Target Corporate Office & Headquarters

I won't go into great detail like some other emails you have received. I want to make sure this can be read in 30 seconds. You support this gay pride deal and I will never walk into anyone of your stores again, nor will any of my family members. You probably don't give a rip but just so you know.

My Rating is Actually ZERO Stars for Target being LESS than "Poor", and for being truly Detrimental to the Majority of Americans and their families who oppose Target's pro-gay same sex marriage position and the efforts to re-define marriage. Dear Mr. Steinhafel: I have been a LOYAL Target customer since Target first opened its doors in my home town of Phoenix, Arizona many years ago. I have spent thousands and thousands of dollars in Target stores all over the US year after year. And even though we now live in the rural mountains of western North Carolina, and the nearest Target is more than an HOUR's drive away, and while there is a Walmart SuperCenter a mere 10 minutes from my house, I STILL remain LOYAL to Target......that is up until Target's latest corporate, company-wide decision to sell Pro-Gay Pride and Same-Sex Marriage t-shirts and donate 100% of it's profits to support same sex marriage and the LGBT efforts to redefine marriage. You've defiantly thumbed your nose and turned your back on the MAJORITY of Target customers. I am so disappointed in YOU, Mr. Steinhafel and in Target as a company and I can't tell you how STRONGLY I oppose and take personal offense at the stance Target has taken in support of same-sex marriage and the financial support you have pledged to the LGBT activists who are trying to re-define marriage. Thirty-one states have overwhelmingly voted for constitutional amendments to protect marriage as only between one-man, one-woman............ And your company does business in all of these states. That's why I can't understand why Target would purposely choose to offend me by donating cash to support the Family Equality Council's push for legalizing homosexual marriage. I am urging you to reconsider this promotion and stop supporting a gay marriage campaign immediately. If you refuse to reverse your position, as well as continue to NOT listen to the MAJORITY of your shoppers who stand opposed to same-sex marriage and the re-definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman, YOU leave me no choice but to completely stop shopping at your stores and to make the 10 minute drive to Walmart and transfer both my DOLLARS and my LOYALTY to them and to any other of your competitors. I can promise you that in my own little world, I will spread the news far and wide to everyone I know to boycott Target. On a personal level, I am urging you to educate yourself on the reasons WHY marriage matters and why this is so wrong. Are you aware that virtually every society throughout history defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman? Do you know why?? The answer can be summarized in one word: children. The very foundation and strength of our society depends on and is based upon the traditional family unit. Protecting the interests of children is the primary reason that government regulates and licenses marriage in the first instance. After all, government does not license or regulate any other form of intimate relationship – not friendship or dating. People are free, under the law, to live as they choose, and engage in sexually intimate relationships with whomever they choose – all without any governmental recognition or regulation. But marriage is a special relationship reserved exclusively for heterosexual unions, because onlythe intimate relationship between men and women has the ability to produce children as a result of that sexual union. Marriage serves a vital and universal societal purpose – to channel biological drive and sexual passion that might otherwise become socially destructive into enduring family units that have the best opportunity to ensure the care and education of any children produced by that biological drive and sexual passion. Indeed, the United States Supreme Court has said that marriage is, “fundamental to the very existence and survival of the [human] race.” The noted British philosopher Bertrand Russell (hardly a conservative – Russell was a liberal anti-war activist and socialist) said, “But for children, there would be no need of any institution concerned with sex…It is of children alone that sexual relations become of importance of society, and worthy to be taken cognizance of by a legal institution.” By encouraging men and women to marry, society helps ensure that children will be known by and cared for by their biological parents. Whenever a child is born, her mother will almost always be nearby. But the same cannot always be said of her father. Men, especially, are encouraged to take responsibility for their children through the institution of marriage. Marriage is society’s mechanism of increasing the likelihood that children will be born and raised by the two people responsible for bringing them into the world – their mother and father. While death and divorce too often prevent it, the overwhelming body of social science evidence establishes that children do best when raised by their married mother and father. Simply stated, children need both a mother and a father. No matter one’s view of homosexual “marriage,” it is undeniable that every child born into a same-sex relationship is intentionally denied the love and affection of one of her biological parents. David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values and a self-described liberal Democrat, said of marriage, “[M]arriage is a gift that society bestows on its next generation. Marriage (and only marriage) unites the three core dimensions of parenthood – biological, social and legal – into one pro-child form: the married couple. Marriage says to a child: The man and woman whose sexual union made you will also be there to love and raise you. Marriage says to society as a whole: For every child born, there is a recognized mother and father, accountable to the child and to each other.” Fundamentally, same-sex marriage advocates propose to shift the marriage paradigm away from what definition of marriage is best for society – especially for children – and squarely onto the desires of the individual adults who seek to marry. Under a definition of marriage that is genderless, the interests of children – and therefore society’s intrinsic interest in marriage – is eliminated entirely. Only the wishes of the two adults in question matter. I sincerely hope you will take the time to reconsider and reverse your and Target's position on this critical issue. I also feel it's a very COWARDLY act for Target to "block" emails and other forms of communications from TARGET customers who oppose your position. SHAME ON YOU for not having the guts to listen to YOUR customers. Loyal to Target No More!

