Curves GYM is run by an anti-abortionist fuckhead!

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I know so many women in SF who go to this gym (which on the surface sounds really cool--all women, all sizes, etc) but UNFORTUNATELY what they all seem completely unaware of is that the owner is Gary Heavin, a card carrying member of the "I want to be just like Tom Monaghan and use the profits for my business to prevent women in the US from having access to safe and legal abortions" club. ICK ICK ICK.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

whoa, where did you find this out? that will sink them in the bay area. although I read last year that this was actually one of the fastest growing franchises in the country.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Apparently there was a little blurb in Jon Carrol's article in the Chronicle. A friend told me and then I typed the owner's name and abortion into google.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, sheeeit. There goes their rep once this gets spread.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.livejournal.com/community/feminist/945346.html

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

while this may be news in the bay area, i doubt it's going to really have much impact on them in many other places.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

my mom went to this gym for a while, and while she's pro-choice and had an abortion herself, i doubt she would have stopped going had she read this briefly in the paper one morning.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:23 (twenty-two years ago)

True, but I'd like them to be out of business in the bay area.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

(x-post)True, but I'd like them to be out of business in the Bay Area.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Also I like to say things twice for no reason.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

*adjusts my tie*

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 22 April 2004 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Wow You guys are so angry at the world! What does it matter who is pro or against??????????Maybe you need to look at doing something that lessens the stress in you life.
If we out a finger at someone three fingers always point back.
RELAX!

― Petunia Loady, Friday, 21 April 2006 00:00 (twenty years ago)

Sounds like you guys need a work-out!! And I don't mean outing a finger!!

― Zwan (miccio), Friday, 21 April 2006 00:04 (twenty years ago)

AND THEN THE THUMB POINTS UP TO GOD, YES I SAW THAT SNL TOO

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 21 April 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

there's one of these places a few blocks from where i live in hoboken. just from appearances, i would NEVER have guessed that it's run by pro-life fuckheads -- in fact, it kinda seems almost like a HIPPIE work-out joint!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 21 April 2006 00:38 (twenty years ago)

working out kills babies.

― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Friday, 21 April 2006 00:59 (twenty years ago)

Costco = all Democratic funding mega-warehouse shockah

― DOQQUN (donut), Friday, 21 April 2006 05:13 (twenty years ago)

i can assure you this is not the case in all countries where curves is located

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Friday, 21 April 2006 07:40 (twenty years ago)

people shouldnt go to gyms

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 21 April 2006 07:55 (twenty years ago)

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