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US Largest Poinsettia Farmers among Planned Parenthood's Biggest Donors
LifeSiteNews ^ | 1/16/06 | Hilary White

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.


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They are in so many churches. I wonder how to find the 30% that DO NOT contribute to PP.


61 posted on 01/16/2006 11:13:53 PM PST by Sun (Hillary Clinton is pro-ILLEGAL immigration. Don't let her fool you. She has a D- /F immigr. rating.)
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To: wagglebee

They keep that up, it's logical that they won't be family owned much longer (no more family).


62 posted on 01/16/2006 11:21:24 PM PST by drlevy88
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To: Coleus

Coleus,Pro-life bump.


63 posted on 01/17/2006 8:04:22 PM PST by fatima
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My church was full of them this past Christmas Season.  I'll have to show this to my pastor. 
 
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.
 
This man needs to be freeped.
 

Paul Ecke, III

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64 posted on 10/30/2006 5:06:51 PM PST by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, geese, algae)
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reminder bump -- that time of year


65 posted on 11/10/2006 7:28:00 AM PST by Nihil Obstat (viva il papa - be not afraid)
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Yep, ALL pro-life churches (Catholic and Protestant) need to be made aware of this. Many churches sell poinsettias to raise money for various causes, I wonder how they would feel to find out that money they spent on them is going straight to abortuaries.


66 posted on 11/10/2006 7:49:41 AM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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This is an old thread, but it's that time of year again. They may look nice at Christmas, but the money you spend on poinsettias is being used to promote evil.

67 posted on 11/10/2006 7:52:49 AM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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Please pass this information on to your Church pastors before they purchase these plants as Christmas decorations.

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68 posted on 11/10/2006 7:53:23 AM PST by NYer (Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
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Thanks for pinging your list.


69 posted on 11/10/2006 8:04:59 AM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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Ya know... I know a militant Catholic lady who always talked about how poinsettias had an anti Catholic Masonic connection, a long detailed historical story. I had always politely smiled at those comments and then disregarded them. Now I'm saying hmmmm.
70 posted on 11/10/2006 8:06:43 AM PST by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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I guess TinkersDam was serious.

71 posted on 11/10/2006 8:07:56 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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If 70% of the poinsettia market was controlled by a pro-life family, the left would be bringing them up on anti-trust violations.


72 posted on 11/10/2006 8:17:13 AM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: trisham

Kind of ironic how that happens.


73 posted on 11/10/2006 8:21:32 AM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

No poinsettias for us this Christmas.


74 posted on 11/10/2006 11:05:06 AM PST by It's me
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If they are growing 70% of the poinsettias in the country, then it is a pretty good bet that anybody who buys them is contributing to the culture of death.

Un hunh.

And if "pro-life" organizations are using them to raise funds, I guess they are also contributing to the "culture of life."

Gee, what a quandary.

75 posted on 11/10/2006 12:20:02 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (* nuke * the * jihad *)
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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.



It says could! I don't like using could and would for fact. Do we have any real proof of this. I don't want to stop buying poinsettias if this is just rumor.


76 posted on 11/10/2006 12:31:11 PM PST by napscoordinator
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I just tried to read the article from the thread and it was taken away. I don't think this is true. Where is the proof of this. If we are going to ruin someone's business I want more than a one sided story and I am completely PRO-LIFE, but I don't want to ruin someone's lifeline on innuendo.
77 posted on 11/10/2006 12:34:19 PM PST by napscoordinator
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contact info. on this post.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559123/posts?page=64#64


78 posted on 11/10/2006 1:20:38 PM PST by Coleus (Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, geese, algae)
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To: napscoordinator

It's not innuendo, it's fact. If you look, you will notice that I posted this article nearly ten months ago, so it's not surprising that the link to the article is missing.


79 posted on 11/10/2006 1:28:43 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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When they said "placentas" you thought they said "poinsettias."


80 posted on 11/10/2006 1:36:24 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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