American Girl vs. American Family Association
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Once again raving Christian fundamentalists go wild. This time their target is a mildly altruistic maker of dolls for girls.
The Mississippi-based American Family Association, in a campaign launched Wednesday, is urging its members to demand that American Girl halt support for Girls Inc., which it called “a pro-abortion, pro-lesbian advocacy group.”
“Let American Girl know they are making a terrible mistake,” AFA chairman Don Wildmon said in a statement. The AFA says it has more than 2.2 million members.
The Pro-Life Action League, a Chicago-based anti-abortion group, also is asking supporters to contact American Girl to express dismay. The league’s executive director, Ann Scheidler, said her organization might call for a boycott of American Girl’s products and organize picketing at its stores in Chicago and New York if the company doesn’t sever ties with Girls Inc.
“Parents need to know that this effort to promote self-esteem among girls is not as innocent as it seems,” Scheidler said. “While Girls Inc. has some good programs, they also support abortion, oppose abstinence-only education for girls and condone lesbianism.”
Popular doll-maker becomes target of conservative protest
Comments
This is completely ridiculous - as ridiculous as abstinence-only sex education. It is not up to an anti-abortion group to tell a company who they can and cannot support charitably - particularly if they are not the company’s primary source of income (and they are NOT). That would be as dumb as trying to tell me that I can’t privately donate to planned parenthood because some of the tenants in a housing project I don’t own are anti-birth control. They are out of order. Well, those who are not fooled will continue to buy American Girl products. Now I know exactly why I SHOULD buy from them.
Posted by: empressg | January 8, 2007 1:09 PM