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MarkII 22 · 10-03-2002, 02:13 PM

Some gay organization I dont know evrything about it. Send a search on www.dogpile.com might get something on there.

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 02:24 PM

Conservatives Protest Home Depot’s P.F.L.A.G. Donation

Home Depot, the home-improvement chain, appears to be in “damage control” mode after making a $2,500 gift to Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Shortly after getting the grant, PFLAG began offering Home Depot gift cards in exchange for donations, calling it a “Father’s Day Special.” A gay magazine, The Advocate, quoted a company vice president saying the donation was “a wonderful Father’s Day gift” and “a great opportunity for Home Depot to support PFLAG’s work.”

While Home Depot is downplaying the situation, a company spokesperson would not retract or deny that quote. Regina Griggs with the group, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, has a problem with that position. “The money isn't being used to counsel the family as to the reasons their child is struggling with same-sex attraction,” said Griggs. “[Nor is it being used to tell] the truth that they are not born that way and there is a way out.”

Home Depot spokeswoman Mandy Holton said the company has received hundreds of calls, e-mails and customer comments. While not crediting that outpouring for the change, Holton said Home Depot would likely not send more money to PFLAG.

Bob Knight, with the Culture and Family Institute of Concerned Women for America, said the gay group is using Home Depot’s support for a symbolic purpose. “(Home Depot) has a very staid, traditional image, and, for them to give money to a radical gay rights organization is a way for the gay rights people to gain credibility,” Knight said.

While Home Depot said it stipulated the money go to counseling, Holton admitted PFLAG used it to purchase the gift cards.
Stuart Shepard for FOF’s CitizenLink; 6-11-01

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 02:28 PM

Now when you make a statement research it and post it MarkII, don't be lazy and just say "some organization" okay? I ain't picking on you, just trying to help you.

:right: Thats a big statement to just leave flapping in the wind. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I had forgot all about it. I try to get what I can from the corner mom and pop hardware stores that are left anyways.

MarkII 22 · 10-03-2002, 02:39 PM

GOOD FOR YOU NRAJOE sounds like your a good guy.:right: :nod:

Doglips · 10-03-2002, 02:46 PM

Im still hung up on Mark es quoat "My sister works there. Thats how I know." ...want to tell us about your sisters? got any video tape???? Course we could point fingers all over the place. The NRA gets support from a group called the PINK PISTOLS a Pro gun lobby for homosexuals.... also I got to admit a 2500$ donation is not very much $$ for home depot...so its not like 10% of their proffits are going to a cause.....but if you prefer to express you disaproval for their actions..then dont spend $$ there...that is how to get companies to respond (course it helps if you ger a large number of people to boycot the place).

MarkII 22 · 10-03-2002, 02:56 PM

I mention something and people start in on me. Whats the deal?

Doglips · 10-03-2002, 02:57 PM

Just could not resist the sister joke....but Im a pervert at hart

MarkII 22 · 10-03-2002, 02:58 PM

Yep bet you are doglips

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 03:00 PM

(I got to admit a 2500$ donation is not very much $$ for home depot...so its not like 10% of their proffits are going to a cause... - Doglips.) That IS a far cry from a Million dollars for sure. I didn't see any other organizations listed.

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 03:04 PM

Yeah, attach some pics of your sis,bro!

MarkII 22 · 10-03-2002, 03:04 PM

Thats just what my sister said.I told you before I didint know evrything about it.

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 03:07 PM

Calm down buckaroo...deep breaths....ahhh!!! Feel better? That'll be ten dollars for counseling!

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 03:09 PM

There, stare at the chicka boom girl and you'll feel better!

Doglips · 10-03-2002, 03:15 PM

Im just not that politicaly motavated..I get a list of compnaies, organzations..canafates that I should boycot from almost every organzation I belong to.....some times the organzation are on each others list

.....Between the ultra conservative list and the libral organzations (soical work jurnels) I am pretty sure I should not shop anywere...buy any product....or eat anything but pure water and sunshine......lots of companies make donations to diffrent groups....the homosexuals are a very large market and I can understand companies wanting EVERYONE to spend $$ on their products.
along these lines FORD ran an advertisement in a "Gay" newspapera nd magazines.....the add was mentioned in several of my marketing courses textbooks.....the add showed 2 guys loading a ford taures wagon in front of a typical family house....the caption "The perfect Family car".....well us hetrosexuals seen the same add and "Assumed" the 2 guys were loading the car whell the women were in the kicthen cooking....to Gay community "read into" the same add that FORD was acknoweldgeing that the 2 men were a "family" and sales went through the roof......the advertisement is often studies..quoated...ect as a way for companies to attract new customers whell not offending the existing customer base....like it or not...politcal belifes aside companies are in the business of makeing $$$$ and if they can get gays...peta...gun nuts....who ever to come shop at the store with a slick add that inplys what the reader chooses to imply or can get people to spend 100x more than the token amount they donated to ANY group then its a good investment for a company. Guess I dont see a big deal about the donation...just like I find it amuseing that so many of my Fellow Jews drive a German Car (Mercadies) to the synagog on Friday nights.... and the number of WWII vets that drive Japanease cars.

