Posted on 07/25/2007 4:53:43 AM PDT by monomaniac
New Life Decisions International Boycott List Identifies Corporate Planned Parenthood Sponsors
Life Decisions International (LDI) will soon release a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood, the world's leading abortion-advocacy group.
"As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 153 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood," said LDI President Douglas R. Scott, Jr. It is estimated that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than $35 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP) began some 15 years ago.
"This should be a testament to those who believe it is impossible to change corporate philanthropic behavior."
Corporations appearing on The Boycott List for the first time are
Allstate (insurance),
CCA Global (Carpet One, Flooring America, Flooring Canada, Flooring One, Lighting One, etc.),
Chevron (fuel/energy; Xpress Lube, Texaco),
Comcast (cable television, Internet, etc.),
DuPont (chemicals),
eBay (online marketplace; PayPal),
Four Seasons Hotels (Regent Hotels),
GlaxoSmithKline (over-the-counter medication, prescription drugs, etc.),
Marriott (Courtyard Hotels, Fairfield Inn, Grand Residences,
Horizons Hotels,
JW Marriott Hotels,
Renaissance Hotels & Inns,
Ritz-Carlton Hotels,
SpringHill Suites,
TownePlace Suites),
OSI Restaurant Partners (Outback Steakhouse, etc.),
Sears (Kmart),
Sonic (drive-in restaurants),
and Wawa (convenience stores), among others.
Corporations continuing as boycott targets from the previously released Boycott List are
Basics Office Products,
Adobe (software),
Wachovia (finance),
Nike (shoes/apparel, etc.),
Time Warner (Cinemax, HBO, AOL, etc.),
Bank of America,
CIGNA (insurance),
Walt Disney,
Johnson & Johnson,
Lost Arrow (Patagonia, etc.),
Wells Fargo,
Whole Foods Market,
and Nationwide (insurance), among others.
The new Boycott List includes a revised and significantly expanded "Dishonorable Mention" section, which identifies charitable organizations that are associated with Planned Parenthood and/or its agenda. Among the groups new to this section is the
Audubon Society,
Alzheimer's Association,
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP),
American Diabetes Association,
Council of Churches (including Church World Service, and CROP Hunger Walks),
Glaucoma Research Foundation,
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation,
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA),
National Education Association (NEA),
National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
Save the Children,
and the Sierra Club, among others.
"The Pro-Life Movement will succeed only to the extent that pro-life people are willing to be inconvenienced," Scott said. "The very lives of children are worth that much effort and a whole lot more."
More information about the CFP, visit
The full list must be paid for! Come on now. I smell a rat.
Much as I am sympathetic to opposing PP supporters, it has really gotten to the point where we are better off finding out who DOESN’T do this stuff, and support them. Sometimes, companies that aren’t on the list are just as bad or worse.
For instance, if you don’t use Adobe products, what will you use for your page layout program in the publishing industry? QuarkXPress is an obvious choice, but wait, Tim Gill, who founded Quark, and still makes money off of it, sends some of that money to Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, and various Planned Parenthoods. http://www.dianedew.com/PPfundg-E-M.htm
“Save the Children”?? What incredible hypocrisy and arrogance.
Bump.
There’s no rat. I’ve ordered the boycott list many times before and its full of info. They also have info online about why they don’t give out the list for free. These are good guys and they do great work. It deserves our support
One more thing. The Diane Dew list is over a decade old. It includes the names of companies that have stopped giving to PP. LDI keeps their list current.
They explain why on their site but I think they are a little too possessive of their list.
There are recently surfacing reasons to believe that LDI has not been completely honest and searching in the compilation of their boycott list. For example, I checked with Whole Foods on a local and corporate level and they claim that they have never donated to Planned Parenthood and in fact have a policy of only donated to food related organizations that are not politically charged.
On LDI’s own website, some businesses have written back saying that they have never donated either. I smell corruption, frankly, and it is very upsetting to me especially from a group that claims to be moral.
Please be sure to contact the company you are going to boycott FIRST and ask them about the issue at hand.
