Moneybags Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 (edited) I just found a statement by the [url="http://www.fightpp.org/"]Life Decisions Internations[/url] (LDI), which stated companies that are boycott targets because of their support of Planned Parenthood, the main provider of abortions. It is estimated that LDI has cost Planned Parenthood $35 million in 14 years. Companies appearing on the boycott list for the first time: Altria (Phillip Morris, Nabisco, Kraft products, Post cereals) Circuit CityCost Plus World Market (retail stores) Price Chopper/Mini Chopper (supermarkets) New World Restaurant (Chesapeake Bagel Bakery, Einstein Bros Bagels, etc.) Nike Tommy Hifiger Just a sample of other companies on the list for supporting the abortion provider: Walt Disney Pfizer J. P. Morgan Chase (including Chase Manhattan Bank & Bank One) Johnson & Johnson CIGNAT The New York Times Microsoft Levi Strauss Patagonia Whole Foods Market. [b]These are charitable groups that the LDI identified to have been associating with Planned Parenthood:[/b] The American Cancer Society Camp Fire The Dr. Phil Foundation Girls Inc. Girl Scouts Rotary Clubs [url="http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2005/10/dont-support-save-lids-to-save-lives.html"]The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation[/url] YWCA Because of LDI, at least 135 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood! Please join me in boycotting these companies and standing up for the right of another's life. We are all God's children - let us put God first evermore. For an extremely long list of companies that support Planned Parenthood, visit the [url="http://www.catholic-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=19328"]Catholic Community Forum[/url]. Support Life!!! Edited June 20, 2006 by St. Benedict
jswranch Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 Thank you so much for this list. Nick, can we get a running hit list posted?
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 American Cancer Society? Great, I just did a week's worth of volunteering there a few weeks ago. I specifically researched them and found nothing wrong. I wonder how they are affiliated...
phatcatholic Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 [quote name='jswranch' post='1008892' date='Jun 20 2006, 01:40 AM'] Thank you so much for this list. Nick, can we get a running hit list posted? [/quote] a running hitlist?
ThyWillBeDone Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 Does anyone know if United Way supports Planned Parenthood. I read on a United Way site the following. [quote]In August of 1995, the United Way and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England jointly agreed to change Planned Parenthood's United Way status from member to "Affiliate for Donor Designations Only." This means that Planned Parenthood only receives United Way funding from donors who write on their pledge card that they wish part of their contributions to go to Planned Parenthood. If a donor does not designate Planned Parenthood on his or her pledge card, then none of that donor's money will go to Planned Parenthood.[/quote] But I have read on other sites, that United Way supports Planned Parenthood, with funds and other types of support. Does anyone know what the deal is with United Way and Planned Parenthood. God Bless
Moneybags Posted June 21, 2006 Author Posted June 21, 2006 [quote name='ThyWillBeDone' post='1009298' date='Jun 20 2006, 04:59 PM'] Does anyone know if United Way supports Planned Parenthood. I read on a United Way site the following. But I have read on other sites, that United Way supports Planned Parenthood, with funds and other types of support. Does anyone know what the deal is with United Way and Planned Parenthood. God Bless [/quote] I don't have exact statistics, but everything that I've read before states that they do support Planned Parenthood.
LSW Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 I don't mean to hijack this thread but I have a question. We all agree that downloading software or music illegaly isn't right but, for example, if Microsoft supports Planned Parenthood then isn't it ok to download windows instead of buying it? I mean its not like there are an real alternatives since like most PC's will only work with windows. So?
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 I don't think so. It's still theft. Download a free version of Linux with a Windows emulator instead.
morostheos Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 [quote name='ThyWillBeDone' post='1009298' date='Jun 20 2006, 05:59 PM'] Does anyone know if United Way supports Planned Parenthood. I read on a United Way site the following. But I have read on other sites, that United Way supports Planned Parenthood, with funds and other types of support. Does anyone know what the deal is with United Way and Planned Parenthood. God Bless [/quote] The thing with United Way is that it depends on your local United Way. Each handles their finances pretty independently of the national group, so some donate to PP and some don't. Also, the same is true with the Girl Scout affiliation. There has been no association with the national office, but some Girl Scout troops have accepted PP's offer to do "educational courses" for them.
