Home Depot responds to criticism
 

"Praising Jesus" wrote in message
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AFA Action Alert!
Home Depot responds to criticism
July 29, 2003
"We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based
organizations
that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot

See? Your tempest in a teacup has faded to insignificance. If you had waited
24 hours for clarification you wouldn't have had to make a fool of yourself
in public.
-- Ernie

Home Depot responds to criticism
 

Thanks Mike for raising the issue and also making us aware of the response.

Home Depot's statement today sounds very reasonable to me.

- Galen



"Praising Jesus" wrote in message
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AFA Action Alert!
Home Depot responds to criticism
July 29, 2003
"We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based
organizations
that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot

In response to an AFA Action Alert on July 28, Home Depot says it does not
discriminate against churches or Christians in its corporate giving
policy.

According to Douglas Zacker, Manager of External Affairs, "The Home Depot
does not adhere to a policy that automatically rejects faith-based
organizations. We contribute to the non-religious activities of
faith-based
organizations that meet our requirements. We regret any miscommunication
about our giving policies."

AFA criticized Home Depot after a store manager rejected a small donation
request by Special Youth Challenge Ministries (SYC) in Dallas, Georgia.

SYC is a national volunteer ministry that grants requests from terminally
ill and handicapped youth in the field of shooting and hunting. The
manager
told SYC, "We will not donate any funds to any church or Christian
ministry." Zacker said the manager's comment was a mischaracterization of
the corporate policy.

Zacker has promised to investigate the issue thoroughly.

Zacker said Habitat For Humanity is a good example of their policy. "They
are a faith-based organization, but building affordable housing is within
our giving guidelines," he said.

According to the policy, for example, if a church men's group requested a
lumber donation to build playground equipment at the church, the group
would
not qualify. However, if the same men's group requested the donation to
build playground equipment at the local park, the request would be
considered because it helps youth at risk and benefits the entire
community.

"We appreciate Home Depot clarifying their policy," said AFA chairman Don
Wildmon. "Home Depot has assured us the policy is equal to all faiths. I
do
think this clarification will help local store managers better understand
the corporate position."


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Home Depot responds to criticism
 

Careful! The bleeding hearts tend to rely on the fact that if you criticize
them you are "Un American, Un Godly and most probably a devil worshipper"!
Better to donate to the SBUPR - Society for the Benefit of Underpriviledged
Raccoons.

As usual, all the ranting and raving has resulted in absolutely nothing of
use.

vgb


"Ernie Jurick" wrote in message
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"Praising Jesus" wrote in message
...
AFA Action Alert!
Home Depot responds to criticism
July 29, 2003
"We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based
organizations
that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot

See? Your tempest in a teacup has faded to insignificance. If you had
waited
24 hours for clarification you wouldn't have had to make a fool of
yourself
in public.
-- Ernie

Home Depot responds to criticism
 

Mekon responds:

Who the hell is AFA?

I can think of a few words that fit that acronym.....

It's American Family Association with Donald Wildmon as the leader. Ordained UM
minister who says he decided in '77 to roll back things to the good old days
when kids could watch TV without seeing adultery, violence, etc.

In the process, he's done his best to remove a great many freedoms, and has had
absolutely no affect whatsoever on TV violence or sexual content. My own
memories of '77 indicate that Donny is losing badly.

My reading of his tracts indicates that his tactics are not any I feel will
work, or that I approve of. Personally, I feel he's like Jesse Jackson and Al
Sharpton: he's found himself a niche where he can make big bucks and he's
hanging on tooth and nail.

Google him yourself and make your decision.

Charlie Self

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that
one word is 'to be prepared'."
Dan Quayle

Home Depot responds to criticism
 

"Mekon" wrote in message
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"Jonny Durango" wrote in message
news:9qGVa.15784$YN5.13521@sccrnsc01...
Who the hell is AFA?

I can think of a few words that fit that acronym.....

LOL!
-- Ernie

Home Depot responds to criticism
 

"Praising God" wrote in message
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"Praising Jesus" wrote in message
...
AFA Action Alert!
Home Depot responds to criticism
July 29, 2003
"We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based
organizations
that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot

Thank God this was cleared up. Now lets deal with the issue of who we
should
praise?

Start with Home Depot.
-- Ernie

Home Depot responds to criticism
 

Praising Jesus writes:

Nothing was in error in the first post. The manager said what he said. The
store has taken a different position, after the fact, and is investigating.

---Mike


"TexasFireGuy" wrote in message
m...
Maybe you should have gotten your **** straight before you misspoke in
your
original post.

"Praising Jesus" wrote in message
...
AFA Action Alert!
Home Depot responds to criticism
July 29, 2003
"We contribute to the non-religious activities of faith-based
organizations
that meet our requirements." - Douglas Zacker, Home Depot

In response to an AFA Action Alert on July 28, Home Depot says it does
not
discriminate against churches or Christians in its corporate giving
policy.


Yeah, there was an error. The error was you and your buddy Wildman taking the
response of a single store manager as corporate policy, a typical Wildman
over-reaction.

How many stores does HD have? That single store manager does not set policy for
the group, and may well have been ignoring corporate policy because of his
personal feelings about AFA and anything related to it.

Charlie Self

"The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating
plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants."
George W. Bush