[sarah]

Amy and Denise you spoke for a lot of us. We need money spent on research not awareness - you have to live in a cave not to be aware! we need a cure. Komen has only backed off for a year so that the politics will die down. It's a shame because Planned parenthood is about so much more than abortion which is such a small part of their work but.... politics is politics
Amy put it well when she said "Komen could redeem itself for me if it started (a) lobbying FOR health care reform instead of against it, (b) funding more research into causes and prevention, (c) refusing donations from organizations that make any money off of known carcinogens, and (d) hiring a truly diverse, truly independent, truly bipartisan board. Of course hell will freeze over before any of that happens, but there are organizations that do pass that test." Maybe that Christian group you know will write enough letters to Komen and others to help them understand and fund research instead of harrassing cancer groups for using pink!!! or the words "for the cure!!"
Let's hope we can get the word out and people will listen. This disease has and continues to kill far too many people.
health and happiness
sarah