I received an email this weekend about the largest supplier of poinsettias in the country -- they supply 70 percent of all poinsettias in this country and 50 percent worldwide. That is Paul Ecke Poinsettias. Likely you've never heard of them; there are several middlemen before the flowers reach our doors.
The Ecke family, besides being the largest supplier of poinsettias, is also one of the biggest supporters, in this country, of PP, according to the Hartline Report. Sadly, the fact is easily confirmed with a simple Google search (here and here).
So, when you order your Christmas flowers, ask your florist who their supplier is, and boycott if necessary (for a list of retailers who use Ecke, go here, and distributors, here).
And pass this information on to your church. It makes me physically sick to think that our churches are indirectly supporting PP with the purchase of beautiful Christmas flowers.
I'm certain Our Lady weeps at the abuse of her beautiful Son's birth to support the mass murder of our babies.
"The Pro-Life Movement will succeed only to the extent that pro-life people are willing to be inconvenienced."
Douglas R. Scott, Jr.
Bad Choices: A Look Inside Planned Parenthood
http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/plants_8601___article.html/godfrey_pots.html
ReplyDeleteThe Telegraph/MARGIE M. BARNES
GODFREY, IL — Ramsey Shinn, shipping manager at White’s Green Houses in Godfrey, puts covers on poinsettia pots Monday as the business prepares to ship out 60,000 plants to area retailers for the holidays.
Propagation for the plants started in July, when that many cuttings were placed in pots to grow.
I don’t think this greenhouse is underwritten by PP :)
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Unbelievable. Is nothing sacred?
ReplyDelete*Sigh*
Jane