NAPLES — Planned Parenthood of Collier County will have volunteers handing out free condoms on Friday in the parking lot of two Publix stores in protest of the Publix at Ave Maria deciding not to carry condoms.
"We’re having our condom brigade handing out condoms to meet the public’s need to engage in safe sex and to prevent pregancy," said Char Wendel, chief executive officer of the Planned Parenthood.
The volunteers will be in the parking lots at the Publix in the Naples Shopping Plaza on U.S. 41 across from Coastland Center mall, and the Publix at Pine Ridge Crossing Center at Airport-Pulling and Pine Ridge roads. The volunteers will be handing out the condoms from 10 a.m. until noon.
Wendel couldn’t estimate of how many free condoms will be handed out, but 74,000 condoms are given out for free each year at Planned Parenthood’s front counter at 1425 Creech Road.
Wendel said she is not aware of any other Publix store not selling condoms to the public until the new Publix at Ave Maria opened at Ave Maria on Thursday.
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swfl_ff writes:
While I do not completely agree with the decision by Publix not to sell condoms at the new Ave Maria store as it amounts to caving into pressure in my opinion, it is still their decision to make as a private enterprise.
I do not understand why Planned Parenthood feels the need to conduct this "protest" at two other Publix stores. What do they hope to accomplish with this? If they really think that have to protest this decision then go out to the Ave Maria store or better yet make their unhappiness known to the Publix corporate offices.
I have nothing against Planned Parenthood at all but they seem to be going about this in a very strange manner.
CommanderUSN writes:
Totally riduculous and over dramatic. I hope someone sues them if they get someone pregnant while wearing one.
dimples writes:
The Publix I used to work at did sell condoms but you had to ask for them at the counter and I read that the publix in Ave Maria will supply you with condoms if you ask for them.It's like a special order for customers I don't see what the big deal is.Who buys condoms at Publix?Not many people do...
Francisco writes:
Naples Daily News has fallen so far from real journalism that even by today's journalistic ethics they are totally substandard. There was never any story here; NDN created one, and now, consequently, there IS a story. Well done, for conjuring up news out of wholecloth.
Why do I say there was no story in the first place? First, as reporter Liam Dillon's own story affirms, no Publix as small as the one at Ave Maria carries condoms. Second, the Publix maintains it was not pressured by anyone to decide whether it would carry condoms, nor was it even mentioned to them. Now, by virtue of the fact that none of its other small prototype stores carry this item, Publix' statement seems perfectly consistent. Yet, Mr. Dillon seemed bent on taking a non-story and somehow turning it into a story. Well, he did - now Planned Parenthood is protesting by handing out condoms at Publixes that already sell condoms.
Here's how real journalism works - when there actually is a story, THEN you report it. To wit, if the ACLU had decided ON ITS OWN to inquire about condoms - or if people were complaining because they couldn't get condoms - or if Publix was saying, "Gee, they won't even let us sell condoms in our store" - THAT is a story. THEN you report it. What's so hard to understand about this?
torah101 writes:
Hey, hey
This was my idea to give free condoms
But I ask the Public hand them out for free at all their other locations, just to show responsibility
aquadoc writes:
Hey Lemon (aka BuffaloBill),
Did you forget to take your early morning dose of sodium bicarbonate? It appears your acidosis is out of control, and the need to neutralize the excess citric acid is apparent!
cutthecrap writes:
Someone should protest the idiocy of the Catholic church. Good for PP for taking a stand in favor of intelligent and responsible behavior!
Catholics promoting unwanted pregnancies and AIDS. That's all this world needs.
12gauge writes:
Free Condominiums! WHooopeee!
cutthecrap writes:
Buffalo Bill: Your logic is distorted. If more people used condoms or other contraception, the need for abortions would decrease. Anyone in their right mind advocates birth control use over abortion. Abortion is a last resort.
iwantastiffdrink writes:
Planned Parenthood plus Catholic-hating liberals... it always makes for toxic blogging here and more than a few laughs.
