Starting a War of Words. That's what happened earlier this week when a popular Mom Blogger announced that she would no longer allow Susan G. Komen ads on her blog because the organization gave grants to Planned Parenthood. She's devoutly pro-life, and called SGK an organization that "supports abortion." Her words, not mine. Her tweets explaining all of this really got my feathers ruffled.
SGK is the world's largest organization that provides breast cancer research and support. The organization has raised more than $1.5 Billion for breast cancer. I think we'd all agree that is impressive.
And now, one mom blogger is suggesting that an organization that has granted an immaterial amount to Planned Parenthood is not to be supported because PP is the largest provider of abortions in the United States. PP provides so many other services though, and it is being suggested that if you don't believe in all of an organization's policies, you can't support the organization at all.
To me, this is the same as homophobes boycotting Sharp. That's right. If you don't like homosexuals or believe in their rights and freedoms, throw your Sharp appliances in the ditch. George Takei is one of their spokespeople, and he's gay.
I have friends with very different opinions to my own. We don't believe the same things about God, creation, abortion, etc., but we are still friends and can see beyond our differences.
You don't have to believe in 100% of an organizations policies and procedures to still believe in the good that is being done. Why sacrifice awareness and life saving research to start a war of words?
Furthermore, who cares?