FASTSIGNS franchise in Everett, WA, who our team had arranged to wrap our Northwest Pink Van, declined to service us after seeing the design!!
I have to tell you the response from students this week for our Cycle of Corruption Tour is amazing. Students who said they are pro-choice are coming up to talk to us and walking away saying they will never again support Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion vendor, ever again!
Our team is out on the road this week, hitting campuses across the nation with the truth about Planned Parenthood, their predatory business cycle, and their corrupt political dealings.
But this tour hasn’t been without controversy.
So before I get into all of the details, can you send an emergency gift of $38, $76, or $190 right now?
- At Ohio University, an administrator for the school violated our students’ constitutional rights and told them they would be arrested for passing out our educational materials.
- At the University of Missouri, the administration sent an email warning students to where our display was on campus and telling them to be careful around us, saying we could have graphic images that would trigger emotions. (Note: Our display doesn’t even have images of aborted babies.)
- And yesterday, the FASTSIGNS franchise in Everett, WA, who our team had arranged to wrap our Northwest Pink Van, declined to service us after seeing the design!!
Tina, our Executive Vice President, had spoken to the owner at FASTSIGNS. We went back and forth about our deadline for the job and the details he needed for our custom pink wrap. However, as soon as we sent him the design for our wrap, he sent back an email saying that they wouldn’t do business with us. Apparently our “Planned Parenthood Betrays Women” message was too much.
This is the same state where a Christian florist was sued by a couple, as well as the state of Washington, because she respectfully declined to make flower arrangements for the same-sex wedding. In her case, the state of Washington claimed that she violated the state’s Consumer Protection Act.
Now unlike the ACLU and many on the political left, I respect the right of the FASTSIGNS owner to decline wrapping our van. However, I will be filing an official complaint with the same folks in the state of Washington who are suing the Christian florist.
In order to get our van out and on the Cycle of Corruption Tour on campuses in the Northwest, we are now going to have to fly Tina to Seattle on Monday to try to find a sign company who can do an expedited wrap on the van in time for our fall tour.
I know this last minute travel and rushed service is going to cost us at least an additional $3,000 to pull off. And that’s on top of the already $19,000 I know this Northwest Tour Van will cost.
So far, we’ve received $1,964 in tax-deductible donations for our Northwest Pink Van, so I’ve got $20,036 left to raise.
Can you send an emergency gift of $38, $76, or $190 right now?
I can’t thank you enough for all your support and prayers for our massive 26-state, 87-campus, and more than 16,000-mile fall tour. Planned Parenthood just announced they are pouring more than $30 million into election swing states for the next month. We’ve got to be there on campuses, right where they are targeting! For Life,
Kristan Hawkins President, Students for Life
Students for Life of America