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From TalkLeft - 'Here's a good reason to buy your niece or daughter (or maybe your boss) a doll from American Girl this holiday season:

The maker of the highly popular American Girl line of dolls has become the target of conservative activists threatening a boycott unless it cuts off contributions to a youth organization that supports abortion rights and acceptance of lesbians.

American Girl supports Girls Inc. programs that help girls develop self-esteem by improving math and science skills, encouraging athletic participation, and nurturing leadership ability. Some right wing groups contend that Girls Inc. deserves no support because it also opposes abstinence-only education and "condones lesbianism." In other words, Girls Inc. supports tolerance and wants children to have the information they'll need to make smart decisions as they mature.

American Girl says it has no position on the political issues that provoke such consternation in the right wing extremists. It simply supports the mission of Girls Inc.: "inspiring girls to be strong, smart and bold."

Girls Inc., which traces its roots to a center founded in Waterbury, Conn., in 1864, serves about 800,000 girls a year, many black or Hispanic and most from low-income families.

So far, American Girl isn't caving in to the threatened boycott.'

Thanks to Greyhair for the heads-up on this article... Jage

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