West Houston News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On June 6, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) sent a letter to Target executives calling on the retailer to remove all pro-LGBT merchandise for children.

“Target’s “LGBT Pride Kids Collection” inherently promotes sexuality and sexual behavior, which desensitizes our children to adult content,” said Congressman Nehls. “This puts our nation’s most vulnerable in danger. Target’s LGBT children’s merchandise also puts parents in a position to have conversations with their own children about adult content they might not be ready for. I am disgusted Target is exploiting children because of the pressure from the radical Left and those with personal agendas inside the corporation. Our nation’s children and their innocence should be protected from these folks at all costs.”

Read the full letter below:

Dear Mr. Cornell,

I am deeply concerned by Target’s new “Pride” collection that markets pro-LGBT merchandise to children. I urge you to remove all children’s Pride merchandise from Target’s shelves immediately.

LGBT Pride Kid’s Clothing products showcased by Target inherently promote sexuality and sexual behavior. Not only does Target’s Pride clothing line desensitize our nation’s most vulnerable to mature content, but it promotes dangerous and potentially sterilizing gender transition surgeries on minors. It is morally reprehensible that Target is putting parents in a position to have conversations with their children about sexual adult content before they are ready— just for going to the store.

However, this is not the first time Target has promoted and appeased the far-left agenda, resulting in the loss of billions of dollars. In 2015, Target caused an uproar after announcing it would stop putting toys for boys and girls in different aisles. Then, in 2016, Target declared that men would be allowed to use its women’s bathrooms and changing rooms, which caused a $3 billion dollar loss in stock market value. Not only are you putting the nation’s youth in danger, but you are breaching your fiduciary duty to your shareholders due to pressures from the Democrat party and those with personal agendas inside your corporation.

In fact, it is my understanding that Target’s vice president for brand marketing, Carlos Saavedra, is a board member of an advocacy group for K-12 transgenderism and gay status, known as GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network). The American people deserve to know that Target, their neighborhood store, partners with this organization that pushes children to change their genders without the permission or knowledge of their parents. As a parent, I am appalled.

Children have an innate innocence that should be protected at all costs. Promoting and selling merchandise that encourages notions of sexuality and sexual behavior, including women’s swimwear that is designed to “tuck” genitalia for biological men, is unacceptable and the antithesis of protection. Children need to be protected, not exploited, and I look forward to your prompt attention to this matter.

Original source can be found here.