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    Planned Parenthood Declares War on Catholic…Food Banks?

    Even if you're not a health care provider, or even a donor, be advised that saying "no" to Planned Parenthood will get you loads of hate mail, and possibly even a few abusive phone calls.

    LifeSiteNews brings us the story of a food bank in Green Bay, Wisconsin, affiliated with a local Catholic Church, which was allegedly targeted not for refusing to donate to Planned Parenthood, but for refusing a donation from Planned Parenthood. Apparently, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Green Bay got a call from the local Planned Parenthood asking if they'd be willing to send a truck around to accept donations of food and/or money from the organization.

    The food bank, sensing that Planned Parenthood was trolling for a photo opportunity with a truck that came from a Catholic organization, politely declined, citing religious objections and suggested some other food pantries. The response was possibly excessive. A worker at the pantry explains:

    “Within 20 minutes I was getting phone calls and emails calling us [names]. The calls that day came from the Milwaukee area, where Planned Parenthood is headquartered. We have caller ID.”

    [He] said he did tell one of the callers they could simply drop off their donation, “which happens about 100 times a day – in that case we don’t know where the food comes from. But if an organization wants a receipt, Paul’s Pantry has a gift acceptance policy. “If the donation is going to hurt us, we don’t accept it.”

    Again, they were willing to take the donation, so long as those offering it were willing to bring the food to them. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin spun this eminently reasonable demand this way on their Facebook page:

    Planned Parenthood Facebook status

    The progressive blog The Daily Kos took this as their clue to post personal information(including phone numbers) for the clinic's staff, while deriding their decision by claiming that "the poor and their hunger are being used as political chips by the callous right."

    As opposed to picking on a food bank, which isn't remotely callous.

     

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    • Toni  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      Good for you Catholic Charities. There are alot of us behind you.
      • Optimist 3 mths ago
        actually, not so much.....
      • MikeGolf 3 mths ago
        Optimist - from the thumbs up to thumbs down ratio - it appears that you aer incorrect.
      • GOD 3 mths ago
        Careful - Having Catholics behind you is what gets them into all that trouble.
    • less is more  •  San Rafael, California  •  3 mths ago
      More often than not the food gets dropped off at the banks as they really operate on a shoestring budget. It appears like somebody wants their 15 min. of fame from the sound bite.
    • Andrea  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      If the Planned Parenthood office just wanted to be benevolent and donate to the poor and hungry in the area then why not just drop it off with no fanfare. They wanted to make this into a polictical spectacle. Good for the charity to not play into their hands.
      • Nuit's Star 3 mths ago
        I doubt that, a truck load is a truck load - has to be delivered by a truck. They called to ask if it could be brought over so that they didn't waste their time or money to go where it wouldn't be accepted. Quit jumping to conclusions with no basis in fact.
      • Toni 3 mths ago
        actually it was a marked truck. Said planned parenthood all over it. Start jumping to conclusions based in fact ding dong.
      • Bookworm 3 mths ago
        How do you know it was a marked truck if delivery never actually took place? Sounds like someone's #$%$ing.
    • me  •  Downsville, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      I have to drop my donations off. What makes them any different?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Texarkana, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      it's called standing up for principle
    • Michael  •  3 mths ago
      If Planned Parenthood was actually concerned about the poor they could have just followed the Bible's instructions:
      "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,"
      • Greg 3 mths ago
        I am going out on a limb and guessing they don't often consult the bible very often when it comes to most of their decisions.
      • ben 3 mths ago
        Nor would they ever they might get convicted about killing children.
      • UpW 3 mths ago
        The Roman Catholic Cult should take the same advice, and get its hand out of my taxpaying pocket!
    • Michael  •  3 mths ago
      Interesting that after years and years of not giving anything to a Catholic charity, Planned Parenthood all of a sudden wants to donate food or money to this charity instead of giving the food and money to the poor women who come to them for help.
      • William 3 mths ago
        In this day and age of Food Stamps, what is catholic Charities doing with a food bank anyway
      • Wanderer 3 mths ago
        Catholic charities have been around much longer than food stamps.
      • ben 3 mths ago
        Not every one that needs food can get on food stamps. It is tougher than it used to be.
    • Morgan's Spot  •  3 mths ago
      Sounds like a set up to me.
    • Darwin  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I applaud the catholic charities administrator that saw through there devious little plot. The all but immediate response from planned parenthood confirmed the groups agenda. Turning a seemingly harmless food drive into a image compromising media event was deceptive and deplorable on planned parenthoods part. This act just goes to prove that everyone who offers to help you is not necessarily your friend. A real discredit to Planned Parenthood and it's unsavory political tactics..........
      • A Yahoo! User 3 mths ago
        finally a voice of reason
    • scott  •  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Why is PP collecting food in the first place? Shouldnt they have referred donors to the food banks? The way they preach about benevolence towards woman makes you think they dont have time for anything else.
    • Jeanne  •  Shenandoah, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      If someone stands up for their beliefs and it is not in agreement with the liberal government, then they must be out of date or out of touch or whatever. If we don't stand for what we believe, then shortly we will not have beliefs. We will become mindless zombies.
    • RobertP  •  Bridgeport, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      I don't normally side with Institutional Religion, but this time I do. Planned Parenthood was obviously just looking for a fight and some way of making the Catholic food pantry look foolish. If Planned Parenthood were doing it's job, they should be teaching young women how to avoid pregnancy, not how to use abortion as a form of birth control. People may be able to end the inconvenience of having a child through abortion, but they will find that abortion only kills children; it does not kill AIDS or other STD's.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Monticello, New York  •  3 mths ago
      Hidden agenda....
    • Elizabeth  •  Kingsport, Tennessee  •  3 mths ago
      Good for SVDP.
    • cj  •  Grand Rapids, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      Its obvious the food was offered with a plan of attack. That is not charity.
    • Michael  •  3 mths ago
      "Apparently, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Green Bay got a call from the local Planned Parenthood asking if they'd be willing to send a truck around to accept donations of food and/or money from the organization."

      Does planned Parenthood always have extra food and money just laying around? Then why do they need taxpayer subsidies?
    • blueink  •  3 mths ago
      One of these days people are just going to GROW THE F UP, and stop being name calling babies....I mean really? Is this necessary?
    • don s  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      Who's directing the attacks of Planned Parenthood on Catholic Food Banks.....Media Matters?
    • JessicaC  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Well, nice to hear Catholics are starting to wise up.
    • robert  •  3 mths ago
      PP had many other options to donate. There are food banks closer to that PP in Green Bay. Maybe one org has morals to stick to and another has political agenda.
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