Home Depot Faces Boycott After Not Standing Up Against Georgia Voting Laws
04/20/21 AT 5:43 PM
Home Depot is in the line of fire after church leaders in Georgia reprimanded the large corporation for not standing up against the new voting restriction laws that were recently passed by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Black religious leaders who are said to have started this boycott represent more than 1,000 churches around the Peach State, Reuters explained. If you as corporate leaders do not believe and lack the courage to speak out against this legislation, we will not spend our money to purchase your products, Bishop Reginald Jackson said, who oversees Georgia s African Methodist Episcopal churches.
Georgia faith leaders call on boycott of Home Depot over state s new election law
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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.
Home Depot to face boycott over Georgia voting curbs
By Hilary Russ
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Religious leaders in Georgia on Tuesday will call for a boycott of Home Depot Inc because of its silence on the state s new voting curbs that activists say make it harder for Black people and other racial minorities to vote.
Other Georgia-based corporations - including Delta Air Lines Inc and Coca-Cola Co - have been meeting with the activists for weeks and issued statements opposing the voting restrictions.
Coca-Cola also hosted a meeting of several companies on April 13 with the faith leaders, but Home Depot did not attend and has since ignored a series of follow-up requests, and has failed to speak publicly on the new law, the activists - led by AME Bishop Reginald Jackson and representing more than 1,000 chruches - said in a notice to media on Tuesday.
Calls for a Home Depot boycott over GA voting laws
04/20/2021 | 05:12pm EDT
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Black religious leaders in Georgia representing more than 1,000 churches called on Tuesday for a boycott of Home Depot, accusing the home improvement giant of failing to take a stand against the state s new Republican-backed curbs on voting.
[Bishop Reginald Jackson, April 13, 2021] This is not a partisan issue, this is an issue of preserving our democracy.
Bishop Reginald Jackson, who oversees Georgia s African Methodist Episcopal churches, said in a statement that Home Depot had rejected requests to discuss the new law.
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