Sens fans be aware

[moonshine_baby]

They're entitled to endorse what they want, but why not pick a women's shelter or something?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sens “Better Halves” Tree Raffle To Benefit Anti-Choice Organization

Ottawa, November 27, 2007 - On Monday, November 26, 2007 the wives and girlfriends of the Ottawa Senators - the Sens “Better Halves” - launched a holiday fundraising

Comments

[afternoonnaps]

i can't wait to see their responses in the press, if they address it at all.. maybe it will be good and actually force some of them to learn about issues that face women.

i'm not saying that all the wives and girlfriends of the ottawa senators are dumb and oblivious to sexism and women's issues..among other things.. i'm just saying that every girlfriend of an nhl hockey player i've met, is.

[the_troubles]

well, i hope it's ignorance and not intentional. hey ladies, not every girl is married to a hockey player, some can't afford to have kids at 22.

[afternoonnaps]

me too, and i bet it is. the way planned parenthood described it, the organization is technically anti-choice, but doesn't explicitly describe themselves that way.

it will be interesting to see if they withdraw their support and take a side on the issue, or if they'll just ignore it.

[sweetcoz]

out of curiosity, how many NHL partners have you met? not trying to be critical of your comment, just wondering in what context you would have met one.

[sweetcoz]

incidentally -- today i was walking through baker's lounge or whatever that space in the unicentre is now called, and i happened upon a standoff between a scheduled pro-life booth, and an ad hoc pro-choice campaign. i guess the pro-choice faction saw the setup and couldn't let it go uncontested (good for them!) so quickly put together some posters defending their beliefs

[ex_haughtym]

sounds like you'd like to make the choice as to who they give money to for them... isn't that anti-choice too?

[afternoonnaps]

no, i think its about making sure the public knows what they are supporting. many people have extremely strong feelings towards a woman's right to choose, and wouldn't want to unknowingly support an organization that is against it.

i totally doubt that they want this to become political. i'm sure they'd prefer a nice PC christmas fundraiser so that they can raise lots of money.