POLL: Was Susan G. Komen Right?
Many Southwest athletes raise money for this and other causes.
You may have already heard that Susan G. Komen For The Cure, the nation's largest breast cancer foundation, ended its decades-long breast cancer screening partnership with Planned Parenthood recently, under pressure from anti-abortion groups and worries about federal investigations. As the New York Times puts it: (Komen board member John D.) Raffaelli said that Komen had become increasingly worried that an investigation of Planned Parenthood by Representative Cliff Stearns, Republican of Florida, would damage Komen’s credibility with donors. Komen gave Planned Parenthood $700,000 last year — a tiny portion of its $93 million in grants — to finance 19 separate programs. A growing number of religious organizations had become concerned that …
James Sanna
12:57 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Come on, folks. So many of you do these kinds of atletic fundraisers that it's impossible to walk around Lake Harriet in the summer. So what would you do if your favorite charity made a move that you, politically, found objectionable? Would it matter to you? more ›