, KIKI & HERB
• WALMART AD FEATURG SAME-SEX COUPLE SPARKS COMPLATS OM ANTI-GAY GROUP

WALMART FAC BACKLASH FOR MARKETG VIO FEATURG GAY MEN ON A BLD DATE

On June 12, the same day 49 people were gunned down si Pulse nightclub Orlando, a Walmart associate om Marietta, Geia, tweeted: "Y'all see a gay club shootg as a horrible tragedy. Last year, the pany beme embroiled a class actn allegg that nied the spo of gay employe health re benefs prr to 2014. The pany add gays and lbians to s nondiscrimatn policy 2003.

" Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is gay, tweeted last March that he and his pany were "disappoted" Indiana and Arkansas for champng anti-LGBT bills. The Amerin Fay Associatn has petned agast Walmart’s promotnal vio featurg a gay uple.

WAL-MART: ‘GAY-IENDLY’ & PROUD OF

(Photo: Walmart via Facebook)The Amerin Fay Associatn is takg aim at Walmart after the superstore released a promotnal vio featurg two gay the pany produced the send episo of a seri lled “Love is the aisle: A datg show at Walmart, ” which follows upl gog on bld dat through Walmarts across the untry, AFA print Tim Wildmon lled on people to ask Walmart to remove .

“It’s clear that Walmart is on the path of elevatg homosexual relatnships to the same level as the male-female mol of marriage, ” a post on the AFA se reads. Sam Walton is probably turng over his grave, ” the post AFA clud a petn askg Walmart to go “back to s foundg prcipl” and “rema ntral on the ntroversial issue of homosexualy.

NEWS: WAL-MART, GAY SEAMEN, KATHERE HARRIS, KIKI & HERB

”Many of the ments on Walmart’s Facebook vio, however, are om people praisg the store for the reprentatn of a gay uple. ”Neher the AFA nor Walmart has rpond to Yahoo Liftyle’s requt for more om Yahoo Liftyle:• Ltle Caars employee fired after wrg ‘gay’ on receipt • Parents outraged at first-gra teacher’s cisn to read book about gay bunni to stunts • Proment Mormon gay nversn therapist out as gayFollow on Instagram, Facebook and Twter for nonstop spiratn livered h to your feed, every day.

WALMART AD FEATURG SAME-SEX COUPLE SPARKS COMPLATS OM ANTI-GAY GROUP

The cint started Sunday afternoon when a man g the acunt @IWillTryLater tweeted out “Y’all see a Gay club shootg as a horrible tragedy. (BP)–On s official webse, Wal-Mart promot s allianc wh homosexual groups along wh other mory groups on a webpage voted to the headg, “Relatnships wh Mory and Women Constuent Groups, ” Wal-Mart says s diversy relatns divisn “tablish and matas productive, tst-based partnerships wh women and mory stakeholr groups, muny lears and suppliers to ntually improve Wal-Mart’s reputatn as a socially rponsible enterprise. ”“Wal-Mart is buildg strong and valuable relatnships wh key natnal lears and learship groups, ” the statement says, addg that Wal-Mart lears met wh and supported a number of learship groups, which are then a list of mory groups cludg Ain Amerins, Asians, women and Hispanics is a subheadg lled “Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transgenr.

” The groups listed unr that tegory are the Human Rights Campaign, Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce, Out & Equal (Workplace Advot) and The Pot Human Rights Campaign, acrdg to s webse, “is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr equaly. ”Wal-Mart has drawn cricism om pro-fay advot recent months for s more highly publicized partnership wh the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce, which Wal-Mart will pay the chamber $25, 000 a year for sponsorship of events and iativ and has agreed to nduct workshops for homosexual bs owners on how to break to the Wal-Mart supplier chamber of merce, acrdg to s webse, “is the premier advote on behalf of LGBT owned bs, profsnals, stunts of bs, and rporatns that share our sire to expand the muny’s fancial opportuni, enomic growth, ntued novatn, and equaly.