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Political correctness costs Komen Foundation huge dollars.

Posted on 1/4/14 at 8:54 pm
Posted by HubbaBubba
F_uck Joe Biden, TX
Member since Oct 2010
45851 posts
Posted on 1/4/14 at 8:54 pm
Contributions drop almost to almost 3/4 of previous contributions after Komen decided not to fund Planned Parenthood, then reversing itself.

The question is, who stopped giving? Pro-Life advocates who don't want funding to go to a pro-choice organization, or liberal pro-choice advocates pissed at the organization?

Or both?

Susan G. Komen sees huge drop in contributions
Posted by jclem11
Neoliberal Shill
Member since Nov 2011
7845 posts
Posted on 1/4/14 at 9:01 pm to
Good. Komen is a fraud. They spend hardly any of the donations on actual cancer research.
Posted by SCLSUFan
N Augusta
Member since Jan 2009
125 posts
Posted on 1/4/14 at 9:06 pm to
This is why I stopped donating to them

quote:

In 2010, they spent more than $1 million suing smaller charities that used the phrase "for the Cure" in their names or in their events.


I try not to buy anything that has their logo on it.
Posted by UL-SabanRival
Member since May 2013
4651 posts
Posted on 1/4/14 at 9:43 pm to
They screwed themselves by having it known that they had taken a side in this wedge issue. They were going to lose funding either way. It will pick back up again, though, after a few more nfl pink seasons.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Member since Jan 2005
71383 posts
Posted on 1/5/14 at 7:49 am to
quote:

The question is, who stopped giving? Pro-Life advocates who don't want funding to go to a pro-choice organization, or liberal pro-choice advocates pissed at the organization?

Or both?


Probably both. During the controversy, whichever side was ticked off at them publicized their unsavory practices.

It would be incredibly stupid to cut them off if they don't fund PP. By that logic, no pro-choice person should ever give money to St. Judes or a disaster relief organization or a soup kitchen. If you want your money to go to PP, you can cut out the middleman and give directly to PP.
Posted by Erin Go Bragh
Beyond the Pale
Member since Dec 2007
14916 posts
Posted on 1/5/14 at 9:42 am to
My family's business made a substantial contribution to Susan G. Komen every year but we cut off all ties. Their association with Planned Parenthood, previously unknown to us, was the primary reason we looked into the group further and didn't like what we discovered.

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