E. W. Jackson Fans the Fires in VA Race

E. Earl Walker Jackson, Sr. is an American politician, Christian minister and lawyer in Virginia. On May 18, 2013, he was nominated as the Republican Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

 His thoughtless comments about abortion, homosexuality and the Democratic party as well as his ridiculous positions i.e., comparing Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and referred to gays in the military as “sexually twisted” have generated controversy ever since he began to receive national attention as his party’s nominee for that position.  He's in the process of walking back his most recent blunder, claiming that practicing yoga could lead to Satanism.

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Major Breast Cancer Charity Dumps Planned Parenthood

National Journal’s Meghan McCarthy reports that Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, a major breast-cancer charity, has cut off support for Planned Parenthood because of controversy over abortion and the group’s standing as a provider of generalized women’s health services. Planned Parenthood accused Susan G. Komen for the Cure of giving in to political pressure.

“We are alarmed and saddened that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation appears to have succumbed to political pressure. Our greatest desire is for Komen to reconsider this policy and recommit to the partnership on which so many women count,” said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in a statement.

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