Georgia Faith Leaders to Urge Boycott of Home Depot Over Voting Law
Black religious leaders representing more than 1,000 churches in the state are planning a “warning shot” for other Republican-led states that are trying to limit voting access.
Bishop Reginald T. Jackson is leading the push for a boycott of Home Depot in Georgia.Credit.Matt Odom for The New York Times
April 20, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
A major coalition of Black faith leaders in Georgia, representing more than 1,000 churches in the state, will call on Tuesday for a boycott of Home Depot, arguing that the company has abdicated its responsibility as a good corporate citizen by not pushing back on the state’s new voting law.
A group of Black religious leaders in Atlanta is calling for a boycott against Home Depot.
The faith leaders say the Georgia-based company hasn’t done enough to speak out against the state’s new voting law, which adds new restrictions for absentee voting and allows for a state takeover of local elections departments, among other measures.
Since the controversial law was signed March 25, the group of pastors has met with leaders of Delta, Coca-Cola and a dozen other Georgia-based brands.
But the Rev. Timothy McDonald with First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta says Home Depot has chosen not to participate in any of those meetings.
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Hearkening back to the boycotts during the civil rights movement and apartheid, Georgia faith leaders representing over 1,000 Georgia churches have called for a nationwide boycott of Home Depot, accusing the largest company based in the Peach State of standing on the sidelines in the voting rights battle playing out not just in Georgia, but across the country.
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ATLANTA An outspoken group of Georgia s faith-based leaders are calling on a boycott of The Home Depot, they announced on Tuesday. It is the first formal boycott called after weeks of attempted engagement and discussion, they said.
The group, representing more than 1,000 churches across the state, said the boycott stems from the controversial voting law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last month.