If the courageous Planned Parenthood brigade wants to hand out free condoms at Publix, why not muster the courage to do it at the Ave Maria Publix? Hmmmm? They won't because they are immature cowards who place symbolism far above substance. There's an abundance of places to buy condomns in Collier County. Why should ONE store who decides not to sell them, cause a leftist meltdown?
Will Planned Parenthood soon demand that ALL merchants carry condoms from here on? If consistency was any concern of theirs, they would.
Shrill voices of the left, disguised as condom distributors who are long overdue for a shower and haircut, will trespass tomorrow at two shopping centers in Naples to make an absurd, convoluted point. It's high time these people were shoved back, and asked to return from under the rock from wence they came.
firejoke writes:
cutthecrap,
It's your logic that is distorted. There is only 1 form of birth control that is 100% effective and yet I only see you advocating one that is not. Why is that? If more people demonstrated responsibility, the need for abortions would not decrease, it would cease.
ohyeah143 writes:
Shadda, good one! just wanted to say that before your comment gets removed.
AlienTaxPayer writes:
#12 iwantastiffdick.
Do you think they will block Viagra adverts as well?
Bicyea writes:
Your tax $$$$'s at work. Bet they consider this "A Shovel Ready Job"!!
676 writes:
O.k. I'm in; do they have magnums?
skiffbug writes:
Who in the world dictates to Publix? Ave Maria seems to be a "cult" rather than a college town/church. Thank the Lord I left the area! I think Naples AND Collier County have finally lost their marbles.
DinNaples writes:
This is stupid.
Publix doesn't need this crap. They should pull their ads from NDN and direct mail.
btmdgr writes:
sooooooo can i work the black market angle with the mangum and trojan hookup in that town???
o2bandit66 writes:
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prometheus writes:
at last thanks to PP the priests will be able to get the needed condoms...
swampbuggy writes:
Maybe the Ave Maria Publix should just move the condoms into the "Greenwise" section. Or maybe they should include one is each reusable canvas bag purchase. Trying to pick and choose what parts of liberalism is Un-American.
alexrock writes:
This is just silly on both sides.
Quief writes:
I never saw anyone passing out free condoms this morning, I would have grabbed a few dozen, they make great dust protectors for my rifles. LOL
Did see just 2 CCSO deputies though, one on a segway.
Some funny comments. Very nice store, some very beautiful college girls buzzing around. Publix agreed to Ava Maria "rules", so what is the big deal here?
I must comment though, everyone was nice, very cordial, and it was kewel to see the old and young communicating on the same level. I saw an old woman walk over to a group of young teens and start conversing, apparently she knew the teen and was not afriad to go over and chat. When was the last time you saw that? Very nice comradery!
RainMan writes:
The far left koolaid drinking whackos are just gonna get a lot noisier.
America is waking up to the destructive deceptions they promote.
Kinda like Unions are good. (post office employee union running a profitable government operation... roflmao, teachers union making American kids the smartest in the world... lol )
progressive movement = reward failures and punish acheivers
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http://www.fairtax.org = more money in every Americans pocket on a weekly basis than any governmental stimulus plan will ever bring about.
iryshqueen writes:
Why do people care that there are no condoms? This is sensational journalism and the same is true for television news! There is a hatred toward Ave Maria maybe because they are doing it right!!
torah101 writes:
'Why do people care that there are no condoms?'
Because they don't want your self imposed societal guilt trip after becoming pregnant and forced to decide if an ABORTION is the moral thing to do.
If you don't like abortions, you call them killings, then you should be at least responsible in discouraging pregnancy.
Abstinence doesn't work in any of your Catholic countries. Just look at your shining example called Ireland. Drunks, poets and pregnant teens.
torah101 writes:
'I saw an old woman walk over to a group of young teens and start conversing. When was the last time you saw that? Very nice comradery!'
When last did I see the young and old mixing it up?
Vertually every time I go to the beach
But that could all change if our commissioners decide to only allow the wealthy to go there and charge for parking. Schmucks
flanative writes:
BB: Stop seeing Catholic haters everywhere. I, for one, am personally offended by your constant anti-Semitism. I don't understand why your constant nasty comments about Jews are allowed to remain, and then you have the ****s to complain if anyone posts something you perceive to be anti-Catholic.
