Target Still Hates Gays

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Remember a few months back when boycotts were called against Target because of the corporation's donations to the campaigns of anti-gay politicians? Target apologized, but did not withdraw their financial support for the candidates. Well, looks like the apologies were just for show—according to documents filed with the FEC as recently as October, Target has made recent donations to Kelly Ayotte who is against gay marriage and same sex adoption, Spencer Bachus who voted to ban same-sex adoption, David Camp of Michigan who supported a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage and voted against protecting gays from job discrimination, Michael Crapo and Dave Reichert who both support anti-gay Constitutional Amendments, and Rob Portman who wants to ban gays from adopting. [The Awl]