Tarnished Halos

 

Tarnished Halos by J.R. Dunn over at American Thinker

The fact that the Komen Foundation for the Cure has backed off (at least to an extent) its decision to cut loose Planned Parenthood is disappointing but not surprising. What is surprising is that the effort was made in the first place.

 

Planned Parenthood is a particular type of institution that might be called a "halo organization." A halo organization is an outfit that, thanks to the sanctity of its mission, its purity of motives, its rigorous ethics, and its unimpeachable standards, has attained the status of a sacred entity on this bitter earth. It's a kind of secular church for people who don't have churches, beyond any form of criticism or doubt. A halo organization is an archangel among institutions.

 

I don't have to explain to the readers of AT that halo organizations are all left-wing. There is no record of such an outfit existing in the center, much less the regions to the right. Halo organizations are a propaganda product, and as such, they naturally adhere to the left. They are also usually cranky, cultish, and devoted to agendas that have little or nothing to do with their public images.

 

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/tarnished_halos.html#ixzz1lszfDDzn