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Aerows

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10. If they replace the board and CEO
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:43 PM
Mar 2012

And just fill it right back up with right-wingers, it won't change my mind. I'd have to see a serious indication that they plan to support women, including every service performed at PP (yes, abortion, too) before I would even begin to think about donating to Komen for the Cure.

They seriously burned their donors, and all of the wailing and gnashing of the teeth after the fact isn't going to save them. The organization would have to take a RADICAL change in their structure and usage of donor money before they earn back the trust they callously tossed away.

And I don't think we are hurting anyone but Nancy Brinker and Komen for the Cure by donating to Planned Parenthood, since Komen is so picky about where it utilizes funds. It wouldn't surprise me if a large portion of "education" means "Nancy Brinker gets to strut around on a stage talking about how wonderful she is to an audience of donors."

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