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Originally Posted by portions_for_foxes
It's not like Target was obligated to pick someone to support. You can't donate money to a politician and then pretend like that money wasn't anti-gay money just pro-business money. Support implies complicity with all a politicians policies. Target didn't care ENOUGH to not donate.
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Depending on the politician and the situation, sometimes you DO have to donate. I learned that while I was on a team trying to get a data center built in Chicago. Without the appropriate "donations" we couldn't get a single permit approved or inspector to show up. It isn't like we were building some crazy, dangerous data center that would've been the slum-lord of the internet, either. It was a converted warehouse in a properly zoned area.
I don't have any insight into how this applies or doesn't to Target, but not all donations are entirely voluntary.