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canvass for a cause defends its right to free speech

Since the inception of Canvass for a Cause in October 2009, activists have been standing outside of Target stores, Walmart stores, Westfield malls, and other public spaces to engage in face-to-face conversations with voters on various LGBT rights issues.

Target store managers were accusing our activists of getting angry and aggressive when people either didn’t want to donate or expressed the opinion that they did not agree with same-sex marriage. 

The assertions were false; CFAC canvassers do not become aggressive or follow shoppers to their cars.   “It’s hyperbole to say our volunteers get agitated,” said Canvass for a Cause Executive Director Tres Watson. “Do we challenge their beliefs when they say they oppose gay marriage? Sure. But 90 percent of the time people tell us, ‘I don’t want to talk about it,’ and we say OK.”  Watson also said, "Target is alleging that our people are angry, militant, homosexual activists. But if you think through it logically, there's nothing [that] supports our cause [by] acting that way, and we don't.”

At every step of the way, CFAC has fought and won the right to speak about important human rights issues, and we will continue to do so until we receive a permanent injunction from the courts.

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