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 03:16 PM

Hey, pink F-150'S, they may have something there!

alan c. · 10-03-2002, 03:24 PM

Mark I am aware of that and that was not recently. There are a lot of big companies who support gays with way more money then H.D.
AT&T, Disney, Coca Cola and the list goes on. Doglips a 50' costs $33.34 total = rental + damage waiver and tax. What was your total cost? And course cleaning fee if you bring it back nasty.

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 03:26 PM

Well I guess Marky didn't like my chickaboom girl! Hmmmm, maybe he has "closet" issues with them thar gay folks!?

alan c. · 10-03-2002, 03:28 PM

NRA has your wife seen your desk top chic?
Never mind I meant Saddam.

NRAJOE · 10-03-2002, 03:29 PM

Yeah, she slapped me on the back of the head...are those 10 stars next to my avitar or is it the head wound she gave me?

Doglips · 10-03-2002, 03:29 PM

Only cost 32.75 with damage wavewr for 4 hours....I used Bug and Tar remover...sprayed it on hosed it off so no cleaning fee. But the snake rubbing my pants..hands ..shirt as I pulled it out of the pipes....man that black slime smelled like ***** and of course being covered in it after doing 4 pipes 2x..once with the arrow head..and then with the scraper....I looked and smeeled like crazy bob the wino....

10-03-2002, 02:13 PM	#21
MarkII 22 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 587	Some gay organization I dont know evrything about it. Send a search on www.dogpile.com might get something on there. __________________ GROW YOUR OWN DOPE.PLANT A POLITICIAN. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.SO PLEASE SHUT UP!

10-03-2002, 02:24 PM	#22
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Conservatives Protest Home Depot’s P.F.L.A.G. Donation Home Depot, the home-improvement chain, appears to be in “damage control” mode after making a $2,500 gift to Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Shortly after getting the grant, PFLAG began offering Home Depot gift cards in exchange for donations, calling it a “Father’s Day Special.” A gay magazine, The Advocate, quoted a company vice president saying the donation was “a wonderful Father’s Day gift” and “a great opportunity for Home Depot to support PFLAG’s work.” While Home Depot is downplaying the situation, a company spokesperson would not retract or deny that quote. Regina Griggs with the group, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, has a problem with that position. “The money isn't being used to counsel the family as to the reasons their child is struggling with same-sex attraction,” said Griggs. “[Nor is it being used to tell] the truth that they are not born that way and there is a way out.” Home Depot spokeswoman Mandy Holton said the company has received hundreds of calls, e-mails and customer comments. While not crediting that outpouring for the change, Holton said Home Depot would likely not send more money to PFLAG. Bob Knight, with the Culture and Family Institute of Concerned Women for America, said the gay group is using Home Depot’s support for a symbolic purpose. “(Home Depot) has a very staid, traditional image, and, for them to give money to a radical gay rights organization is a way for the gay rights people to gain credibility,” Knight said. While Home Depot said it stipulated the money go to counseling, Holton admitted PFLAG used it to purchase the gift cards. Stuart Shepard for FOF’s CitizenLink; 6-11-01 __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-03-2002, 02:28 PM	#23
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Now when you make a statement research it and post it MarkII, don't be lazy and just say "some organization" okay? I ain't picking on you, just trying to help you. :right: Thats a big statement to just leave flapping in the wind. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I had forgot all about it. I try to get what I can from the corner mom and pop hardware stores that are left anyways. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany Last edited by NRAJOE; 10-03-2002 at 02:30 PM.

10-03-2002, 02:39 PM	#24
MarkII 22 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 587	GOOD FOR YOU NRAJOE sounds like your a good guy.:right: :nod: __________________ GROW YOUR OWN DOPE.PLANT A POLITICIAN. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.SO PLEASE SHUT UP!

