Catholic U. Won't Recognize NAACP Chapter

AP ^ | June 5, 2004 | CANDACE SMITH

[TradicalRC]

Hey, can anyone explain to me why a group called the NAAWP would be considered racist but the NAACP is not?

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Great names.

Frizzell Gray. Tavis Smiley. Creflo Dollar. Taffi Dollar. Shanda Lear. Mark Lemongello. Ima Hogg. Peter Eastman Jr aka Trout Fishing in America. Nosmo King. Ronly Bonly Jones.

[rhema]

A paramount and principled reason for Catholic U's refusal: Catholic U. Won't Recognize NAACP Chapter Because of Abortion.

. . .But Janine Simpson, director of Urban Center Development for Care Net, a network of 750 pregnancy resource centers, condemned the NAACP's decision.

"The NAACP's decision to endorse abortion rights is irresponsible," said Simpson. "This organization should be concerned that one in three African American pregnancies end in abortion."

In their statement endorsing abortion, the NAACP says "public opinion surveys indicate that women of color seek abortions at rates higher than their percentage in the population."

But Simpson says that's because abortion businesses target black women and "an estimated 70 percent of abortion providers are in minority neighborhoods."

ACTION: Make your views known. Contact the NAACP about their decision to endorse abortion at NAACP, 4805 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215 or call (877) NAACP-98. Email washingtonbureau@naacpnet.org.