I think the point is that people are looking at TOYS as TOYS, not something agendized...
Wouldn't it be nice, fair, respectful to at least offer options and not simply plug one program?
Is it honestly too much to ask to simply keep the agendas out of it altogether??? No one is asking to attach Bibles to Molly's hand or demand that Samantha shun a lesbian classmate...
And FYI friend, it isn't just the "religious right" as you seem to dismissively imply...this is something that my group of friends has discussed and not all of them fit into any one narrow box....
Lots of things exist, but it isn't quite that simple is it? Does the existence of something make it right? Does the legality of something make it right?
Abortion is legal, so was slavery....so was the denial of a woman's right to vote.
And General Motors, FYI, is not geared toward a target audience of 7-12 year olds....I am going to assume that you were just being dramatic without the real belief that a toy company and a car company market to the same folks.
No digging is necessary to find it...my 12 year old managed it in less than 5 minutes before I even knew about the controversy.....she received a band as a party favor and was seeing what the group was about.
As for it being secondary....hard to say....among the feminists I have known and been raised around, it is hardly secondary, in fact it is the raison d'etre.
It is like when I approached the NOW table at a local event to ask them if it was agroup for all women or just liberal ones...she said all women...but after being pressed on a few key issues, abortion, afirmative action etc. she had to admit there was no room for diversity of opinion.
One look at the GI website and by reviewing the organization's leaders interviews on the topic, it is clear that there is not room for diversity of opinion on the topics they present.
I don't know about you, but when that is the case I want my children to see that in black and white regardless of the topic.
You have simplified something that I think is complex, and managed to sneer at those with convictions you disagree with my dismissing them as religious fanatics. Certainly a tactic in debate, but one I hope my children do not embrace.
I have an idea...don't buy the "I can" bracelets. Surely girls can't purchase them on their own without a credit card anyway. I have an 11 year old, who has no idea this campaign is even occurring. Why? Because I allow very limited web access, and frankly don't want to ruin her rather childlike notions about the American Girl dolls.
You're right, I probably should not have referred to the boycotters as the religious "right", since I don't find them very right wing at all. Like the democrats they just want to over-legislate and ban "different" things.