Fun with Satan

From the Iowa Standard's 5-25-23 article entitled "CPAC Asks Target to Stop Facilitating ‘Demonic Messaging,’ End Partnership with ‘Satanist Designer’":

CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp sent a letter to Target leadership urging the retailer to end its relationship with a “satanist designer.”

Schlapp said Target has become a “beloved merchant” by families across America, but conservatives and religious Americans have recently become “deeply troubled” by its partnership with an “individual who practices satanism, along with (Target’s) apparent embrace of radical gender ideology, which seeks to sterilize and brutalize the bodies of the youth.”

“It is disturbing to the many families of shoppers from religious backgrounds that Target Corporation partnered with Erik Carnell, a self-declared ‘satanist’ to design the new ‘Pride Month’ collection of items,” the letter said. “Carnell openly flaunts his anti-Christian agenda posting that ‘Satan respects pronouns,’ selling items with phrases like, ‘Trans Witches for Abortion,’ and participating in a ‘satanic flea market’ in London called an ‘anti-Christmas fayre.’

“Someone like this should never be promoted by a company which purports to support families, especially not to create items geared toward children.”

To read the entire article, click HERE. 

From Matthew Impelli's 5-23-23 NEWSWEEK article entitled "'Satanist' Designer at Center of Target Boycott Speaks Out":

A designer at the center of the calls to boycott Target who has been accused of being a "satanist" recently spoke out about the ongoing controversy.

U.K.-based designer, Erik Carnell, who owns the company Abprallen, announced on Instagram this month that he helped design several new items to promote the 2023 Pride season at Target, the popular retail store company.

Since his announcement, some conservative voices have accused Carnell of being a "satanist" since a small portion of his collection features a reference to Satan (like a pin that states, "Satan respects pronouns"), which he says was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, according to the Daily Dot. But none of these items were sold as a part of Target's Pride Month collection [...].

Despite the claims made by some, Carnell told the Daily Dot that he does not believe in satan.

"I don't believe in the Bible.... It's a metaphor," Carnell told the Daily Dot.

To read the entire article, click HERE.