Christian Wire: "American Girl" dolls linked to abortion & lesbianism!

[Bluebear]

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Contact: Ann Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League, 773-777-2900, 312-965-1030 cell, [e-mail]

CHICAGO, Oct. 12 /Christian Wire Service/-- The Pro-Life Action League is warning parents of ties between the popular American Girl doll company and Girls Inc., a group that promotes abortion, lesbianism and easy access to birth control for teens.

In August, the American Girl company, a subsidiary of Mattel Toys, Inc., launched the "I Can" campaign, which involves taking a pledge and purchasing a special bracelet. Seventy cents of each one-dollar bracelet sold will be donated to Girls Inc. American Girl is also donating an additional $50,000 to Girls Inc.

"Parents need to know that this effort to promote self-esteem among girls is not as innocent as it seems," commented League Executive Director Ann Scheidler. "While Girls Inc. has some good programs, they also support abortion, oppose abstinence-only education for girls, and condone lesbianism."

Scheidler points to the Girls Inc. web site, which declares that "girls need and have a right to . . . convenient access to safe, effective methods of contraception," and that "Girls Incorporated supports a woman's freedom of choice, a constitutional right established by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 in Roe vs. Wade" (Source: http://www.girlsinc.com/ic/page.php?id=4.3.4)

"Parents associate American Girl dolls with wholesome American family values, yet Girls Inc. contradicts parents' most basic moral beliefs," Scheidler said. "We're encouraging parents, grandparents and other family members to write and call American Girl President Ellen L.
Brothers to object to the company's support for Girls Inc."

Scheidler hopes American Girl will sever ties with Girls Inc. before the League calls for a boycott of American Girl products and launches a picketing campaign at the American Girl Place retail stores in Chicago and New York. :scared:

http://www.earnedmedia.org/plal1012.htm

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"I was heading for a normal life of pleasing my husband and having 16 children. Then, this...this....this DOLL came into my life!"

[DanCa]

1. I miss the days when these people ran rock albums backwards.

They were so busy looking for dirty words that they were less dangerous back than.

[Bluebear]

3. "I buried Paul!" nt

[Mountainman]

7. Not only did they look for them, they heard them when nobody else could

[DanCa]

16. True look at charlie manson and the beattles and gwb and iraq

hmm maybe itw was gwb listening to the beattles backwards that gave him the idea to liberate iraq.

[cynatnite]

17. I kept trying that and it never worked for me...

It was actually discouraging. I remember hoping to tell my friends I had one like that. :smoke: We all wanted albums with dirty words that could be heard when played backwards.

[DanCa]

21. who did dirty golf? that was hysterical?

[H2O Man]

28. I showed one of

my sons some of the Lennon material that plays backward. He was amazed. Of course it was Yoko's influence ....

[etherealtruth]

2. Ass hats n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Chicago and NY are not exactly centers of RW fundies. I hope this

company tells the fundies to shove it up their really tight asses.

[DearAbby]

5. Bwahahahahahaha ::::Gasp::::Hahahahahaw

What boobs, what maroooons. :rofl:

[datadiva]

6. You know, I am just so sick of these people!

I wish they would just all go away! Go get an island somewhere and leave us all alone already. Crap. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
Damn porch monkeys!

[DanCa]

12. Maybe we can get them jobs rebuilding new orleans or something useful

I share your frustration. It's time to go on the offense with the fruitcakes.

[jeff30997]

14. Their island would be called:

The island of Dr Morons.

[MN ChimpH8R]

8. The Fweepers weigh in

Comments from Fweeperland (you cannot make this stuff up):

To: Kentucky
Utterly vile. The baby-eating ghouls are after America's children.

28 posted on 10/12/2005 11:08:43 AM PDT by Antoninus (The greatest gifts parents can give their children are siblings.)

>"baby eating ghouls" :crazy::eyes::silly::rofl::rofl: <
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I'm not sure they will wake up. From just a preliminary search, it looks like the support for Girls Inc started about the same time as some partnership they made with Clear Channel.

Clear Channel has been involved with a number of lefty scam systems. Especially commercial money laundering with advertising. So I think they got into bed with snakes.

31 posted on 10/12/2005 11:20:52 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)

>Clear Channel -LEFTY??!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! :rofl::crazy::rofl: <
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These companies think there is more money in supporting abortionists, perverts and atheists than Chrisitians. It is good to boycott this crap because that is the only message they know and it how the libs have taken over most of these companies today. The diversity mantra is a lib/communist program used to divide us and keep us suspicious about each other and generate hate.

36 posted on 10/12/2005 11:28:20 AM PDT by sasafras ("Licentiousness destroyes order, and when chaos ensues, the yearning for order will destroy freedom.)
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[CatholicEdHead]

15. What is the thread link?

It will probably have more zingers in the near future.

[MN ChimpH8R]

26. Here ya go

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501160/posts

The ones I posted were from early this afternoon. They are really going bonkers over there. Whatta buncha nitwits!