Would never shop Target again, especially for any clearance items. Took back an item w/o receipt, was told had to have receipt. Found receipt, was told at returns receipt expired. Talked to store manager, was told item is sold year round, but can't return because receipt expired. Called hdqtrs, was told the same thing as store manager. My goal today was to return this item and buy a Kindle, hope they enjoy that $6.00 which cost them a customer. I can go to any other store and return things anytime, don't need to shop Target.

I cannot believe you saw fit to put what appears to be a little girl of about four in your most recent ad insert. A black eye??? Come on!!!

I will no longer be shopping at your store because of the stand you are taking in favor of gay marriage. I have notified family and friends and have asked them to do the same. It saddens me for I have been a Target shopper for 30 years.

Good-bye Target !! You support homosexuality and I support someone else. You want to support 3 percent of America and piss-off the other 97 percent, thats fine. I, and many others will never step foot in your store again !!

I am appalled that Target has engaged in an issue that it had no business being involved in. The fact that you originally supported traditional marriage publically was bad enough. To change those views and stab those customers in the back by suddenly becoming in support of gay marraige is unforgivable in my opinion. You are a company that clearly has no idea how to conduct itself. I have been a faithful shopper of your stores for over 15 years. I refuse to set foot in your stores again. I am offended that Target felt it necessary to make a political statement. You are now no better than Hollywood- a group of people who somehow feel that they are above the rest of the country simply because they memorize a script and bring home a big salary. I have had enough of Hollywood and I have had enough of you. You are a chain store. You are no better than anyone else and do not belong in this issue. Your support should have been unbiased to ALL consumers. Shame on Target!

I am so disgusted that your corporation has decided to sell 'Pride tee-shirts' during the month of June!!! I understand you intend to SUPPORT PRO-HOMOSEXUAL marriage and donate profits to a D.C. organization that will in turn help to fight against the Marriage Amendment being presented to the Minnesota voters in November!! I have notified family and friends and asked them to boycott Target until you take yourselves OUT OF A POLITICAL ARENA that is not supported by the majority of Americans.

Chairman Steinhafel: Thirty-one states have overwhelmingly voted for constitutional amendments to protect marriage as only between one-man, one-woman. And your company does business in all of these states. That's why I can't understand why Target would purposely choose to offend me and a clear majority of Americans by donating cash to support the Family Equality Council's push for legalizing homosexual marriage. I urge you to reconsider this promotion and stop supporting a gay marriage campaign which is in reality an effort to destroy the institution of traditional Marriage. Otherwise, I will stop shopping at your stores and choose to make my purchases from your direct competitors. I will also do everything I can to encourage others to do the same. 75% of American are against this, why are you going against the very people that shop and support your stores?

"Target is attacking traditional marriage, which is an incredibly misguided thing for them to have done," said Chuck Darrell, spokesman for Minnesota for Marriage, a group campaigning to pass the constitutional marriage amendment. "It's an insult to the overwhelming majority of their customers." I am so disgusted that your corporation has decided to sell 'Pride tee-shirts' during the month of June!!! I understand you intend to SUPPORT PRO-HOMOSEXUAL marriage and donate profits to a D.C. organization that will in turn help to fight against the Marriage Amendment being presented to the Minnesota voters in November!! I have notified family and friends and asked them to boycott Target until you take yourselves OUT OF A POLITICAL ARENA that is not supported by the majority of Americans.

First after reading all of the testimonies typed here, I am wondering why Target is still in business. I am appalled by the customer service policy of target. I am 60 years old and have been shopping for quite a long time. I have made many purchases in stores and on quite a few occasions I had the opportunity to have to make even exchanges. The same item for the same item and never had a problem. What had happened was a pocketbook I had purchased from a Target store on Long Island a month before for my daughter had a broken strap. She had gone to the store to see if they still had the pocketbook. They did have the same pocketbook in stock.She went to Customer Service to exchange it. They told her if she wanted to make the "Even" exchange it was going to cost her an addition $5.63 because she didn't have the receipt. They never did ask her how the purchase was originally paid for nor did they offer to look up the purchase price. Their "Even" exchanges are actually a return for the lowest selling price and if you want the same item again, you have to repurchase it for what they are selling the item for now. It cost my daughter $5.63 to make an EVEN EXCHANGE. Well I wasn't aware of Target's policy on even exchanges and I was more distraught when I called their Corporate Office only to find that they submit complaints but do not take the name, address or even phone number of the person making the complaint to even try to make it right. So in other words Target is willing to lose me as a customer over $5.63. I will NOT set foot in another Target Store. My Children will not shop in Target ever again. And all of us will tell our friends the story and I am sure they won't shop there either. I know for a fact Customer's do not get treated like this in Walmart.