Moneybags Posted June 27, 2006 Author Posted June 27, 2006 (edited) [b]Microsoft is a huge abortion supporter![/b] [url="http://www.lifenews.com/nat2369.html"]According to today's LifeNews Report[/url], Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and the second richest man in the world, will donate 80% of his fortune to the pro-abortion foundation set up by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife. Buffett plans to give them 12,050,000 in Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway. One share sells for $3,000, and this would give the Gates foundation another $37 billion. The Gates Foundation has given the Planned Parenthood Federation of America almost $12.5 million since 1998. These funds are used to persuade teenagers to support abortion as well as advance abortion in the United Nations. The International Planned Parenthood abortion business has received almost $21 million from the Gates foundation over the last seven years. These funds were used to kill unborn babies in third world countries. This is horrible, horrible news. I ask you to contact the Gates Foundation and urge it to stop supporting Planned Parenthood and abortion. [b]Contact: [/b] Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation PO Box 23350 Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 709-3140 info@gatesfoundation.org Edited June 27, 2006 by St. Benedict
Sarah_JC Posted June 29, 2006 Posted June 29, 2006 I guess I'll just have to get an iMac... darn. Further proof that Microsoft is not only "3v1!" but "evil" as well.
Moneybags Posted June 30, 2006 Author Posted June 30, 2006 My original post was their statement from last year. LDI just released a new boycott list. [b]Companies appearing on the boycott list for the first time this year:[/b] Wal-Mart Basics Office Products Broadcasting company CHUM Coffee maker Daily Grind George Weston (which operates stores such as Arnie’s Bagels, Interbake Foods, and Maplehurst) Manufacturer Kees Torstar (publisher of Harlequin romance novels & several newspapers) Willis Stein & Partners (publisher of several magazines; maker of snack foods such as Fiddle Faddle) [url="http://www.lifenews.com/nat2378.html"]source[/url]
Moneybags Posted July 3, 2006 Author Posted July 3, 2006 Update, everyone! These companies are still part of the boycott list: Neiman Marcus, Adobe (software), Wachovia, Altria (Phillip Morris, Nabisco, Kraft, Post cereals, etc.), Golub (Price Chopper supermarkets), Nike, Time Warner (Cinemax, HBO, AOL, CompuServe, Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes, Warner Bros., magazines such as Entertainment Weekly, Field & Stream, Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated, Teen People, etc.), Unilever (Q-Tips, Lipton, Best Foods, Birds Eye, CountryCrock, Wish-Bone, Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Good Humor, Axe, Finesse, Salon Selectives, Suave, etc.), Bank of America, the Dallas Cowboys, CIGNA (insurance), Walt Disney, Cost Plus World Market, Johnson & Johnson, Lost Arrow (Patagonia, etc.), Wells Fargo, Whole Foods Market, and Nationwide (insurance), among others. Source: [url="http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jun/06063010.html"]http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jun/06063010.html[/url]
morostheos Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 That list you've posted along covers so many different companies. it would be really time consuming to boycott them all! I don't think I could ever be coordinated enough!
Moneybags Posted July 3, 2006 Author Posted July 3, 2006 (edited) Let's make a list of companies that support pro-life causes then! First, I'll put Curves on that list. You can read about it here: [url="http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/07/want-to-get-in-shape-and-save-babies.html"]http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/07/...ave-babies.html[/url] I believe the founder of Dominos Pizza also is a devout Catholic that funds pro-life causes. Edited July 3, 2006 by St. Benedict
DAF Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Add Starbucks to the hit list. I don't know for sure, but I have heard from sources I trust that they donate to PP. Benedict-The founder of Dominos Pizza is a devout Catholic (Dominos was meant to hint at "of the Lord" [hence Domino's] The domino symbol appeared when he sold the company. Anyway, he's the main funder behind Ave Maria University and the new town they're building. in Christ,
blovedwolfofgod Posted July 4, 2006 Posted July 4, 2006 sadly i use Compuserve, and i cant use anything else cause of long distance charges... of course, i dont pay for it...
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted July 4, 2006 Posted July 4, 2006 I am seriously considering switched to 100% free software after college. No more Microsoft.
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