A Tale of Two Out of Control Organizations
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And then there's the Red Cross, in yet another embarrassing episode. The Red Cross in Orange County, California, told the high school choir it could not sing "America the Beautiful" or "God Bless America" at a Red Cross event because the songs contained references to God. The students pulled out of the program and we applaud them.
After the story broke, the Red Cross apologized and said it had made a mistake, but not before another statement was issued saying the Red Cross did not want the songs included because it is sensitive to, quote, "religious diversity," unquote.
Well, I'm sensitive to abject stupidity, and enough's enough with the Red Cross, from their bungling of the 9/11 fund for the victims' families to the Guantanamo squawking to the songs issue, this organization is finished in my eyes. The top brass at the Red Cross make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, so they don't need my donations. I'm officially boycotting the Red Cross until they change their national leadership and their attitude.
I fully realize may local Red Cross outfits are not foolish and inefficient, so my boycott does not extend to them. But the Red Cross desperately needs an overhaul, and only financial pressure will make that happen.
I've had experiences with four local Red Cross outfits in my life. All four were foolish and inefficient, and as corrupt as the national organization and the Orange County chapter.
The only option is a total, top-to-bottom boycott.