A man who put soapy water in beer products which were returned to stores after he received refunds was sentenced Oct. 7 to 150 days in jail and ordered to pay $60,911 in restitution. Eduardo DeJesus Cossio III, 32, was remanded to jail after he was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay…
Today, Target announced that it is has endorsed the recently-introduced Equality Act, a landmark federal bill that would guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBT people from discrimination in many of the most important aspects of their lives. In a statement posted on its Web site, Target said, “Today, we’re proud to announce another important milestone:…
Target is celebrating Pride month with a line of rainbow colored clothing and a new commercial titled Take Pride. The commercial (above) shows archival footage of LGBT rights milestones with time-lapse images and present-day Pride clips. “Pride isn’t something any of us were born with,” states the voice over. “It is something we take, by…
Predictably, just days after Target finally came out in support of marriage equality by signing an amicus brief in a case before a federal appeals court in Chicago, the National Organisation for Marriage (NOM) has announced a boycott of the chain. In a statement Brian Brown, president of NOM said, Target and other companies need to…
Target has announced it signed onto an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit supporting two cases challenging state bans on same-sex marriage. The cases, Baskin v. Bogan of Indiana, and Wolf v. Walker of Wisconsin, are on appeal to the Seventh Circuit after federal district courts in those states struck down…
