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Charity Refuses Donation Because of D&D Connection
An anonymous reader writes "This year's GenCon Charity Auction
raised over $17,000 which they intended to donate to Gary Gygax's favorite charity,
Christian Children's Fund.
However, the charity refused the donation when they learned of its connection to Dungeons & Dragons." It seems to me all they would need to do is cast remove curse or dispel evil and the money would be fine to use.
CCF is not a sponsor. They are the sponsored charity. No endorsement from CCF was needed. Well... a simple "thank you" would have sufficed.
*They* decided to turn down the gift, which CAN be interpreted as having such an opinion.
So CCF had to back-pedal, and release an announcement about how to interpret the decision. Meh. Too late, the dunderheads have spoken very loudly with their actions.
Just another "Cubible(sic) Joe" 2 17 3061
Hell, send the money to Child's Play. Great cause and run by gamers.
You should really check out some of the Chick religious tracts surrounding gaming and witchcraft. I really don't think I've ever laughed that hard before in my life.
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Gen Con, LLC should donate the money to some other worthwhile charity and "Get Over Themselves!"
They did, your point was what again?
You know, they are a private charity and are free to any opinion and action they wish as long as they do not infringe on the rights of others.
And others are perfectly free to call them idiots for it. Or does freedom of opinion only go one way?