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 Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:13 pm
Group irked at "gender confusion" Barbie
published Wednesday, January 4, 2006
A right-wing Christian group warns that Barbie is not just a child's toy, but also a tool for the "transgender movement."
The Concerned Women for America, an activist U.S. group that says it "promotes biblical values," made the claims Dec. 30 after seeing a poll on the doll's Web site, which asked users whether they were "a boy," "a girl" or "I don't know."
The group says the toy's manufacturer, Mattel, has "overstepped a line," accusing it of joining forces with the "transgender movement."
However, the manufacturer said the reason for the neutral answer was more to do with human error than anything sinister.
Lauren Bruksch, a spokeswoman for Mattel, told ABC news that the inclusion was an oversight, since on all online polls the company tries to include a neutral answer for younger children.
In this case, the correct answer offered by the site should have been "I don't want to say," Bruksch said.
However, Concerned Women for America has urged its members to boycott Barbie and other Mattel products in light of what group spokesman Bob Knight called the "very dangerous" issue.
The Barbie flap comes three months after the right-wing American Family Association and the Pro-Life Action League threatened to boycott Mattel over its American Girl dolls. Some of the dolls were involved in a promotion for Girls Inc., a nonprofit group that promotes leadership and self-esteem among young girls. Girls Inc. also supports abortion rights and acceptance of lesbians, to the dismay of the right-wing activist groups.
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:20 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:43 am
I know, but also funny, that is why I had to share... whee
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:22 pm
i think people are too busy looking for secret hidden agendas and conspiracies. they should spend that effort ...i dunno, helping the poor kid who gets beatup at school and smacked around at home because he's different to someone's standards.
where's the practicality? where's the heart
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:15 pm
Poem i think people are too busy looking for secret hidden agendas and conspiracies. they should spend that effort ...i dunno, helping the poor kid who gets beatup at school and smacked around at home because he's different to someone's standards. where's the practicality? where's the heart You have a very valid point. I swear, the Christian religion has a problem with everything... domokun
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:32 pm
...are you forgetting that I am a christain? confused
That kinda ouched. It's not Christianity that is the problem. It's the pople who call themselves christians, who really are ritualists and traditionalists.
I could call myself a doctor all day long, but it doesnt make me one. i don't become a doctor until i study and live/preform the teachings I have studied.
It's hard to be a follower of someone you don't know, havent learned about on your own time or took the time to listen to or even care to know which is the situation of millions who proclaim to be a christian.
too many people get caught up in being a part of a big imposing name that they stray away from the heart of what it really means and what Christ truly stood for. And if you're affected by it negatively think about how it makes me feel. I have to put up with those people making my beliefs look like a giant crushing foot of condemnation. Which it isn't. But I can understand why so many people feel that way about it, seeing that the majority of self proclaimed Christians take that self righteous behavior about the whole thing in order to feel better about themselves, while living a life that does not reflect the model behavior of their supposed follower.
In all actuality Christians aren't perfect --we just repent. Until the ritualistic fanatics can humble themselves to see that they cannot truely be followers of christ. So as hard as it may be to believe that, believe it for my sake.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:58 pm
I apologize, I didn't mean to "ouch" you...
But I am glad that you explained about the so-called Christians and actual Christians... 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:12 pm
Demon Riku I apologize, I didn't mean to "ouch" you... But I am glad that you explained about the so-called Christians and actual Christians... 3nodding I'm glad you listened... 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:56 pm
Poem Demon Riku I apologize, I didn't mean to "ouch" you... But I am glad that you explained about the so-called Christians and actual Christians... 3nodding I'm glad you listened... 3nodding I am sad that you didn't accept my apology... sad
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:25 pm
Demon Riku Poem Demon Riku I apologize, I didn't mean to "ouch" you... But I am glad that you explained about the so-called Christians and actual Christians... 3nodding I'm glad you listened... 3nodding I am sad that you didn't accept my apology... sad I don't hold grudges, ever. I accept apologies when they aren't even given. 3nodding I didn't think I sad to say this luminous "I forgive you" ...it puts me in a power seat that isn't neccesary. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:08 pm
Oh, well I will note that for future reference...
*notes to self*Apologies to Poem are no longer necessary
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:34 pm
That's -not- what I meant. rolleyes
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:47 am
Well, that is how I interpretted it as... xp
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:14 pm
Demon Riku Well, that is how I interpretted it as... xp Well your interpretation SUCKS. 3nodding Anyway! Let's get back on topic. Hmm. Or start a new one. *thinks* i wonder if people in the guild really want to discuss controversial issues. Doing so really makes people individuals. people struggle with feeling comfortable with their own thoughts. Especially if their thoughts are segregated from the rest of the group's. Where do you stand (as a question to everyone) on speaking your mind in controversy? Do you stand up for what you believe in or sit down and hope no one sees you?
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