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  • Warning: Don't Buy a Poinsettia!

    11/13/2006 7:22:39 AM PST · by proudpapa · 33 replies · 1,713+ views
    BrotherJudd ^ | 11-13-06 | Proudpapa
    Last January, I received an email that explained that most Poinsetta's come from Ecke Greenhouses. And that a lot of the Ecke fortune has been spent supporting Planned Parenthood and other groups that are anti-life. Having recently bought poinsettas, as part of the celebration of our Lords miraculous birth, I had wished that someone had told me the truth sooner. So this year I'm telling as many people as possible. Before they go shopping.
  • US Largest Poinsettia Farmers among Planned Parenthood's Biggest Donors

    01/16/2006 1:17:21 PM PST · by wagglebee · 142 replies · 4,555+ views
    LifeSiteNews ^ | 1/16/06 | Hilary White
    ENCINITAS, January 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Many pro-life organizations use Christmas season sales of poinsettias to raise funds, but according to a US-based researcher, so do Planned Parenthood and other abortionists in the US. James Hartline, a Christian activist in California wrote to LifeSiteNews.com warning that the poinsettias decorating the churches and homes of Christians in the US could easily originate from a family-owned business that has been supporting abortion for decades. The Ecke Ranch in Encinitas, California, supplies 70% of all of the poinsettias sold in the United States and the Ecke family is among the most generous supporters...