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From: owens@gitpyr.UUCP (Gerald Owens)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: United Way Campaign (pro-lifers only!)
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 17:48:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 17:48:28 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 10:21:53 EDT
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	This is directed to the pro-life people on the net, so you
pro-choice people can skip this article.  I KNOW you'll object to
a lot of what's in it, merely because the assumptions are different.

	OK fellow pro-lifers.  We have a problem, and I hope to give
a solution.  It's about the time of year for the United Way Campaigns
where you work (at least it is for me in Atlanta).  Seeing how
pro-life==Born again Christians (almost), then we're in the habit of
giving a lot of $$$.  While looking through the campaign borchure, I
noted that one group being supported was Planned Parenthood.  Well, in
OUR neck of the woods, they don't oppose abortions, give references for
abortionists, and refuse to stock literature that attempts to give BOTH
sides of the issue.  Whether they actually recommend abortions is something
I'm not sure about, but I know that they support it HERE as a birth
control device, so I know that they present it as a viable option.  Even the
oppositon to equal time is bad enough.

	Ok, so I'm down on them.  Problem.  I want to give to the 60+
other organisations that our United Way supports and aren't involved with
abortions at all.  It seems silly not to donate just because one of
their organisations supports something that I don't like.  On the
other hand, that "something" that they are supporting is legalized
murder (to put it bluntly).

	Worry no further.  I'm not sure how it is in other cities, but
here in Atlanta, there's an option to "restrict" your donation.  You
must get a card stating that you wish to have your donation sent to a
specific organisation, rather than divided up amongst all of them.  Flip
a coin, chant a prayer, or toss an n-1 sided die, n being the number of
organisations your United Way is supporting, whatever, but pick ONE
good organisation to restrict your donation to. (I forgot, run a random
number function :-) Sure, it'd be nice to say "give to everyone EXCEPT...",
but we can fight for that later.  In Atlanta, the minimum restricted
donation amount is $25, since it takes extra time to do the accounting
for the special amount.  If they get a lot of restricted donations, with
the note "I'm restricting it because I don't support ..., who supports
abortion.", they just might listen.

	One problem with this solution.  The U.W. organisation might think:
"Because XXX is getting more restricted donations, we can divert less
money to them and divert more to Planned Parenthood (or whoever gains your
ire)."  I can only say that it won't be OUR money, and we WILL have
made our position clear.


				Gerald Owens
				Owens@Gatech

"Thousands for charity, but not one cent to the Herodians!" (think about it)

P.S. to Pro-choicers
	I TOLD you not to read this article.  Before you bawl to me or on
the net, remember: You have no right to tell US what to do with OUR money,
any more than any woman has the right to tell a FETUS what IT could
do with IT'S life.  Any mail or articles sent to deny the first while
supporting the second will be considered to have come from hypocrites, and
thus not worth replying to.