This is the allegation that Mat Staver of the religious right's Liberty Counsel made on the group's "Faith & Freedom" podcast. It's a pretty extraordinary accusation.
From Right Wing Watch:
Staver: We also have another individual that contacted us, Matt, who said that he was sort of a trouble shooter, I forgot the exact title that he was working in in Macy’s, and he brought to Macy’s the issue of these men going into the women’s fitting rooms.
Barber: Probably working in corporate security or loss prevention.
Staver: Loss prevention or something of that nature. He brought to their attention articles from around the country where people had gone into Macy’s, and some other stores but specifically Macy’s, women had gone in and they had been sexually assaulted in these fitting rooms by men that have been coming into those fitting rooms, and even rapes. He brought this to the attention of Macy’s to address this policy and he said rather than address it he was terminated.
Barber: Not surprising, they are pulling the wool over their own eyes here. That’s the hallmark of the homosexual activist lobby and people who are trapped in the homosexual lifestyle, they are in constant rebellion with order, with their natural order, with natural law, with biology, obviously a man can’t be a woman and a woman can’t be a man. Groups like the Human Rights Campaign are constantly raising the bar, moving the goal posts if you will, they have their Corporate Equality Index and they use that in order to strong arm companies into signing off on every single one of their demands.
This is a rather extraordinary claim to make against a big, national brand like Macy's. The concerns are two-fold; one that such a thing could happen, two, that Macy's, alerted to the situation, would just cover it up.
He brought this to the attention of Macy’s to address this policy and he said rather than address it he was terminated.
A story like this strikes me as potentially quite harmful to Macy's brand, suggesting their customers are not safe in their stores and that Macy's security team is negligent or indifferent to the safety of their customers.
We absolutely must to get to the bottom of this. Fortunately, this is a very specific allegation, and we have an eyewitness. Staver says he spoke to a person who was fired over the incidents. I think we need to hear directly from the person involved, not rely on Staver's second-hand account. I trust Staver will be happy to facilitate that. Certainly, if sexual assaults are occurring in Macy's dressing rooms, we can all agree, they should be reported to the police, as soon as possible. I'm sure Staver will want to facilitate that as well, he wouldn't want to set himself up for any sort of legal troubles of his own by being party to a cover-up. I trust Staver will be only too happy to let us know which locations these assaults occurred so the proper authorities can be notified to investigate?
Macy's by the way can be found here on the web, here on Facebook, or @Macys on Twitter. I'm sure they'll thank you for alerting them to this egregious breakdown of security at one of their locations. I'm certain the corporate headquarters would like to do a proper internal investigation on whether they can assure their customers are able to shop in safety?