In a scathing editorial, The New York Times condemns and assigns to the dustbin of history the Susan G. Komen Foundation for their move into partisan politics. The editorial, entitled A Painful Betrayal, the editors observe that
In addition to harming women, the foundation has also tarnished, perhaps permanently, its brand, symbolized by the pink ribbon that adorns yogurt cups and running shoes and tote bags and Federal Premium Ammunition’s pink shotgun shells. Companies like Ford Motor, Dell and Yoplait may not find the same value in identifying themselves with the foundation after its sharp departure from political neutrality.
To try to justify its move, the foundation cited a new policy against making grants to groups under federal or state investigation — in Planned Parenthood’s case, an inquiry into how it spends its taxpayer money by Representative Cliff Stearns, a Republican of Florida. That is just a flimsy fig leaf.
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Komen is giving a grant of $7.5MM to Penn State, an organization currently under a cloud of investigation for harboring child sex abusers. No, the policy is selectively applied, and politically so. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/02/komen-foundation-gave-75-million-grant-penn-state?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+Motherjones/mojoblog+(MotherJones.com+|+MoJoBlog)
Incidently, I understand Komen has reversed their decision.
As long as the abortion mill known as PP is not usung the money to kill babies and using it to save lives I don’t see why there should be an issue. isn’t it funny how a they respect live one way and have such very little for life in another way.
Isn’t it funny how right-wingers respect fetuses and zygotes, but absolutely hate the poor, the elderly, the middle class, and people of color?