[ktowntennesseedem]

9. The girl in the pic...

is a lesbian, pro-abortion, atheist woman's-libber if I ever saw one. :sarcasm:

[Mountainman]

10. If abortion were illegal again and gays were forced back into the closet

what would these people do for a life?

[DBoon]

18. Play rock songs backwards to look for dirty words?

nt

[MountainLaurel]

42. Cluck their tongues

When one of their kids' classmates is left an orphan because the mom bled out on the bathroom floor after sticking a knitting needle into her uterus.

[madrchsod]

11. chicago?--- i`d drive there

just to watch these nut balls get pushed into the street. those familiar with the american girl store in chicago on saturday afternoons know it`s a very dangerous place!

[vickie]

13. This is disgraceful. My beautiful, little six year old daughter has

two American Girl dolls and we love them! She marks the catalogue of all these adorable things, as soon as it arrives and it's a lovely experience for her. I won't let these losers spoil this for her.

My only issue with American Girls is that the dolls are a tad pricey ($98.00 a pop), but then they really are a quality product. The accessories are beautiful and high quality as well.

[cynatnite]

19. Nutjobs don't want girls to think for themselves...

Disgusting freaks :puke:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

20. First they came for Tinky Winky, then SpongeBob, now American Girl dollies

Does this batshit craziness EVER end.:freak:

[Bluebear]

22. "First they came for Tinky Winky"

:rofl: !!!!!!!!!!!

[pagandem4justice]

35. LOL Bluebear!

First they came for the Tinky-Winkies, and I didn't object since I had no toddler.

Then they came for SpongeBob, and again I said nothing, since my fourth graders had driven me insane with him already, and I enjoyed the absence of his maniacal little laugh...

:rofl: :spray: :rofl:

[bee]

37. Hey. It was Tinky Winky's fault for being purple with a triangle.

he/she asked for it, man. :sarcasm:

and on edit. Spongebob IS gay.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

43. Shhhhh

TOP SECRET


Geez, don't let the fundies KNOW that they really have cracked the code.:yoiks:

[no_hypocrisy]

23. What don't they just co-opt the concept and start their own line of

fundamentalist Christian girl-slaves-meant-to-marry-and-have-children-and-go-to-church? They could do the free market free enterprise capitalist competition and let the market decide.

[pagandem4justice]

46. How about these?

Some samples from a quick google search:

The "Life of Faith" Dolls and Books, apparently about a frontier-era girl as she grows up, gets married, and lives a "Good Creeestian" life. Looks like a rip-off of Laura Ingalls Wilder books and cheap knock-offs of Madame Alexander dolls:
http://www.ebenezers.net/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F9567893&rnd=6894655&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=cat&ref=lifeoffaith">Life of Faith at Ebenezer's Christmas Store


Then there's "Little Marcy," the 1960s Christian puppet act that apparently spawned a bunch of bad albums:
http://www.sharpeworld.com/marcy/pages/article.html">Little Marcy

And this article, by Andrew Freeman of the Daily Collegian:
http://www.dailycollegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/27/426ee6cf9d927">Article link

"Church Changes U.S. Society"

<snip>

If you want to know what Christianity in America is really about, you needn't go to church. A simple two-word phrase will do it for you: "Jesus Dolls."

Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Co. has created a series of dolls called "Messengers of Faith," which include Jesus, Mary, Moses and David. The foot-high dolls are "fully posable," recite verses from the Bible and are "great for collectors, to," according to the company's Web site, www.one2believe.com.

Jesus dolls are just one element in a fascinating trend in today's society: the merger of Christianity and consumer capitalism...Increasingly, Christianity in the United States has become commoditized, and its adherents have become an emerging market for products. This is leading to a coarsening of religion. People trumpet their religious identity in the same way they announce their child is an honor student: on a T-shirt or bumper sticker.

<snip>

Moreover, some of these products promote a very violent and hateful version of Christianity.

Great commentary, BTW, succinct overview of commercialism in Christianity, from Weber to Premillenialist thought, to Repugs' co-opting of the ideas.

But poseable, Bible-reciting dolls? Makes me LOL, thinking of a "WWJD" Fundie-Jeezus doll, complete with Chucky-like butcher knife and evil leer...

:rofl: :evilgrin: :rofl:

[CatholicEdHead]

24. Which one is really offensive to them?

I cannot clearly find it.

http://store.americangirl.com/pls/ag/AG_pagethumb?catid=375805

[Bluebear]

27. This one playing baseball, WHAT A DYKE.

:sarcasm:



THIS is better for a girl:

[smirkymonkey]

45. How Cute! A "George W. Bush During His Cheerleading Years"

Doll. Surely they can't object to that - even though he is showing a little skin.

[FreedomAngel82]

50. They're really cute

I remember when I was in elementary school they came out and I loved them. I used to want one but never did. They are very pricy but seem to be in very good quality. They are just so cute and I love their little accessories.

