--- title: Why Conservative Christians Are Vowing to Boycott Target description: More than half a million conservative Christians are vowing to boycott Target over the retailer's trans-inclusive policies. authors: - name: Denver Nicks url: https://money.com/author/denver-nicks/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 60 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/DenverNicks - https://plus.google.com/105122198911201917932 former_staff: true published: '2016-04-26T14:07:52.000Z' modified: '2024-09-19T19:36:24.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - AFA - american family association - Boycott - Civil Rights - LGBT - pubdesk - Queer - Retail - Target - Trans - Transgender word_count: 306 canonical: https://money.com/target-bathrooms-boycott/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Targets Profits Rise 12 Percent In First Quarter](https://img.money.com/2016/04/gettyimages-57619230-1.jpg) A petition launched by a conservative [Christian activist organization](https://getdelivered.org/) has racked up more than 1 million online signatures promising to boycott the retail chain Target over its transgender-friendly bathroom policy. Amid a [wave of controversy](https://money.com/mississippi-law-businesses-can-refuse-service-to-gays/) in communities across the U.S. over bathrooms and gender identity, [Target made clear](https://money.com/target-bathroom-transgender-choice/) in a blog post that the company’s stated policy is to allow “transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity.” In response, the American Family Association—which regularly organizes protests in defense of what the organization deems traditional family values—spearheaded a boycott that has quickly become one of the organizations most successful protest actions to date. Arguing that the policy “means a man can simply say he ‘feels like a woman today’ and enter the women’s restroom … even if young girls or women are already in there,” the AFA believes “Target’s dangerous new policy poses a danger to wives and daughters.” “This is the best response we’ve ever had this quick,” AFA President Tim Weldon [told *USA Today*.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/04/25/conservative-christian-group-boycotting-target-transgender-bathroom-policy/83491396/) Granted, it's impossible to say how many of these "boycotters" were actually Target shoppers in the first place. Market researchers have noted that conservatives tend to [prefer Walmart](http://www.cnbc.com/id/26439307) over stores like Target and Whole Foods. They do so for a variety of reasons, including the simple fact that Walmart has a larger presence in states that skew Republican. In any event, Target is standing by its inclusive policy. 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