Interesting

[dancerjodi]

Tisana and I were talking about this at Diesel last Thursday - the moral implications (or not?) of Curves:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/06/19/sweating_with_the_enemy/

And Tisana, the organization I was trying to remember from being super vocal at the March last year was Operation Rescue . . .

Related, I never knew about the Dominos owner and his political leanings. Are there any other large companies in this boat (besides Coors, who the article mentions) that you're aware of?

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[slickgothgurl.livejournal.com]

i found that there's a Curves right next to p's work. like, super convenient for me. but i will not join due to their anti-abortion stance. i tried to tell my sister and grannie about it, but they don't really care much. they go 4 times a week in their town. i guess it's all a matter of what you stand for/behind. just like i will never buy gilette products due to the fact that they continue to test their products on animals.

i knew about the dominoes owner as well as Coors. these two are a non-issue for p and i since we hate their pizza and beer ;) as for other companies, you can check out the buy blue (http://www.buyblue.org/rankedlist.php) site for the breakdown of red/blue companies and what they stand behind/support. curves, dominoes, and (surprisingly) bestbuy are all on the "red" company list.

[isolatory.livejournal.com]

I haven't purchased a Dominos pizza since 1991, the year I learned about their support of operation rescue.

I haven't missed it 1 bit.

This (http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/curves.asp) says Carls Jr. is a big supporter too, but that chain doesn't have any franchises here AFAIK. Big in the Pacific NW though.

[canongrrl.livejournal.com]

I know MBNA gives tons of cash to republicans (something like 90% of their political contributions) and a lot of those that receive the cash are in the pocket of the religious right. Murdock and Fox (and direct TV) also typically support an anti woman/anti poor agenda...Wendy's used to give to lots of questionable charities, a la dominoes, but I don't know if thats still the case since Dave died. I'm ignoring everything I've read about Chik a Fil since I love their chicken.

There was a website that detailed who your corporation gives to...

on the flipside, Microsoft is pretty good, Abbott Labs, Starbucks....I need to check exactly who Target gives to, but I am pretty sure they are very good. Whole foods to an extent (they do have some questionable business practices), Shaw's is at least good with the quality of its products (they support sustainable fishing for example) and I beleive Home Depot is way better then Lowes as far as sustainable products and charitable giving go.

[jasonsmyr.livejournal.com]

The article presumes one thing.. you KNOW that curves has been giving money to anti-abortion groups..

I had no idea.. of course being male would not go to Curves.. but how many companies do you know the political stance of?

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

This is why I can't give money to Dominos anymore, convenient and tasty as they are.

[tisana.livejournal.com]

It's strange, I've used it as an excuse never to join, but the fact is Curves works for many women, and I'm not going to judge them for that being a priority. In fact, I could even respect their supporting a cause they believe in, if it wasn't one so lawless and potentially violent as Operation Rescue (unless I'm misinformed, they're the ones that try to injure abortion doctors). I can't get behind that.

I can't think of any others, but the comments have got some useful links.

[developer.livejournal.com]

I was bummed about the coors thing as they distribute two great beers that I no longer drink:

Killian's Irish Red and Blue Moon. Both are tasty cost effective micro-brew-esque beers.

People often don't realize that just because something doesn't say COORS or WALMART or DOMINOS right on the front it is still the same company.