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Catherine Townsend
A sex and dating columnist, Catherine Townsend published her first novel Sleeping Around: Secrets of a Sexual Adventuress in 2007, and followed up with Breaking The Rules: Confessions of a Bad Girl in 2008. She also appeared in How To Have Sex After Marriage on Five, and is now writing a third book. Born in Arkansas, Catherine was a gossip columnist for New York Magazine before moving to London in 2003, since when she has had a very interesting - and pretty public - private life...
Some religious wingnuts in the States are up in arms about the company's seemingly innocent promotion offering a " free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day" to celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration.
The American Life League noticed the word "choice" and issued a press release saying that "the unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that 'choice' is synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand."
The rest of the full, totally insane, press release can be read here (via The Miami New Times and Jezebel)
Wow. For all of us who were hopeful that swearing in a president who supported abortion rights would usher in four years of more moderate behaviour from pro-life groups, here's an early reminder that they are ready to unleash hell by reminding us during our morning coffee run that the concept of "choice" has killed over 50 million preborn children since Jan. 22, 1973. Does Krispy Kreme really want their free doughnuts to celebrate this "freedom?"
I actually think this may be a spoof - It just seems too crazy to be real. Then again, I grew up in a town where a lot of people had this mentality, so the idea of glazed doughnuts and sprinkles doing the devil's handiwork is unfortunately, not too farfetched.
The American Life League noticed the word "choice" and issued a press release saying that "the unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that 'choice' is synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of 'freedom of choice' is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand."
The rest of the full, totally insane, press release can be read here (via The Miami New Times and Jezebel)
Wow. For all of us who were hopeful that swearing in a president who supported abortion rights would usher in four years of more moderate behaviour from pro-life groups, here's an early reminder that they are ready to unleash hell by reminding us during our morning coffee run that the concept of "choice" has killed over 50 million preborn children since Jan. 22, 1973. Does Krispy Kreme really want their free doughnuts to celebrate this "freedom?"
I actually think this may be a spoof - It just seems too crazy to be real. Then again, I grew up in a town where a lot of people had this mentality, so the idea of glazed doughnuts and sprinkles doing the devil's handiwork is unfortunately, not too farfetched.
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