Three Women Quit Gym over Fetus Tree

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I’d be curious…bet God let’s this gym and it’s owner flourish by His blessings.
 
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jdnation:
Three women turned off by a pregnancy counseling service Christmas tree have canceled their memberships at a women-only gym in Lawrence.

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Of course abortion advocates are turned off to the message of choice-- when the choice is life.
 
Oh sure, this fetus tree is fine, but everyone criticizes the fetus tree Nirvana used in their video for Heart-Shaped Box. I demand you can’t take one without the other.
 
The women who quit were most likely ones who have had abortions and have unresolved guilt about their decisions, I’ll be you a thousand bucks. This type of angry response is typical in people who want to justify their own immorality. If they felt secure about their actions they wouldn’t feel so threatened about what others think or say.
 
I wonder if the gym is one of the “Curves” chain of gyms. I know they actively support pro-life causes
 
It is indeed ironic that someone who is “pro-choice” would be offended by the message that there is help available for women who would choose life, but may need help in sustaining that choice.

Jim - I was unaware of Curve’s pro-life agenda. Happily, we have one in our area and I am looking for a gym to join!
 
can’t get the link but if I went to a gym that had graphic abortion pictures displayed I too would be offended, and I am an active member of evey active pro-life apostolate in the valley. There is a way to get the message out, and this is not it, in my opinion.
 
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puzzleannie:
can’t get the link but if I went to a gym that had graphic abortion pictures displayed I too would be offended, and I am an active member of evey active pro-life apostolate in the valley. There is a way to get the message out, and this is not it, in my opinion.
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Do you think displaying fetuses is graphic, Annie? I can see if they showed bloody ones, but it sounds as if these were only unborn babies being shown. Although it doesn’t sound like the most artistic and tasteful of Christmas decorating themes, I’m not sure if they meant it to be graphic. It sounds as if each baby hanging on the tree represented an unborn baby that the center was trying to support.
 
If you call it a “fetus tree”, of course it’s repellent. If you call it a baby tree or a pre-born baby tree or an unborn baby tree it sounds cute. The word “fetus” is repellent. Anyone who would quit a gym over pro-life promotion just doesn’t truth flung in their face because it might make them wrong.
 
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puzzleannie:
can’t get the link but if I went to a gym that had graphic abortion pictures displayed I too would be offended, and I am an active member of evey active pro-life apostolate in the valley. There is a way to get the message out, and this is not it, in my opinion.
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Pazzleanne:

There was nothing “Graphic” in the display, Since you said that you couldn’t link to the article - Here it is in its entirety:

Three Women Quit Gym over Fetus Tree
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*Three women turned off by a pregnancy counseling service Christmas tree have canceled their memberships at a women-only gym in Lawrence.

They quit Body Boutique last week after noticing that the tree in the lobby of the gym was decorated with plastic figures meant to represent fetuses.

Gym co-owner Lorinda Hartzler said the tree was placed by Birthright of Lawrence, a local nonprofit that offers pregnancy counseling. Hartzler said the tree was intended to support women and their children through the holidays and was not meant to offend anyone.

Blue and pink stockings on the tree were stuffed with a plastic figure labeled "between eleven and 12 weeks old.’’ It also contained coupons for a video called "After the Choice’’ and another tape showing an abortion procedure.

The women who dropped their memberships saw an anti-abortion message in the tree, while other members voiced support for it and applauded the gym for taking a stand on an issue.*

wibw.com/home/headlines/2094397.html

I seem to recall that we had the discussion about Graphic displays a while back, and that you completely expressed your opinion then. I still disagree - I can’t see how we can communicate the obscenity of abortion, or the horror of the Holocaust, without showing people the images of the events, whether those images are newsreel as in the case of the Holocaust or photos as in the case of Abortion.

Simply telling people that 44 Million babies have been slaughtered hasn’t been convincing, because the Pro-Aborts have convinced people either that life doesn’t begin at conception, or that we have no way of knowing when life begins, or that the rights of the woman over her own body are so compelling that this doesn’t matter.

The images of the babies who’ve been slaughtered are necessary to break through that wall of denial which the pro-aborts and the media have built. I’m sorry that you still can’t see that after a slaughter unmatched in scope since the Hindu Kush.

In Christ, Michael
 
I think there is a time and place for everything. I have young children and I don’t want to have photos of dismembered fetuses or slaughtered holocaust victims posted anywhere without warning. I have only seen holocaust photos in history books, specific movies and documentaries and holocaust museums. I have not seen them posted in malls, enlarged on signs in front of schools, hanging on Christmas trees, etc. Therefore, I can choose whether I want my very young children to see such graphic images.

I would hope that pro-life protesters would also think that preserving the innocence and psychological health of the very young is also important.
 
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bapcathluth:
I think there is a time and place for everything. I have young children and I don’t want to have photos of dismembered fetuses or slaughtered holocaust victims posted anywhere without warning. I have only seen holocaust photos in history books, specific movies and documentaries and holocaust museums. I have not seen them posted in malls, enlarged on signs in front of schools, hanging on Christmas trees, etc. Therefore, I can choose whether I want my very young children to see such graphic images.

I would hope that pro-life protesters would also think that preserving the innocence and psychological health of the very young is also important.
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In their defense, gyms are not known havens for young children. I didn’t think the tree sounded that graphic, but maybe i missed something. Anyhoo, i definitely understand your point because i’ve decided to stop taking my son grocery shopping here in another year because i don’t want him to be exposed to all the quasi-nudity on the covers of magazines by the registers. 😦
 
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bapcathluth:
I think there is a time and place for everything. I have young children and I don’t want to have photos of dismembered fetuses or slaughtered holocaust victims posted anywhere without warning.

I would hope that pro-life protesters would also think that preserving the innocence and psychological health of the very young is also important.
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Blue and pink stockings on the tree were stuffed with a plastic figure labeled "between eleven and 12 weeks old.’’ It also contained coupons
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for a video called "After the Choice’’ and another tape showing an abortion procedure. *

There was nothing visually disturbing in that description. And even if there had been, I do not believe for a moment that a young child would have be damaged mentally or emotionally by it. If they are very young - they are oblivious to the concept. If they are older, a parent can explain it.
**Children have lived thousands of years without being sheltered from the realities of the world around them without being psychologicly damaged. **
I think it’s healthier to see and call evil for the evil it is, rather than to cover it up or sugar-coat it.
 
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