Posted on 10/25/2005 12:17:42 PM PDT by Calpernia
Omaha, NE (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-abortion U.S. senator is slamming pro-life groups who have raised concerns about the American Girl doll company's partnership with a girl's group that backs abortion. Pro-life organizations have threatened a national boycott if the company doesn't pull out from its partnership with Girl's Inc.
Sen. Barak Obama, an Illinois Democrat, called the criticism and possible boycott and overreaction.
“It's just silly,” said Obama. “This is a classic example of overreaction and a lack of proportion.”
"An organization like this plays a vital part in making certain we are opening up our windows and letting our girls look upon the horizon and see which path they want to follow,” he said.
Obama's comments came during a speak to the Omaha, Nebraska chapter of Girls Inc., a group that helps girls with self-esteem and school-related issues but also supports abortion and the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized it.
Earlier, the American Family Association called on pro-life advocates to write to American Girl to ask them to end their association with the group and to stop selling their "I Can" bracelets. The Pro-Life Action League has threatened to announce a boycott if the association doesn't end by November 1.
Randy Sharp, director of special projects for the AFA, told the Associated Press his group won't back down and added that Obama is entitled to his opinion.
From the mouth's of hypocrites...
"opening up our windows and letting our girls look upon the horizon and see which path they want to follow"
Yeah, that's so convincing... WHY do people love this clown?
And the future mouthpiece of the demorat party sounds just like Howard Dean.
Nice work Osama Obama, as a field hand slave on the democrat party plantation. And Planned Parenthood was founded to get rid of "inferior" blacks. 40% of PP murders are of black babies.
Could you be anymore of a traitor to your race, Osama Obama?
Barack Obama is an empty suit whose vague platitudinizing speeches are rivaled in their boring ridiculousness only by his tireless promotion of whacked-out far left initiatives.
Girls Inc. and American Girl ping
Obama is the biggest phony in Illinois with the possible exception of Studs Terkel.
Thanks for the ping. Obama is protecting the American Girl flagship store in Chicago, among other things liberal.
Obama is protecting the American Girl flagship store in ChicagoFollow the money.
Oooo, that will leave a mark.
Well said!
If you're wondering why Obama travelled to a red state that that would never give him its electoral votes, just follow the money. Warren Buffet and his relatives give lots of money to Girls, Inc.
I wonder what he thought of Freedom Fries?
This Obama guy is like the people at the Warshington Post ~ he simply doesn't let anyone escape the abortionist's suction if at all possible. The guy is a ghoul.
This Obama guy is just a doofus. Besides, he should butt out. It's not a gov't issue. He is way out of line here.
democrats.....The proud party of death!
And which race is that??????? White or Black
But do they support abortion? (And is that the path we want our girls to follow when they look through those open windows at the horizon?)
Human Race.
"An organization like this plays a vital part in making certain we are opening up our windows and letting our girls look upon the horizon"
Somebody should ask Barak about the millions of girls that never get to "look upon the horizon" because they are slaughtered inside the womb.
You nailed it. What a pompous ass Terkel is. Do you have a good story about him? He was so obnoxious when he gave a lecture at the U of C.
Nothing.
Reason; He wasn't in DC then.
At the time of 'Freedom Fries' (March, 2003), he was a 3rd rate back bench jr nobody democrat in the IL General Assembly representing a 6th rate crime ridden district from Chicago. When he won the IL Rat primary shock waves went through the "The Machine". His win over the parties pick [Dan Hynes(?)] was a 110% unexpected fluke.
I listened to him in interview on "Fresh Air" (BING-BING-BING! Lefty alert!) and he used all the Lib code words, indicating that nobody could possibly do anything on their own, "it takes a village". He's an old-school, Pete Seeger, IWW-Wobblie-style Lefty!
Osama Obama is a disgrace to the Human Race.
a "zipper pull". classic.
LOL This sounds like something a pothead would say.
The Christmas catalog for American Girl came to our house yesterday. I looked through it while standing in the rain yesterday. It had the bracelet advertisement. I have to say it was the prettiest doll catalog I've ever seen. It was larger than usual, and it was loaded with beautiful photographs. Hubby walked outside to greet me, and he saw what it was and took it with the rest of the junk mail straight to the dumpster outside. Such a shame.
At least some girls will have good self esteem before their mentors encourage them to abort their offspring so their lives aren't screwed up.
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American Girl Plays Down Ties to Pro-Abortion Group After Criticism
New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- American Girl, the makers of a popular line of children's dolls, has lowered the profile of its partnership with a pro-abortion group following national criticism. A pro-life organization that has helped lead opposition says the company is removing some of its links to Girls Inc., a group that helps girls with self-esteem and scholastic issues but also backs abortion.
"American Girl, maker of American Girl Dolls, must be receiving enough calls and emails to cause them considerable consternation," says Ann Scheidler, director of the Pro-Life Action League. Scheidler says American Girl is already "de-emphasizing" the "I Can" bracelets they're selling in conjunction with Girls Inc.
While official statements from the doll manufacturer say they're not going to discontinue the project, which has proceeds from the sale of the bracelets go to the pro-abortion group, Scheidler says it appears they're trying to play down its importance. Meanwhile, Scheidler adds that her group will call for a national boycott if American Girl doesn't officially end the partnership. Read the complete story.
