Target Files Amicus Brief in Support of Same-Sex Marriage
By Dr. Susan Berry
9 Aug 2014
Minneapolis-based retail chain Target has signed an amicus brief this
week with the Seventh Circuit Court of
Appeals in support of same-sex
marriage.
In a blog post on Target’s A Bullseye View,” Jodee Kozlak, executive vice president
and chief human resources officer, said, “It is our belief that everyone should
be treated equally under the law, and that includes rights we believe
individuals should have related to marriage.”
Kozlak said the brief, which
addresses marriage laws in Wisconsin and Indiana, “evaluates the
issues created by states that both prohibit same-sex marriage and also refuse
to recognize marriages that were conducted legally in other states.”
“At Target, we have long offered
comprehensive, competitive benefits to our LGBT team members and their
families, often above what is legally required,” Kozlak continued. “We continue
to do so today because we believe doing so is right for our team and for our
business.”
She said that marriage laws in Wisconsin and Indiana
“make it difficult to attract and retain talent,” and they “create confusing
and complicated benefits challenges across multiple states.”
Last month, The Washington Post reported that the
National Health Interview Survey by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention found that only 1.6 percent of respondents
self-identified as gay or lesbian, and even less, 0.7 percent, self-identified
as bisexual. The outcome of this definitive study strongly suggests that the
gay population in the United
States is far less than perceived.
The faltering retail chain also
announced last week that it has hired PepsiCo Inc. executive Brian Cornell as its new chief
executive officer.
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, former Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel was ousted in May
following a massive data breach during last year’s holiday season and a botched
Canadian expansion. In addition to the vast hacker attack that captured--among
other information--phone numbers, 40 million credit and debit card numbers, and
70 million addresses, the chain’s shares slipped three percent this year.
Recovery efforts have led to $26
million in expenses during the first quarter, with $8 million of those costs
covered by insurance. Target’s debt rating was cut by Standard & Poor’s in
March.
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(CDC)
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is a foundation for the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Note: Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the
CDC Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, the founder of Bloomberg
LP, was a benefactor at the Harlem
Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin
Hood Foundation, and the New York (NY) mayor.
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George
Soros was a benefactor at the Harlem
Children's Zone, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society,
and is a director emeritus at Refugees
International.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin
Hood Foundation, the International
Rescue Committee, Refugees
International, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Clifford S.
Asness was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, supported same-sex marriage in New York, and
is a director at the International Rescue
Committee.
Betty
E. King was a director at Refugees International, and is a director
at the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation
is a foundation for the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Queen
Noor is a director at Refugees
International, the queen dowager of Jordan,
and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of
the Commercial Club of Chicago, and his father is Lester Crown.
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, James S. Crown & A.
Steven Crown are his sons, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
A. Steven Crown is Lester Crown’s son, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
A. Steven Crown is Lester Crown’s son, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
William L. Davis
is a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Stewart A. Resnick
is a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and a benefactor at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Marc B. Nathanson
was a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Brian C. Cornell
is a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and the chairman & CEO for the Target Corporation.
Solomon D.
Trujillo was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
and is a director at the Target
Corporation.
James A. Johnson is a director at the Target Corporation, an honorary trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think tank) and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
E.J.
Dionne is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and a columnist at the Washington Post.
Robert
Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and a columnist at the Washington Post.
Lee
H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and his nephew is David F.
Hamilton.
David F. Hamilton
is Lee H. Hamilton’s nephew, a judge
for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
7th Circuit, and was a canvasser for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
Sidley Austin
LLP was the legal adviser for the Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) was the plaintiff in ACORN
vs. Illinois State Board of Elections.
Barack
Obama was the attorney for ACORN vs.
Illinois State Board of Elections,
and an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a trustee at
the Aspen Institute (think tank), and his father is Lester Crown.
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, James S. Crown & A.
Steven Crown are his sons, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
A. Steven Crown is Lester Crown’s son, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
A. Steven Crown is Lester Crown’s son, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
William L. Davis
is a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Stewart A. Resnick
is a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and a benefactor at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Marc B. Nathanson
was a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Brian C. Cornell
is a board of visitor’s member at the Anderson
School of Management at UCLA, and the chairman & CEO for the Target Corporation.
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