Attorneys general in several Republican-led states warned Target that “pride” displays and LGBT items at stores could create legal issues for the retail giant, running afoul of child-protection laws in some jurisdictions.
Led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, seven attorneys general wrote that the store’s “June Pride” collection could be “potentially harmful to minors” and said that the economic interests of shareholders could suffer due to ensuing boycotts. What’s more, they argued that the items could raise concerns about state child protection or parental rights laws.
“As Attorneys General committed to enforcing our States’ child-protection and parental-rights laws and our States’ economic interests as Target shareholders, we are concerned by recent events involving the company’s ‘Pride’ campaign,” the officials wrote in a letter to Target CEO Brian Cornell. “Our concerns entail the company’s promotion and sale of potentially harmful products to minors, related potential interference with parental authority in matters of sex and gender identity, and possible violation of fiduciary duties by the company’s directors and officers.”…