Posted on 07/25/2007 4:53:43 AM PDT by monomaniac
New Life Decisions International Boycott List Identifies Corporate Planned Parenthood Sponsors
Life Decisions International (LDI) will soon release a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood, the world's leading abortion-advocacy group.
"As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 153 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood," said LDI President Douglas R. Scott, Jr. It is estimated that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than $35 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP) began some 15 years ago.
"This should be a testament to those who believe it is impossible to change corporate philanthropic behavior."
Corporations appearing on The Boycott List for the first time are
Allstate (insurance),
CCA Global (Carpet One, Flooring America, Flooring Canada, Flooring One, Lighting One, etc.),
Chevron (fuel/energy; Xpress Lube, Texaco),
Comcast (cable television, Internet, etc.),
DuPont (chemicals),
eBay (online marketplace; PayPal),
Four Seasons Hotels (Regent Hotels),
GlaxoSmithKline (over-the-counter medication, prescription drugs, etc.),
Marriott (Courtyard Hotels, Fairfield Inn, Grand Residences,
Horizons Hotels,
JW Marriott Hotels,
Renaissance Hotels & Inns,
Ritz-Carlton Hotels,
SpringHill Suites,
TownePlace Suites),
OSI Restaurant Partners (Outback Steakhouse, etc.),
Sears (Kmart),
Sonic (drive-in restaurants),
and Wawa (convenience stores), among others.
Corporations continuing as boycott targets from the previously released Boycott List are
Basics Office Products,
Adobe (software),
Wachovia (finance),
Nike (shoes/apparel, etc.),
Time Warner (Cinemax, HBO, AOL, etc.),
Bank of America,
CIGNA (insurance),
Walt Disney,
Johnson & Johnson,
Lost Arrow (Patagonia, etc.),
Wells Fargo,
Whole Foods Market,
and Nationwide (insurance), among others.
The new Boycott List includes a revised and significantly expanded "Dishonorable Mention" section, which identifies charitable organizations that are associated with Planned Parenthood and/or its agenda. Among the groups new to this section is the
Audubon Society,
Alzheimer's Association,
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP),
American Diabetes Association,
Council of Churches (including Church World Service, and CROP Hunger Walks),
Glaucoma Research Foundation,
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation,
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA),
National Education Association (NEA),
National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
Save the Children,
and the Sierra Club, among others.
"The Pro-Life Movement will succeed only to the extent that pro-life people are willing to be inconvenienced," Scott said. "The very lives of children are worth that much effort and a whole lot more."
More information about the CFP, visit
The full list must be paid for! Come on now. I smell a rat.
Much as I am sympathetic to opposing PP supporters, it has really gotten to the point where we are better off finding out who DOESN’T do this stuff, and support them. Sometimes, companies that aren’t on the list are just as bad or worse.
For instance, if you don’t use Adobe products, what will you use for your page layout program in the publishing industry? QuarkXPress is an obvious choice, but wait, Tim Gill, who founded Quark, and still makes money off of it, sends some of that money to Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, and various Planned Parenthoods. http://www.dianedew.com/PPfundg-E-M.htm
“Save the Children”?? What incredible hypocrisy and arrogance.
Bump.
There’s no rat. I’ve ordered the boycott list many times before and its full of info. They also have info online about why they don’t give out the list for free. These are good guys and they do great work. It deserves our support
One more thing. The Diane Dew list is over a decade old. It includes the names of companies that have stopped giving to PP. LDI keeps their list current.
They explain why on their site but I think they are a little too possessive of their list.
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