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Diago has a thread on that from, yesterday?
I'm really sad about this. My daughter had a nice collection.
I'm not adding to it anymore.
I've opted out of their mailing, I've faxed them a number of threads to see our dismay and I've forwarded all articles to my email list.
I agree!!!!!!!
I am so disgusted with this association by American Girl dolls. My girls have four. It opened up a world of history at the time the dolls "lived" in and made them more curious about that period of history. Such a good thing in it's original concept but linking themselves with this group is beyond the pale. A doll is just another tool of the predators nowadays. That's the way I see it now.
All that said - for those of you who already have the dolls - EBay has tons of clothes, etc. for them cheaper and much better made than the American Girl products.
"American" Girls dolls are made by Otz in Germany, and the clothes and accessories are made in Taiwan. Has been so since Pleasant Rowland started the company, and still is today. Only the stories and the customers are American.
A path to Planned Parenthood's door, we fear.
Interesting that it's a red star.
Thank you for the ping
Thanks for the ping; What a nitwit.
"Several years ago, when 17,000 aborted babies were found in a dumpster outside a pathology laboratory in Los, Angeles, California, some 12-15,000 were observed to be black."
--Erma Clardy Craven (deceased)
Social Worker and Civil Rights Leader
Minority women constitute only about 26% of the female population (age 15-44) in the United States, but they underwent approximately 36% of the abortions.
According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion
On average, 1,452 black babies are aborted every day in the United States.
This incidence of abortion has resulted in a tremendous loss of life. It has been estimated that since 1973 Black women have had about 10 million abortions. Michael Novak had calculated "Since the number of current living Blacks (in the U.S.) is 31 million, the missing 10 million represents an enormous loss, for without abortion, America's Black community would now number 41 million persons. It would be 35 percent larger than it is. Abortion has swept through the Black community like a scythe, cutting down every fourth member."
A highly significant 1993 Howard University study showed that African American women over age 50 were 4.7 times more likely to get breast cancer if they had had any abortions compared to women who had not had any abortions.
Don't forget to read "Dawning of a King's Dream" and "Black Leadership's Misplaced Priorities" by LEARN New Jersey Director Clenard H. Childress
For more info: http://blackgenocide.org/black.html
The Negro Project
Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Plan for Black Americans
By Tanya L. Green
"…I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing’
therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live."
--Deuteronomy 30:19 (NKJV
On the crisp, sunny, fall Columbus Day in 1999, organizers of the "Say So" march approached the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. The marchers, who were predominantly black pastors and lay persons, concluded their three-day protest at the site of two monumental cases: the school desegregation Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and the pro-abortion Roe v. Wade "rights" in t he latter–converged in the declaration of Rev. Johnny M. Hunter, the march’s sponsor and national director of Life, Education and Resource Network (LEARN), the largest black pro-life organization.
‘"Civil rights’ doesn’t mean anything without a right to life!" declared Hunter. He and the other marchers were protesting the disproportionately high number of abortions in the black community. The high number is no accident. Many Americans–black and white–are unaware of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s Negro Project. Sanger created this program in 1939, after the organization changed its name from the American Birth Control League (ABCL) to the Birth Control Federation of America (BCFA).
The aim of the program was to restrict–many believe exterminate–the black population. Under the pretense of "better health" and "family planning," Sanger cleverly implemented her plan. What’s more shocking is Sanger’s beguilement of black America’s créme de la créme–those prominent, well educated and well-to-do–into executing her scheme. Some within the black elite saw birth control as a means to attain economic empowerment, elevate the race and garner the respect of whites.
The Negro Project has had lasting repercussions in the black community: "We have become victims of genocide by our own hands," cried Hunter at the "Say So" march.
Excerpt: http://blackgenocide.org/negro.html
Nah, I just know that Studs will emerge from his Hyde Park mansion every so often to hobknob with the common scum and bitch about how unfair America is and then return to his mansion.
They (GIRLS INC) also support and offer resources encouraging lesbian and bi-sexual lifestyles, actually offering resources for girls. One of their publications states, "The emergence of a lesbian identity is an ongoing process, rather than an event."
....I went to the GIRLSINC website the other day after reading the 1st thread, sure enough they had links to Planned Parenthood and a gay website. I returned this evening and they had removed both pro-abortion and gay links.
Guess they didn't want the parents to belive the rumor.
Nice. A bracelet for young budding Socialists.
We just got a catalog, too, amd I was surprised at how big it was.
I think it is correct to view American Girl as a potent political force. They are more than just dolls. There are backstories to each doll, and lots of girls grow up reading the books and buying the videos.
Generally speaking, the books and stories are wholesome and life-affirming. But such a thing could be used as the ultimate under-the-radar way to influence young girls. Think of the way the Girl Scouts of America have been subverted over the years, and multiply that several times and you get the amount of damage that could be done if the Lefties ever get ahold of American Girl.
The forces of traditional morality should flex their muscles early and often and watch this group very closely. We should support them when they do right and hit them where it hurts when they do wrong. They are like a puppy with a hand grenade. Cute, but dangerous.
Because of the publicity this is getting it is very important that folks call and complain. This is a big, big test of the strength of the pro-life movement:
Call 1-800-845-0005 to complain.
A truth-in-advertising bracelet would read "I Can BE A LESBIAN."
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