[sinkspur]

Using the Church's logic you could find links from just about any major charity to abortion and we should boycott all major charities.

If the Charleston diocese borrows money from a Citibank affiliate, does the bishop realize that Citibank is a big supporter of the United Way? The United Way funds the March of Dimes, which shares some of its money with Planned Parenthood.

This is likely true for ANY large bank in Charleston.

I'm not sure I understand what the Church in Charleston is trying to accomplish here. Money is fungible, and there's all kinds of money from all kinds of companies and groups going to groups we might disagree with.

We couldn't do business with anybody using this criteria.

Does the bishop drive a GM car? Does he know that GM provides health care for homosexual partners?

[gondramB]

"We couldn't do business with anybody using this criteria.

Does the bishop drive a GM car? Does he know that GM provides health care for homosexual partners?"

Exactly. Some people in the pro-life movement want a cultural war dividing and weakening America into two hostile camps that don't do business with each other... it's very sad and counter-productive.

It would also mean boycotting all the largest American corporations... but they don't do that - they pick smaller more vulnerable targets. like breast cancer research and American Girl.

[hispanichoosier]

I'm not sure I understand what the Church in Charleston is trying to accomplish here. Money is fungible, and there's all kinds of money from all kinds of companies and groups going to groups we might disagree with.

Another poster had it right: Komen refuses to publicize studies that link abortion to higher incidence of breast cancer. The goal of the bishop may not necessarily be to reduce overall funding but to highlight this fact. I, personally, think it's a good tactic.