If you are such a great Catholic, why aren't you moving to Ave Maria yourself? Then the rest of us won't have to fear running into you anywhere in public again.
iryshqueen writes:
They persecuted the Jewish people because they knew the Messiah would come from them and they persecute the Catholics today (who are a continuation of the same people, remember Christ was a Jew) because the Messiah (Christ) is present to them in His Body and Blood on the altar. The same altar where the Jewish people used to sacrifice the lamb. So why wouldn't people continue to say today what they did 2000 years ago "crucify Him". That was not the Jewish people who did it but the crowds incited by a hatred toward Christ.
TBLfan writes:
This should be on TBS.. very funny.
dwyerj1 writes:
An oasis in the midst of alligators and rattlesnakes! Adam Reilly reported in the Boston Phoenix in June 2005 on a speech given by Mr. Monaghan in Boston at that time:
Ave Maria won't be just a university. It will also be a new town, built from scratch, in which the wickedness of the world will be kept at bay. "We've already had about 3500 people inquire on our Web site about buying a home there - you know, they're all Catholic," Monaghan says excitedly. "We're going to control all the commercial real estate, so there's not going to be any pornography sold in this town. We're controlling the cable system. The pharmacies are not going to be able to sell condoms or dispense contraceptives." A private chapel will be located within walking distance of each home. At the stunning church in the center of town, Mass will be said hourly, seven days a week, from 6 a.m. on. "So," Monaghan concludes, with just a hint of understatement, "it'll be a unique town." As he exits the stage, the applause is thunderous.
So the NDN focus in this article is not inappropriate. In fact it gets to a core concern in the United States after the 43rd President's reign, during which many of our constitutional principles were violated. Certainly Ave Maria has enjoyed a great deal of free emphasis in the NDN.
I happened to visit the place yesterday with my recently graduated-from-high school son. I wanted him to see the university favorably. However, an old-fashioned student hall-monitor was ensconced inside the entrance to the church. I had removed my hat, and we lowered our voices to whispers after opening the main door. The monitor accosted us and asked us not to enter the church as Communion was occurring just then. Wait 5 minutes, we were ordered.
My plan was thwarted. My son refused to wait and so the visit was foreshortened. He had heard what he considers negative things about Ave Maria and Opus Dei already and the monitor's imperiousness was the last straw. He even refused my offer to buy him what I said was a very unusually delicious "wrap" at one of the convenient eateries across the street.
Sometimes you have to let your children decide things for themselves. Mine have apparently chosen the path of embracing the wickedness of the world. It's their right as American citizens to make that choice--as it is apparently within the rights of a resident a little farther east on Oil Well Road to put up a hand-printed entrance sign on his driveway threatening trespassers (who can read) with a shotgun. Quaint.
punkrockhr writes:
Publix is anti-union and anti-condom? Maybe they don't believe in the internet, Galileo, or the combustible engine?
When are we going to make progress in this country and stop fighting over the dumb issues like birth control and start paying attention to larger societal issues that impact us in a more important way?
dwyerj1 writes:
Oh, we didn't have any condoms or signs with us.
iryshqueen writes:
"I happened to visit the place yesterday with my recently graduated-from-high school son. I wanted him to see the university favorably. However, an old-fashioned student hall-monitor was ensconced inside the entrance to the church. I had removed my hat, and we lowered our voices to whispers after opening the main door. The monitor accosted us and asked us not to enter the church as Communion was occurring just then. Wait 5 minutes, we were ordered."
This is the most solemn part of the mass. 5 minutes is not to much to wait. We cannot tolerate any of the Catholic traditions but instead want to find fault. If this was a Muslim, Jewish, or ANY other religious tradition we would be respectful and not walk away angry. 5 minutes that's all it would take. Maybe you should have insisted your son at least take that long to learn.
artdude writes:
Ave Maria seems to be placing their head in the sand. Sex education and birth control are good methods for avoiding unwanted pregnancies which would decrease abortions.
