Curves... owned by right-wing anti-abortion supporter

Just heard it on AAR... looking for a link.

On edit. Alternet has it here: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18569

Here's an excerpt:

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So, is there any reason why you shouldn't rush out to join the Wal-Mart of gyms that's helping so many women improve their health?

Well, yes. The owner, Gary Heavin, has given at least $5 million of his profits to some of the most militant anti-abortion groups in the country.

Heavin, like his next-door neighbor George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas, found redemption as a grown man. Before founding Curves in 1992, he went bankrupt, lost custody of his two children and served a six-month jail sentence for not paying child support. In prison, he became a born-again Christian.
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....been known for years.

Needeless to say, both these business will never see a dime from me.

and it's just one of many, many businesses in the country that are owned by people whose politics many of us find objectionable.

It is no great scandal.

If your conscience dictates that you not support a business owned by such folks, don't. :shrug:

If your conscience is not bothered by patronizing such businesses, fine. IMO it's up to no one but you.

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