Baptists consider Wal-Mart boycott

The St. Louis Dispatch reports:

Delegates at the annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention voted to warn Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that it was considering a boycott of the company because of its "pro-homosexual support."

The 1,200 delegates, or "messengers" who represent the state's 600,000 Southern Baptists, passed a resolution to "inform Wal-Mart of our biblical beliefs on marriage ... and our encouragement that Wal-Mart reconsider their policy which offends so many customers."

In August Wal-Mart announced a partnership, including financial support, with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, joining other companies like IBM, American Airlines, Intel Corp. and American Express.

"As a company, we are reaching out to the GLBT community as part of our ongoing commitment to nondiscrimination and diversity, just as we are reaching out to multiple other groups," said David Tovar, director of media relations for Wal-Mart Stores. "The important point is to recognize and respect all of our associates and customers and the values they hold, both our current base and groups that we have begun working with more recently."

If this keeps up the New York Times will start writing positive editorials on how "progressive" Wal-Mart is.No word yet though,on the Times praising the Baptists for boycotting Wal-Mart.