It is now evident that abstinence is not an effective method of preventing teen pregnancies. So of course Ave Maria, which is actually part of the United States and not situated within the Vatican whether they wish to be or not has decided they would rather risk more abortions than allow sex education.
amuser writes:
BuffaloBill scares me.
iryshqueen writes:
Let's see STD's and AIDS have increased since the BIG promotion of condoms as being "safe sex". I think it is PP that benefits from these being sold and they hurt people especially our children who loose more than their virginity but their hearts! Foolish talk!
geecee827 writes:
Do any of you who are supporting the Catholic religion (of which I was once a member, but am now seriously lapsed) know the harm that the organized Catholic religion has caused over the centuries to its members (and non-members) as well? Recently, in Ireland, there was a very serious outcry over abuses (both sexual and physical) that occurred the past 60 years or so, within the Catholic dioceses in Ireland, by both priests and nuns who had children under their care, and these children, who survived to tell about it, and speaking about it now, they are in their 60's and 70's and are revealing horrific stories of their abuse at the hands of the Catholic priests and nuns. They still have nightmares about their abuse. It has caused a very serious schism in the Catholic religion in Ireland. Unfortunate, but its a fact. Catholicism is not all that it pretends to be.
iryshqueen writes:
Catholicism is all that it should be, obviously it is people who fall and sin. That is why Jesus came. It is Satan who wishes to destroy all that is good. There are many good priests and nuns out there but they are over looked because of a few. Come back to the Church, give it another chance and try to find the good that it is there. Visit Ave Maria and sit in the back of the church during a mass. Come for the consecration (so you don't have to wait for 5 minutes)
btmdgr writes:
bicoastal wins......best post on this thread....PERIOD
but serious free jimis??? Where dis at?
iryshqueen writes:
TBL Fan- I think you had already prejudiced your son against Ave before you ever entered it. Kids are smart.
torah101 writes:
#48 Posted by iryshqueen "That is why Jesus came. It is Satan who wishes to destroy all that is good."
Thanks for admitting you have 2 gods, the good, & the bad
I never thought I would see the day a Christians would 'go all out'
torah101 writes:
shaddafah_khap why bother
Their ship is sinking and the mice are scurring about trying to hold onto something that floats
They weighed down Torah with so many otehr unholy books that it too is sinking under their ungoldy weight
Just sit back and watch mankind implode
Watching and waiting. The Greatest Hebrew on Earth
BlueTonguedVole writes:
The students and others can just go to the local health clinic and get free ones, but they will have to drive...is that when the rubber hits the road?
Finding humor in this debate is more fun than arguing theological philosophy, practice or belief.
torah101 writes:
Yeah BTV, you're in the thick of it, eh
Catholic on one side of the bed, Jew on the other
Badda bing >>> out comes lil BTV
prometheus writes:
Shadda...Catholics are protected, and we are protected from it, by Separation of Church and State
As the official religion of the Roman Empire and with it's Inquitional hollocaust upon the native peoples of the world, Catholicism, like Islam and Jewish Zionism, Catholicism has always been and will always be, nothing more than a political force that uses myths for control of the unthinking fearful masses of humanity.
Ave Maria is a Catholic theocratic cult in the swamp, propped up by pizza power
BlueTonguedVole writes:
LOL torah101, now you know why I am a Pastafarian!
RAmen
BlueTonguedVole writes:
Hey BDR, how are you? I have been so busy lately that I have not been online very much. Sure am glad we are out of the dry season.
However, it is getting hot. Need some "lemon" aide? ;->
Good diagnosis about the split personality.
myrealname writes:
FSM is lord of all.
swfl_ff writes:
I can't believe this story has generated so much controversy. I don't fully understand the decision by Publix in this case but it is their decision to make and I can respect their wishes. Let's move on and find something else to worry about.
It's good to see you back BTV. I agree with Big Dog too, that is a split personality...LOL. Take care guys and have a good weekend. I will be gone for the next couple of days.
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