Wal-Mart: A Little Less Despicable
From the The Huffington Post:
Standing up to protests from a prominent Christian organization, Wal-Mart is not only carrying the DVD of Brokeback Mountain in its over 3,600 American stores, it is featuring ads for the film in the front of its stores. 138 million Americans pass through the front of these stores every week.According to the L.A. Times, the American Family Association accuses Wal-Mart of pushing a gay agenda and is encouraging its purported 3 million members to boycott the store.
This probably has more to do with the almighty dollar than standing up to intolerance, but it’s still a victory.
"Three Million Members" my Ass. AFA bases that number on how many email addresses are in their email database. They don't reveal the number of opens on their campaigns, the number of bounced email address, the number of duplicates, or the number of people, like me, who subscribe just to see who they are attacking that day.
As far as Wal-Mart goes, I still won't shop there. Those stores smell, and are full of trash: Both the merchandise and the customers.