The American Girls doll line is very popular, but Christian Right groups started reporting that the manufacturer, American Girl, donated money to Girls Inc, a group that supports abortion rights. This has been too much for conservatives to take and so a boycott of not just the dolls, but everyone associated with them, was launched.

CBS reports:

The Pro-Life Action League is calling for a boycott of the dolls. Some Catholic schools have cancelled American Girl events. “They take a position that I am 100 percent against which would be in telling girls abortion is a solution for them,” Wiesner says. ... Also Mattel, the maker of the doll has decided it will not renew its partnership with Girls Inc. which runs out this year.

Girls Inc. promotes the idea of girls feeling good about themselves and being happy that they are girls. This, perhaps, is what outrages the Christian Right — not simply abortion. Traditional Christian teaching is that females are a primary source of sin and temptation. Women are less valuable then men. Women should feel ashamed for what they sex has done through the centuries.

If girls grew up happy comfortable with themselves, they might start expecting equal rights and equal treatment. We just can’t have that, can we?

 

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