Interesting. My friend sent this to me today. I'm all for free stuff, but I'm still a little torn about basically stealing. Then again, this is the same group of people that think Homosexuality is an affliction that can be cured. Bah. It's an interesting approach though, I will say that.
"What with the Washington State Supreme Court handing down its anti-gay-marriage decision several weeks ago and the ever-hearing more about attacks on reproductive rights down south, Im feeling that the States is tripping a bit too merrily down the Handmaids path.
This week, I found a way to strike back.
Focus on the Family, the horrid anti-gay evangelical church based in Colorado Springs that wields too much power for anyones good, has a store on their website that will give you books, CDs, and DVDs absolutely free of charge. Usually people pay for their items by donation, raising millions of dollars to help Focus on the Family produce more hate-propaganda featuring experts on homosexuality who claim its a curable sickness. (Theyre practically defined by their book A Parents Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Course, theres no mention of having less kids, which is the only proven method. No, no, you shouldnt use birth control, that would be wrong. They need more worshippers, how dare you prevent gods will.)
Its a little bit time-consuming, but not enough to deter me. (Nor should it you). The chance to take money out of their pockets is too useful, not to mention satisfying.
Heres how to do it in 10 steps:
1. Go to
www.family.org and look for the Resources link in the blue bar on the left-hand side, right above the Search box, and click it.
2. Under the Resource Category menu on the left-hand side, youll notice categories such as Homosexuality under Resource Category. Me, I went straight to the CDs and DVDs under Resource Format.
3. Go through, find something you like, such as the recently released movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or The Chronicles of Narnia Radio Theatre Complete Set, suggested donation US $79.00, or the three disc Les Misrables soundtrack. Its not a very wide range of products, but theres bound to be something either you like or you could use as a sweet gift for someone else. Click the Add to Cart button.
They wont send more than $100 worth of materials for free in any given shopping trip, so be sure to go through a few times, until youre sure youve dinged them.
4. Select Add New Shipping Address, decide to send it yourself or someone else, and once youre done picking up to $100, click Proceed to Checkout. Some people have been sending items to themselves to sell later on eBay, some have been ordering the more controversial items as conversation pieces or educational props, (as anti-anti-propaganda), but I plan on using mine as gifts, mostly. Ive found no reports on receiving Focus on the Family junk mail after inputting an address, so I figure its fairly safe.
5. The next screen asks you to sign-up for an account and give your information. Fill it out with fictitious information, enter whatever name and address you like. You might want to make up a phone number too and an e-mail account too. After filling out all the required fields, click Proceed to Checkout one more time.
6. This will take you to the Here is Your Cart page. You may have to re-enter your data again after this part to actually confirm your account. Eventually, youll get to the How Much Would You Like to Donate? page.
7. Select Enter other total amount and enter 0.00 as the amount you would like to pay. (Dont put in a dollar sign or it will ask you for credit-card information.) Dont be fooled by the field in the lower-right-hand corner that shows you the suggested donation amounts, simply Proceed to Checkout.
8. The next screen is a guilt screen, to make you feel bad about how little you donated. ignore it. Ignore it utterly. Think of how many people theyre persecuted and had in their gay kids can be cured camps. Just proceed to checkout again.
9. Click Checkout Now.
10. Finally, pass this information on to all your friends. Theyve got money to back them, we have word of mouth, lets see if we can win."
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