I purchased a Tiffany style floor lamp from a Target Store in Wooddale,IL 5-4-12 and paid cash for it. It sat in the box in my living room while we were redecorated it(fresh paint, new curtains...ect) we were in really no hurry to finish it so two weeks or so past before I opened the box and put it together. It seemed to screw in together alright and I put it in the corner... It stayed together for a week until I moved it to put in a brighter bulb..as I tilled it toward me the bottom portion of the pole came lose I figured I just need to re-tighten it, but it always came lose which means it was not threading properly or at all. I called the store right away to see if I could exchange it for another one. First I was transferred to customer service (I thought I was already talking to in the first place) then once the girl answered the phone and I explained all over again the problem she asked if I still had the box (her voice already was expressing a tone of "I don't care" attitude)I told her I did not since I put it together over a week ago..Then she asked if I still had the receipt...I told her I did not all I wanted to do is exchange the item...not return it..She then stated that there return policy does not allow them to return item's without receipt and also since I paid cash they can't look it up either...Further her attitude in her voice was that I'm stuck with the product...I told her that I wasn't looking for a refund I was looking to just exchange only they could keep the box...She said they couldn't do that either..Finally she did however offer to get me to the Manager on duty although she added that he would tell me the same thing....I spoke to the Manager on duty he did read me the return policy but did offer to return the item at last sale price with my Driver's license...I told him that I didn't want to return it I wanted to exchange it then he said that they have the return policy's in place to prevent people from defrauding them...I said why would I or how am I defrauding you when It's and exchange he then quickly said that he wasn't accusing me of this just it's their return policy...Also he said that he wants to inspect the item when I bring it in to see if whether its actually a defect or that it I broke by switching the light bulb...Really? I am never shopping Target again they don't stand behind there products which is why they have such a tight return policy...I you bought something that needs assembling and breaks less than two weeks you better have the receipt or the box or your S.O.L as far as Target is concerned...

“Target is pleased to be able to bring our guests products they want while, in turn, helping support the LGBT community through the donation of 100 percent of the purchase price to the Family Equality Council,” And I am please to be able to say that I will no longer shop there.

I bought a bike here last week for $109, it is now on sale for $98. I lost my receipt but went to the store where I purchase the item and the printed out of what I bought. So I am aware that you need the original receipt for a price adjustment. Since, the supervisor found my transaction that matched my debit card, my total, and the items I purchase. How is this not valid enough to do a price adjustment of $10? If this is proof that I actually purchase the item, how can you not authorize the price adjustment??

Target should stay out of the political arena by that I mean supporting gay marriage. They need to stick to what they are in the business of doing - selling stuff. I won't be shopping there anymore!

I am a big Target fan and I love your store and the great products that you sell. I have supported your store throughout the years, but I cannot support you in your stand, that is in the direction you are taking with helping support Pro-Homosexual marriage and the donations you are giving towards this organization. Also, you as a corporation are not supporting the Minnesota marriage amendment, why? The majority of your patrons have a husband and wife marriage relationship. This direction you are choosing cannot be good for you and again, I cannot support your cause. Think of the products that you sell, are they for the families with children? What kind of family lifestyle are you choosing to support? The direction you are choosing is a great disappointment to our God, my family,friends and myself. Please reconsider what you are doing. A.T.

I am sickened and disgusted to learn you are supporting the spread of AIDS. When you support homosexuality/sodomy, you are supporting the spread of AIDS. Get out of the business of trying to redefine marriage.

I am so SICK AND TIRED of retailers pushing THEIR political views. GUESS WHAT, YOU IDIOTS! WE DON'T WANT GAY MARRIAGE, YA KEEP PUSHING IT AND I'M NOT SHOPPING TARGET IF IT'S THE LAST STORE ON EARTH!

Chairman Steinhafel: Than you for your support of the gay community. For to long people who are only interested in there "agenda of hate," have by any and all means tried to promote a "culture of hate." Don't let the people on here cut our hair, if you know what I mean. Please continue to donate cash to support the Family Equality Council's push for legalizing homosexual marriage. The right wing of Republican party will damage this contry beyound repair if we let them. Freedom means only "free if your like me" to them. I believe this is wrong. I will continue to shop at your stores. I will also do everything I can to encourage others to do the same. Thank you and God bless Target, Larry Jones

I actually wanted to make mentioned, at one point of being an consumer that shopped at Target they WERE pretty decent to purchase most household, electronics, and clothing items. I recently purchased an PC game. Mindful to the fact in order to see if the game is going to work you must open the packaging, well to my dismay it did not! I am 40ish almost 50 year and I am in not way Technically inclined at all. so when the game didn't function correctly and almost crashed my pc. I was not a happy camper. Fast forward I returned to the Target to see if I get a same MFR game/exchage it and I even went as far as to offer that I get a same MFR game and pay the difference even if it cost more money, to disbelieve they did NOTHING to help with my problem reason "POLICY" it had been opened. I did not even want my monies back, just an exchange of a same exact MFR Game! THE WANTED TO GIVE THE SAME GAME!!!!!!! I THINK NOT; Reading all these remarks I truly did not know that TARGET was not customer friendly and definitely did not know they treated their employees this bad, also I am a Veteran of US Armed Forces thanks for the insite of how they feel about us WOW, WOW!