Here are letters from LDI’s website from other businesses who are being wronged by them:
FastSigns (Carrollton, Texas)
I am in receipt of your letter concerning Planned Parenthood. First of all, our company (FASTSIGNS International, Inc) has never made a donation to Planned Parenthood, however, I find your approach completely inappropriate and smacks of blackmail & extortion.
As a result, next time Planned Parenthood comes knocking on my door, I will personally give them a donation. I’m sure I am not the only one that finds your approach distasteful and offensive.
— Gary Salomon, FastSigns International Inc. (e-mail to LDI)
LDI COMMENT: Actually, many corporate leaders have expressed their appreciation for the letter from LDI, which has been described as “clear” and “professional.” After all, LDI could have just added the corporations to The Boycott List without first contacting them.
Let’s see if we understand this. Salomon will donate to an abortion-committing and promoting empire because he doesn’t like LDI’s letter. Sounds rather childish, but this is certainly his decision.
Maybe “FASTSIGNS International, Inc.” has not funded Planned Parenthood, but one of its franchisees has done so. Of course, Salomon neglected to address this obvious fact.
Salomon was sent a list of some other examples of “blackmail” and “extortion.”
http://www.fightpp.org/show.cfm?page=angry3
Tess’ Lark Tavern (Albany, New York)
Hi. My name is Tess Collins and I own the tavern at 453 Madison Avenue. I got a blackmail letter from you doodling something about Planned Parenthood. I couldn’t believe it; how disgusting it is. I’ve never given Planned Parenthood money but I would like you to put me on the list anyway. They’ve had a party at my place because it’s down the street. I want you to put me on the list because if this is the way you guys are going to behave—I have a very strong spiritual background and I don’t want anybody from your company to come to my place. What you’re doing is disgusting to me. I’m filing this letter with my lawyer so that if anything happens I will sue you. Like I said, I don’t give donations to Planned Parenthood, but you can put me on the list anyway. You disgust me. My name is Tess Collins. My number is 518-212-8702. You can file that!
— Tess Collins, Tess’ Lark Tavern (phone call to LDI)
LDI COMMENT: “Blackmail?” We have not demanded money. We have even said the business is free to support any organizations its owner(s) choose. But pro-life people have a right to information so they do not inadvertently help the business do so. Collins said she has a “strong spiritual background” but this apparently means it is okay to fund groups that kill God’s creation so long as she’s (unjustifiably) upset about the text of a letter she received. (Not exactly an example of commitment to her “spirituality.”) Finally, if Tess’ Lark Tavern does not support Planned Parenthood, why does Planned Parenthood say the company does so?
http://www.fightpp.org/show.cfm?page=angry2
Grand Central Baking Company (Portland, Oregon)
We don’t donate money to Planned Parrent hood [sic]. I think we may have donated day old pastry for an auction a while back. But with the shameless tactics you and your organization are using to shut down the vital service PPFH [sic] does for this country and the health of women, I’m thinking of writing them a big fat check. Shame on you!
— Ben Davis, Grand Central Baking Company (note to LDI)
LDI COMMENT: So the donation was with product instead of cash. The fact remains that Grand Central Baking Company made a donation to Planned Parenthood. “Shameless tactics?” “Vital service”? We now see why Davis would want the name of his business associated with an organization that kills hundreds of thousands of human beings every year. He approves.
http://www.fightpp.org/show.cfm?page=angry2
Accusing LDI of being dishonest is outrageous and sinful. You simply don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve volunteered for LDI every summer for the past four years. Their entire annual budget is less than $80,000. They are great people who would NEVER put a company on the boycott list if it didn’t deserve it! I’ve seen the president not put companies on the list because the proof was not sufficient. And I’ve personally seen evidence of every company listed. You believe what Whole Foods tells you? Like they don’t have a reason to mislead you? Don’t be foolish and gullible. Did you ask LDI to respond to WF’s denial? It’s really got to suck to be a good person, doing the right thing, only to have ignorant people make accusations. As I said before, you don’t know what you’re talking about and until you do, maybe you should keep your ignorant ungodly opinion to yourself.
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