10-03-2002, 02:56 PM	#26
MarkII 22 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 587	I mention something and people start in on me. Whats the deal? __________________ GROW YOUR OWN DOPE.PLANT A POLITICIAN. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.SO PLEASE SHUT UP!

10-03-2002, 02:46 PM	#25
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	Im still hung up on Mark es quoat "My sister works there. Thats how I know." ...want to tell us about your sisters? got any video tape???? Course we could point fingers all over the place. The NRA gets support from a group called the PINK PISTOLS a Pro gun lobby for homosexuals.... also I got to admit a 2500$ donation is not very much $$ for home depot...so its not like 10% of their proffits are going to a cause.....but if you prefer to express you disaproval for their actions..then dont spend $$ there...that is how to get companies to respond (course it helps if you ger a large number of people to boycot the place).

10-03-2002, 02:57 PM	#27
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	Just could not resist the sister joke....but Im a pervert at hart

10-03-2002, 02:58 PM	#28
MarkII 22 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 587	Yep bet you are doglips __________________ GROW YOUR OWN DOPE.PLANT A POLITICIAN. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.SO PLEASE SHUT UP!

10-03-2002, 03:00 PM	#29
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	(I got to admit a 2500$ donation is not very much $$ for home depot...so its not like 10% of their proffits are going to a cause... - Doglips.) That IS a far cry from a Million dollars for sure. I didn't see any other organizations listed. __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-03-2002, 03:04 PM	#30
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Yeah, attach some pics of your sis,bro! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-03-2002, 03:07 PM	#32
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Calm down buckaroo...deep breaths....ahhh!!! Feel better? That'll be ten dollars for counseling! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-03-2002, 03:09 PM	#33
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	There, stare at the chicka boom girl and you'll feel better! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-03-2002, 03:15 PM	#34
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	Im just not that politicaly motavated..I get a list of compnaies, organzations..canafates that I should boycot from almost every organzation I belong to.....some times the organzation are on each others list .....Between the ultra conservative list and the libral organzations (soical work jurnels) I am pretty sure I should not shop anywere...buy any product....or eat anything but pure water and sunshine......lots of companies make donations to diffrent groups....the homosexuals are a very large market and I can understand companies wanting EVERYONE to spend $$ on their products. along these lines FORD ran an advertisement in a "Gay" newspapera nd magazines.....the add was mentioned in several of my marketing courses textbooks.....the add showed 2 guys loading a ford taures wagon in front of a typical family house....the caption "The perfect Family car".....well us hetrosexuals seen the same add and "Assumed" the 2 guys were loading the car whell the women were in the kicthen cooking....to Gay community "read into" the same add that FORD was acknoweldgeing that the 2 men were a "family" and sales went through the roof......the advertisement is often studies..quoated...ect as a way for companies to attract new customers whell not offending the existing customer base....like it or not...politcal belifes aside companies are in the business of makeing $$$$ and if they can get gays...peta...gun nuts....who ever to come shop at the store with a slick add that inplys what the reader chooses to imply or can get people to spend 100x more than the token amount they donated to ANY group then its a good investment for a company. Guess I dont see a big deal about the donation...just like I find it amuseing that so many of my Fellow Jews drive a German Car (Mercadies) to the synagog on Friday nights.... and the number of WWII vets that drive Japanease cars.

10-03-2002, 03:16 PM	#35
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Hey, pink F-150'S, they may have something there! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-03-2002, 03:24 PM	#36
alan c. Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pasadena,Tejas - also known as Texas Posts: 3,769 Images: 15 Blog Entries: 3	Mark I am aware of that and that was not recently. There are a lot of big companies who support gays with way more money then H.D. AT&T, Disney, Coca Cola and the list goes on. Doglips a 50' costs $33.34 total = rental + damage waiver and tax. What was your total cost? And course cleaning fee if you bring it back nasty. __________________ God Bless. From Tejas -- formerly known as Texas.

10-03-2002, 03:26 PM	#37
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Well I guess Marky didn't like my chickaboom girl! Hmmmm, maybe he has "closet" issues with them thar gay folks!? __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

10-03-2002, 03:28 PM	#38
alan c. Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pasadena,Tejas - also known as Texas Posts: 3,769 Images: 15 Blog Entries: 3	NRA has your wife seen your desk top chic? Never mind I meant Saddam. __________________ God Bless. From Tejas -- formerly known as Texas.

10-03-2002, 03:29 PM	#39
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,252 Images: 3	Yeah, she slapped me on the back of the head...are those 10 stars next to my avitar or is it the head wound she gave me? __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany