Texas AG to Target: Show me how you’ll protect women and kids from criminals
The latest backlash Target
received as a result of its transgender bathroom policy was a letter from Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton asking the company to provide its safety policies
to protect women and children from “those who would use the cover of Target’s
restroom policy for nefarious purposes.”
“Target, of course, is free to
choose such a policy for its Texas stores,” Paxton wrote in a letter to Target
CEO Brian Cornell. He noted the possibility of the Texas Legislature addressing
the issue in the future, but said, “regardless of whether Texas legislates on
this topic, it is possible that allowing men in women’s restrooms could lead to
criminal and otherwise unwanted activity.”
“As chief lawyer and law
enforcement officer for the State of Texas, I ask that you provide the full
text of Target’s safety policies regarding the protection of women and children
from those who would use the cover of Target’s restroom policy for nefarious
purposes,” Paxton continued.
More than 1.1 million people have pledged to boycott Target over its new policy allowing men to
access women’s bathrooms. Opponents of the policy worry that it puts
women and children at risk by emboldening predators, who may now freely enter
women’s restrooms.
Target’s new policy is
“inclusive,” the company claims, and they say “everyone…deserves to be
protected from discrimination, and treated equally.”
“Texans statewide can no longer be
silent on the issue of protecting the safety of women and children,” Texas
Values President and Attorney Jonathan Saenz said in a statement Wednesday
urging Texans to boycott Target. This is the first time in its history
the pro-family group has called for a boycott.
“We need all Texans to understand
that Target is using this radical change in their store policy to try convince
people that our laws should be changed in this dangerous direction as well,”
said Saena. “Our goal with this boycott is for Target to change its
dangerous new policy, to raise awareness of the real threats to safety that these
policies bring and to help businesses and lawmakers understand the significant
opposition to such measures that is growing daily… Texans all across our state
must join this Boycott Target effort before someone gets hurt.”
On Tuesday a male allegedly filmed an underage girl at a Frisco, Texas, Target fitting
room. Police are searching for the man.
There have been numerous incidents of male predators across North America
accessing women’s facilities and citing transgender policies as allowing them
to do so.
