PAYBACK
The Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Race for the Cure fundraiser to fight breast cancer is this Saturday. The St. Louis area holds the distinction of annually having one of the largest such gatherings at this event anywhere in the world. But this year, Mound City participation will be down substantially:
Saturday’s annual Komen Race for the Cure is the first one to be held following Komen’s controversial decision to withdraw funding for breast exams from Planned Parenthood.
Even though the decision was quickly reversed, it was clear damage had been done to Komen’s reputation as many former supporters remained angry about the whole ordeal.
So far this year, Komen’s St. Louis chapter claims to have the second largest registration to this point, around 44,000…trailing only Rome Italy’s 50,000 or so.
But even this highly supportive city has seen a drop in numbers.
Two years ago St. Louis participation in the annual event hit a record of more than 71,000.
Three days before Saturday’s 14th annual race, around 44,000 have signed up to take part.
St. Louis numbers are down because because people are still angry that Komen briefly cut off Murder, Inc? If that’s true, a great many liberals in this town who participate in this event every year because they know someone who’s been through the breast cancer ordeal are going to put Murder Inc. ahead of their mothers, wives, sisters or best friends and sit out this year in a leftist hissy fit.
Sorry. Not buying it.
Which leaves only one possible explanation. The Komen/Murder Inc. controversy is, in fact, why St. Louis participation is down as much as it is. But not for the reason the story suggests here.
Saturday’s annual Komen Race for the Cure is the first one to be held following Komen’s controversial decision to withdraw funding for breast exams from Planned Parenthood.
Even though the decision was quickly reversed, it was clear damage had been done to Komen’s reputation as many former supporters remained angry about the whole ordeal.
So far this year, Komen’s St. Louis chapter claims to have the second largest registration to this point, around 44,000…trailing only Rome Italy’s 50,000 or so.
But even this highly supportive city has seen a drop in numbers.
Two years ago St. Louis participation in the annual event hit a record of more than 71,000.
Three days before Saturday’s 14th annual race, around 44,000 have signed up to take part.
St. Louis numbers are down because because people are still angry that Komen briefly cut off Murder, Inc? If that’s true, a great many liberals in this town who participate in this event every year because they know someone who’s been through the breast cancer ordeal are going to put Murder Inc. ahead of their mothers, wives, sisters or best friends and sit out this year in a leftist hissy fit.
Sorry. Not buying it.
Which leaves only one possible explanation. The Komen/Murder Inc. controversy is, in fact, why St. Louis participation is down as much as it is. But not for the reason the story suggests here.
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