I love the religious right. They are just so damned ABSURD that they pretty much make the best entertainment around.

These days, instead of worrying about issues that actually affect people's lives and, you know, MATTER, they have decided that the big crusade is to get the American Girl corporation (makers of American Girl dolls and clothes and accessories and books and movies and all sorts of other things that you would never think to associate with dolls) to stop associating with Girls Inc.


Apparently, American Girl has been selling these "I Can" wristbands which support female empowerment (which is supposedly not what the AFA people are against, but that's up for debate), and 75% of the proceeds go to this group called Girls Inc. Girls Inc. is the modern incarnation of the very old and well-established Girls Clubs, which were akin to the Girl Scouts. They encourage teenaged girls to get involved in protecting their rights, and/or what will be their rights when they get older. They have worked to pass legislation protecting battered women, title IX, and things along those lines. They also support a woman's right to an abortion. They provide information about and support easy access to contraceptives. And they actually condone lesbianism.

They must be stopped.

And so groups like the American Family Association have decided to boycott American Girl dolls until they stop supporting Girls Inc. They've already done the same to Bath and Body Works, who used to sell the "I Can" wristbands until they decided that making good with the religious right was more important than supporting a worthy cause.

posted at 4:44 PM by Alison

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