August 19, 2009 Additional information
added August 21, 2009
The date was August 29, 2001 - eight years ago. Our article was
entitled, "Pimping
Pro-life?"
Douglas Scott and his Life Decisions International
were taken to task for charging money for their Planned Parenthood
'Boycott List' and refusing to make it public. Christians need to know which companies to
boycott for financially supporting abortions.
Since that time, nothing has changed with LDI except the price. Their
boycott list
costs more now.
Additional:
one copy costs $21.95, and additional copies are $4.25 a piece. They have also placed a
"copyright" on their boycott list, along with other regulations you must
agree to before you can purchase it. Christians must still pay for the knowledge of which
companies support abortion.
A portion of LDI's copyright details include:
The Boycott List may not
be reproduced, altered, or placed on the Internet, in whole or in part.
Requests for permission to copy The Boycott List
are never granted. (If The Boycott List is not
blue ink on white paper it was illegally copied. Under these
circumstances, LDI is not responsible for the content.)
The Boycott List
is never made available via facsimile or email.
This is why abortion will never end in America.
The very organizations that are supposed to be fighting for the lives of
unborn children, profit from their bloodshed. If abortion were to end
tomorrow, these types of "pro-life" organizations would be out of
business, and people like Douglas Scott would be forced to find real jobs. Scott's operating budget in 2001
was "just" $100,000.
Additional:
Current operating budget is $125,000. Regardless, realizing an
end to abortion would be biting the hand that feeds you, wouldn't it? This
is why abortion will never end in America.
Think of the e-mails and letters you receive from pro-life
organizations. If there is one constant, it is the hand being stuck out
for donations at the end of the communication. There are the grandiose
claims of what they are doing, and why you need to financially support
their work.
Additional:
I thought this was cute ... from LDI when
purchasing
their Boycott List:
I understand that:
Life Decisions International is a non-profit organization; I am not
'purchasing' items, however, I am receiving them in exchange for a
TAX-DEDUCTIBLE (U.S.) donation.
The trouble is - when
they set the price of the donation, it is no longer a "donation" - but a
"purchase."
I am tired of these people. No ... better, I am weary of pro-life
profiteering. Yet, I will make one more plea for Douglas Scott and
his Life Decisions International to open it's Boycott List so Christians can KNOW which companies
financially support abortion. Again ... what good is a boycott, if no one
knows WHO to boycott?
Scott won't listen. He is too filled with pride, and his coffers are
filled with money that come the donations of pro-lifers who care about the unborn. Hope and
promise are held up, then quickly tucked back away - lest it actually
work, and he be out of a job.
Isn't it a strange dichotomy where the Apostle Paul said the Gospel is
to shared freely, but the pro-life message always seems demand money. Why is that?
The unborn perish for the lack of knowledge. My plea shall fall on
deaf ears.
Steve Wetzel
mttu.com
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The
following individuals serve on LDI's Board of Directors or Board of
Advisors:
(MTTU Note: It
is unknown how current this list is from LDI. E-mail addresses will be
added as they become known. Scott declares, "However,
in the case of LDI, all policies are subject to review by the Board of
Directors. LDI's Boards
of Directors/Advisors has
unanimously endorsed the manner in which disseminate The Boycott List.)
