Posted on 10/16/2005 6:18:45 AM PDT by Salvation
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They're never going to give up, are they?
It's never been about legality or morality, but social acceptance. That can't be legislated, which is why the courts must be used - and why they start with the messages so young.
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**why they start with the messages so young.**
Absolutely. Yet so sad.
But we can boycott "American Girl" dolls this Christmas. That's how the truth works!
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Agree!
http://www.visionforum.com/beautifulgirlhood/productlist.aspx?categoryid=43
Vision Forum has a line of dolls, costumes, historical books and accessories. We have not bought these, as they are out of our price range for toys (and our girls are very influenced by their brothers :-), but reviews from those who have say that the quality is as good as American Girls dolls were originally, before the Mattel buyout.
Vision Forum is an outstanding pro-life, pro-family, pro-American organization.
But are you surprised?
I carpool with some friends to rehearsal and we were comparing ice cream preferences and one of them said to be of a local, homemade label, "Is it better than Ben & Jerry's"? And I said, I haven't had Ben & Jerry's in so long I don't know. I was asked why, and I explained that they are open supporters of NOW, NARAL and Planned Parenthood and I was not going to spend my money in a place that openly supports a cause I find immoral. All I got in return was silence.
I actually find it interesting that it took this long for such a truth to come out.
What I don't get is the obsession with a doll. We never had collections like that and certainly not to play with.
Dolls were never my thing, either. I wanted guns! My two younger girls have a couple of Barbies and two or three "Groovy Girls" (cloth dolls) that they play with sometimes, but they'd rather be outside playing Civil War.
Oh I'm not at all surprised. I pulled my youngest out of Girl Scouts eight years ago.
I had dolls and loved them above all else. I still have my favorites. But nothing that was a name brand, except for one Madame Alexander and I wasn't allowed to play with her. I still have her, too.
And we weren't allowed to have Barbies. We did have Chrissie dolls and some one of the aunts made a huge wardrobe of outfits for them.
Oh, well. We thought having our own record players was quite a boon.
Gave them up for Lent one year and never went back.
IN My experience, when I make an announcement like that, my liberal friends and family lie in wait for months trying to "catch" me buying something that they can prove is traced back to a "suspect" cause".
You can only do what you can. We switched from Costco to Sam's Club because my husband objected to Costco's politics. I refuse to support the Susan G Komen foundation because of ties to Planned Parenthood. But we certainly can't do exhaustive research into a company's money trail every time we get our oil changed or purchase a box of cereal. But we try to keep our ears open and be aware.
I still have my Adame Alexander doll too. I wasn't real big on dolls and neither were my girls (we'd rather play "fort" and "war" with the boys) but I still loved her. When my girls were little, they could gently play with my old Cindy if they were sick in bed.
My mom objected to the whole Barbie marketing scheme so we never had them either.
And it WAS a big deal to have your own record player!
My kids would think having a record player was quite a treat, too! I usually say, "When you have a job and your own apartment, you can buy whatever electronics you want!"
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