Posted on 01/16/2006 1:17:21 PM PST by wagglebee
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 of Planned Parenthood and long-time political activists for the abortion movement. The Ecke family features prominently in the major donors list in the fall 2005 edition of the San Diego/Riverside County Planned Parenthood Newsletter.
In November 2005, the Ecke family were present at the dedication of the new Carlsbad California Planned Parenthood facility renovation for which they had donated $250,000. In gratitude for their life-long support, the facility’s directors gave the Ecke family a catered dinner to honour them for their support of abortion.
Paul Ecke, the heir to the three-generation poinsettia empire, said of his siblings' upbringing as political abortion activists, "As children, we licked a lot of envelopes, we made a lot of phone calls, we walked door-to-door to encourage people to vote.” Among those causes, he said was promoting Planned Parenthood.
In an interview today, Hartline called for a boycott of the Ecke family’s poinsettias. Hartline told LifeSiteNews.com that acting on this information could “take millions of dollars away” from Planned Parenthood in short order.
I am glad I got the ones I gave as gifts at the farmer's market.
No. Since no abortions take place that way.
Let me know if the day ever comes when I can buy these things again. Until then, this is too easy not to boycott.
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If one is going to freep anyone, it's much better to target the enemy, than a friend.
I know people on this board who have targeted friends, just because they slightly disagree. I am glad to see someone targetting REAL enemies
: )
Texas grows a lot of poinsettias. I will look into whether these growers are affiliated with the Ecke family's enterprise.
I wouldn't say that he gives a lot to the GOP, it's a fairly average amount for someone of his wealth, and it doesn't compare to the $250K that he gave to Planned Parenthood.
Yeah, but it's really strange. Especially since the quotes seem to claim that abortion is, so to speak, genetic in the family.
From what I could see, he gave nearly all of the money to California politicians (I saw where he also gave to Feinstein), it is not unusual for businessmen to give money to politicians that they disagree with if there is a business advantage to it.
I would be more interested to see what he give to candidates in elections for the state legislature.
For the most part, though, the rest of us try to ignore them to the degree possible.
BTTT!
Unbelievable.
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