Two-bit argosies of blood and wonder ([info]nom_de_grr) wrote,
2008-06-05 18:10:00
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Poor people lose.

This is absolutely the most outrageous news story to come out of my hometown in a while.

In a nutshell, Planned Parenthood was going to donate some land to Habitat for Humanity, but an anti-abortion group called the American Life League pummeled Habitat International with 10,000 emails, demanding that Habitat nix the deal. Because donors were threatening to walk over the association with PP, Habitat was forced to pull out.

In one of the nation's more expensive towns to live in, three affordable houses for struggling working people will not be built because a pro-life pressure group is on a slash and burn campaign.

I stopped getting upset about politics a long time ago, but this is just too much. Seriously, this blog post is a CALL TO ACTION. Click here to donate to the Sarasota chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and while you're at it, shoot them an email telling them why you are giving them your support. And click here to let Habitat International know how abhorrent and unacceptable it is that they buckled to such nasty political pressure.

PLEASE REPOST.

Thanks.

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[info]caprinus

June 5 2008, 23:46:29 UTC 3 years ago

Oh man.

I can't repost this. My wife already refuses to even contemplate a visit to the US until after the regime change (it better change... it's gonna change, right? RIGHT?). I can't give her any more ammo. Your country's full of evil, fucked up fundies, sorry... and I must hide it from her in hope she will one day let me take her on a trip to introduce her to some nice, sane American friends of mine! Like you!

(But we're still not going to Florida)

[info]nashiitashii

June 6 2008, 01:14:31 UTC 3 years ago

Proportionally, there's only a small number of these crazy, fucked-up fundies, but they're really, really vocal and they tend to have bigger families*. It's just that a lot of us who are more socially liberal are too polite to shout over them, or have done it for long enough that we realize that there's no point to it; it's like shouting at a brick wall.

*Ever heard of the Quiverfull movement? It's scary.

[info]nom_de_grr

June 6 2008, 23:10:45 UTC 3 years ago

Yeah, those quiverful characters are something else.

[info]nashiitashii

June 7 2008, 00:18:08 UTC 3 years ago

That Duggar woman is one of them, and apparently the Quiverfull people think that she's going a little too far with it. I can agree, especially considering her attitudes toward weaning babies in order to have another baby faster. <---- in many societies, this is considered a VERY BAD THING, as 2-3 years between kids is the norm in order to let the first kid breastfeed for a little longer.

[info]substitute

June 6 2008, 00:05:00 UTC 3 years ago

The "pro-life" people are terrorists. The opposition to HPV vaccination for teenaged girls nauseates.

[info]nashiitashii

June 6 2008, 01:10:46 UTC 3 years ago

This is a really incredibly ridiculous situation. A group in Virginia that doesn't know enough about PP other than some branches offer abortion and most offer family planning and birth control has decided that poor people don't need affordable housing. This is just too crazy to comprehend. I did, however, put together a complaint to Habitat for Humanity; there's no reason why people in Virginia should be deciding that poor in Sarasota are not allowed to have more affordable housing available to them.

[info]one_serious_cat

June 6 2008, 01:44:57 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you for posting this.

[info]sabotabby

June 6 2008, 03:36:54 UTC 3 years ago

Wow. What incredible bollocks.

[info]nom_de_grr

June 6 2008, 23:08:54 UTC 3 years ago

Yeah. Hey, you've got a large readership, could you di me a favor and link back to this post? I'd like to see a little action come of this.

[info]sabotabby

June 7 2008, 00:53:27 UTC 3 years ago

I posted it to PunkAss, but since no one ever comments on my posts there unless it's about MSN Lifestyle, I should probably post it to my LJ too.

[info]nom_de_grr

June 7 2008, 01:03:24 UTC 3 years ago

Yeah, please do!

[info]aureantes

June 6 2008, 07:41:50 UTC 3 years ago

Thanks for the added fuel on my fire against anti-rights groups of every ilk. I'll be posting this to my Hyperlucidity newsgroup.

[info]knitmeapony

June 6 2008, 15:06:18 UTC 3 years ago

Here via Feministe.

I sent Habitat International the following comment:

I am absolutely outraged that you buckled under pressure from anti-choice, anti-charity, anti-Christian groups in Sarasota.

(http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080605/NEWS/806050305&SearchID=73319851775824)

The kind of work that you do should be free of politics. I urge you to take Planned Parenthood up on their offer of the $10 land, and reinstate this project. The core of your work is affordable home ownership for honest, good, hardworking people who happen to be less well off. Don't let a few zealots distract you.

I'll be making a donation after I get my payroll check in the bank tonight.

Thanks for posting this!

[info]nom_de_grr

June 6 2008, 23:12:18 UTC 3 years ago

Feministe, eh? Well, that's interesting. Ok, well thanks for helping out. And spread the word!

[info]alexislives

June 6 2008, 21:57:18 UTC 3 years ago

Did you read any of the user comments? One individual went so far as to call Planned Parenthood an "abortuary". Not only are we making up words to prove our shamefully misguided point, we are basically saying that all Planned Parenthood does is walk around murdering babies. Let's forget all about the unwanted pregnancies that have been avoided altogether as a result of their free/low-cost contraceptives, the information that has been made easily available through their literature, website, and traveling representatives, and the thousands of deaths that were prevented because of their low-cost cancer screenings. Who needs all that stuff anyway? *pffft*

[info]nom_de_grr

June 6 2008, 23:10:14 UTC 3 years ago

I dunno, "abortuary" is kind of an awesome word. Sounds like an early 90s Tampa metal band.

[info]bottlroktt

June 6 2008, 23:12:59 UTC 3 years ago

this is up your alley, i'm sure of it

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/06/barack_obama_a_lightworker/

[info]nom_de_grr

June 6 2008, 23:17:52 UTC 3 years ago

Re: this is up your alley, i'm sure of it

Well, if the Galactic Federation of Light endorsed his candidacy, then really, what other choice is there?

Anonymous

June 9 2008, 15:31:56 UTC 3 years ago

Habitat supporter

As a long time supporter of habitat for Humanity, I am very disappointed that they have caved in to political pressures from a group of intolerant, prejudiced and dispassionate jerks. There is an overwhelming need for low income housing in the country. Build those houses, please!
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