Brokeback Wal-Mart
Posted on March 24th, 2006
Wal-mart is starting to prmote the upcoming DVD release of BrokeBack Mountain which due to hit store shelves on April 4th. AgapePress has a story about the retailers plan tosee the DVD in stores nationwide.
Pro-lfe organizations are encouraging Christians to contact Wal-Mart about distributing the movie. The best method to do this is to contact the Manager of your local store, let them know of your displeasure and to asks them to not stock the movie.
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A link in this comment leads to an article by AgapePress that contains some quotes from Randy Sharp, director of special projects for the Mississippi-based American Family Association. Mr. Sharp says “It’s becoming now more important for Wal-Mart to make money than to serve consumers.” Furthermore, he says that Walmart’s decision to sell ‘Brokeback Mountain’ clearly shows the store is willing “to do everything [they] can to make another dollar, regardless of how [their] customers feel.’
However one might feel about the movie, it must be quite clear that if Walmart does make a buck from selling it, then they are obviously giving their customers exactly what they do want. Mr. Sharp has apparently generalized his own feelings to apply to the entire population of Walmart shoppers, when in fact a lot of people who shop there do not have any problem with this movie.