Ethics Daily: A Kentucky Baptist pastor is featured in a television commercial being aired in the Bible Belt urging followers of Jesus to think twice before doing their Christmas shopping at Wal-Mart.
"Jesus said do unto others as you would have them do unto you," said Joseph Phelps, pastor of Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. "But if these are our values, can we continue to shop at Wal-Mart without insulting God?"
The ad, sponsored by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, is taped in front of a stained-glass window inside the church sanctuary. Phelps tells viewers that Wal-Mart has repeatedly broken child-labor laws, is being sued for gender discrimination and leaves more than half of its employees and families without company health coverage.
"So as we celebrate Christmas together, search your heart," Phelps said. "If these are Wal-Mart's values, would Jesus shop at Wal-Mart? Should you?"
via Brittney at NIT
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