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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
Winshape is a charity directly tied to Chick-Fil-A. It was founded by the Cathys who get their money directly from Chick-Fil-A sales. They have no larger source of revenue.
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Right, and as I said I can see how the distinction between Chik-Fil-A and WinShape can be a distinction without a difference. To me, it is still a distinction worth making, though -- Chik-Fil-A gives to WinShape, Winshape gives to conservative causes -- if only because it's accurate. Chik-Fil-A is not giving to those causes; WinShape is.
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As for the Uganda issue, that is a pittance of the argument but was a big uproar last year that many groups distanced themselves from ONLY after activists pointed out the human rights abuses going on there.
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Exodus Int'l issued its official statement in March 2010, a year after the conference, and five months after the Ugandan legislation was introduced. Whether it was prompted to do so under pressure or not doesn't somehow prove that otherwise they were okay with the Ugandan government was considering. From what I have read, Exodus Int'l sent a letter to the president of Uganda the previous November, the month after the legislation was introduced, opposing the bill.
But my point was that it is not accurate to say WinShape "gives to . . . the ministry in Uganda that supports killing people." It is not accurate because that ministry -- Exodus International -- doesn't support killing gay people.
I have no problem if people do not want to give Chik-Fil-A their business. At all. And I understand completely why many people do not. But all too often on facebook, blogs and the like, I see charges made that are distortions of the facts or urban legends that are being taken as facts, and that does bother me. It bothers me regardless of who the target is and who the boycotters are, and whether I agree in principle with either side or not. I just want to see the debate be grounded in the facts. I'm not saying anyone is distorting facts intentionally, but these things take on a life of their own, and the internet makes that easier.