[YouthInAsia]

25. LOOK at the DRESS on that doll!! And the SHOES!! What a WHORE!!!

[adigal]

29. I wrote about this earlier - with links to their policy

You can find it here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2152486&mesg_id=2152486

They support choices for women, and education for girls. E'gad, how dare they???

[FreedomAngel82]

51. It's the choices and education

Can't let that happen now can we? :eyes: :sarcasm:

[Vogon_Glory]

30. A Feminist Friend Of Mine LIKES American Girl Dolls

An old feminist friend of mine likes American Girl dolls. The reason she likes them is because these dolls not only portray women of a younger age but also, unlike the better-known Mattel doll, they don't encourage the unhealthy stick-thin dimensions that both the media and the fashion industry has been so taken with for the last fifty years.

As for the Scheidlers, they're among the most extreme of the anti-reproductive rights right-wing reactionaries.

[FreedomAngel82]

53. Yes

I like that too about the dolls. They're more real then a Barbie. If I have female children someday I'd rather them play with American Girl dolls instead of Barbie. Check this out. American Girls is a very positive thing.

http://store.americangirl.com/shop/ican.php

The American Girl "I Can" promise: “I can be myself, follow my dreams, and always do my best. I can reach for the stars, lend a hand to others, and be a good friend. I can make a difference! I promise to try.”

[shenmue]

31. Just how exactly...

does a doll even need an abortion, let alone lead to one?

What are these people smoking?

:wtf:

[Bluebear]

32. Now that's a good point!

:toast:

[pagandem4justice]

39. Not the first time

Remember, when Mattel put out Barbie with a baby, they had to *specifically* state that she was Barbie's sister? No out of wedlock children here!
:crazy:

[atommom]

44. Wasn't that how unwed pregnancies used to be handled?

The girl would disappear for awhile, and when she reappeared she'd have a new niece or "little sister."

[pagandem4justice]

47. True!

Right you are, atommom! Happened to a friend of mine, actually. She went to visit her aunt inf Florida ... for about four months, right in the middle of the school year.

Of course, in Barbie Doll's case, wasn't there already a "niece," Skipper? That slut must have gotten started young!

Oh, I know ... Barbie must have had an "American Girl" doll, that taught her the eeeviiill ways of promiscuity!

:rofl:

[FreedomAngel82]

54. There were two little one's with Barbie

Kelly and Skipper.

[Maat]

57. Yes, my mother was a 'little sister.'

MY sister and I have always been suspicious of that story. Mother was born in '34.

[bee]

40. oh didnt you know?

Its their new "Promiscuous Instant Abortion Super-Bull-Dyke" doll. Just pull the sting and a fetus pops out. Lesbian lover sold separately. :sarcasm:

[Maat]

33. Oh, my God! Beloved Daughter (9) is in American Girls Club at school!

I'm going to rush right over and pull her out!

:sarcasm:

:rofl: Goofs.

[Mr_Spock]

34. Christians, giving Christians a bad name since 300AD

Stupid jackasses - don't blame anybody for your repression Christians - you ARE your own worst enemy!! x(

[Cocoa]

36. the "American Girl" was born in Madison, WI

in the district of the first open lesbian in Congress, Tammy Baldwin. An obvious conspiracy. :tinfoilhat:

[Arugula Latte]

38. Oh my god, the "I was heading for a normal life ..." thing is tooooo funny

:rofl:

[pagandem4justice]

49. Reminded me of the Lynne Cheney "Sisters" prairie-lesbian novel

:rofl:

[atommom]

41. But ... but ... I thought lesbianism was the fault of the feminists!

Next you'll be telling me that the American Girl dolls are to blame for witchcraft, too. :crazy:

[Bluebear]

55. Surely a hurricane will strike your nearest American Girl showroom

in divine Dobsonian fashion for these immoral doll's very existence!

[FreedomAngel82]

48. Oh good grief!

:eyes: What loser. All they talk about is sex! Get laid all ready!

[really annoyed]

52. What nonsense

I have Felicity, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly from my childhood days. I plan on passing my dolls to my first daughter.

These dolls sparked my interest in American history.

I'm so sick of these "morality" pushers. They need to get a life.

[progressoid]

56. Uh Oh. My RW mother-in-law has probably spent $1000 dollars with that

company. She's in for a little surprise!!!

[Maat]

58. HeeHee.

Are you going to be the one to tell her, and freak her out (not that I've ever done that with my in-laws and enjoyed it).

[drmom]

59. Can't read anymore...off to buy lots of stuff at AmericanGirl.com

Now, wouldn't it be funny if I give only AG stuff to my nieces with the RW parents!

[progressivebydesign]

60. This is the kind of crap that makes people despise certain Christians.

These people are out of their minds! I can only hope that small minded bigots like those will eventually creep-out most true Christians, and they'll find themselves moving to an island waiting for the end times. They are spiteful, supersticious, and hateful, trolls. I want no part of a religion like that.. everybody making up their own rules daily. It's like playing kickball with those annoying kids from down the block, you know, the ones that make the rules up to suit them.

American Girl dolls are considered very wholesome and good for girls... sheesh.