Have There Been 100 Christian Boycotts


I can't remember how many Christian boycotts and condemnations there have been over the abortion and gay issues. I've been involved in these issues for several decades and it seems like there were a few every year. A new one just came up over the American Girl Doll. 

Our house has purchased countless American Girl dolls. Years ago my wife made costumes using the dolls for the Nutcracker ballot. Then daughter and granddaughters made costumes of other projects. The doll is 18" tall and now costs over $100. It is aimed at girls between the ages of eight and twelve. Some versions are collectors items and sell used for big prices. 

There are other American Girl products to compliment the doll, a magazine, books, outfits, etc. The company, however, is considered the enemy of conservative Christianity. It has given money to women's organizations that support abortion rights. Now, its magazine has a story telling of American Girl visiting her interesting and eccentric aunt. Oh horrors, her aunt has a wife.

In long standing conservative tradition, this requires a boycott of American Girl. There have been so many rock star boycotts. One was Jerry Falwell's boycott of the Teletubbies. It was news to the creator of Teletubbies that one of them was gay, but Falwell was an expert on this. They were somewhat gender non specific and that enraged Falwell.

Ford Motor and Disney were gay friendly and nationwide boycotts were called for. Maybe the boycotts helped those companies. They are doing well.

Way back when the abortion clinic had just opened in Fargo, ND, there was a packet of information circulating about which businesses had sold goods or services to the clinic. The directive was to boycott them. 

President Teddy Roosevelt had a strategy for dealing with other countries. It was, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Conservative Christianity seems to follow the opposite strategy. It speaks loudly and carries no stick at all.

To summarize the news, conservative Christianity is about to stage another unsuccessful boycott, this time against the popular American Girl Doll.

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