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we’d be more than happy to be a
part of it,” Poynter said.
McGuire also said the College
Republicans were anything but bi
partisan in their offer. He said the
invitation was made specifically to
force the College Democrats to
work with groups they don’t like or
to appear inflexible if they de
clined.
“We would have worked with
them had they not tried to bully us
into it,” McGuire said. “I’m a little
confused as to what [their] motives
are.”
But College Republicans chair
man Jason Gathercole said he went
to a College Democrats meeting
Thursday afternoon to explain that
the issue is collecting money, cloth
ing, toys and food for Womenspace,
not politics.
“I can’t fathom a reason why they
wouldn’t want to,” Gathercole said.
Austin agreed, and said the op
posing views on abortion between
Justice For All and Students For
Choice simply don’t matter.
“None of us care, for this project,
what the other group’s political
views are,” Austin said.
Gathercole added that Women
space won’t mind groups with
varying political views supporting
the clinic either.
“Womenspace doesn’t care
who’s involved, they just want the
money,” he said.
But Margo Schaefer, community
outreach director for Womenspace,
said the organization doesn’t blind
ly accept donations from any
group, and she hasn’t heard from
the College Republicans yet about
the fundraiser.
“It would be polite, and, in this
case, practical, of them to contact
the organization,” Schaefer said.
She added that she appreciates
their efforts, but the staff discusses
whether to accept a donation when
controversial groups are involved.
Schaefer said Justice For All
would be one of those groups.
“Domestic violence does not rec
ognize ideological boundaries [and]
CC If Justice For All wasn’t
involved, wed be more
than happy to be part of
it.
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director, Students For Choice
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we have to reach across some ideo
logical boundaries,” she said. “But
we can’t stretch across the board.”
Gathercole said the College Re
publicans have contacted other
campus groups, including Men
Against Sexism and the ASUO Ex
ecutive, and all of them are consid
ering co-sponsoring the fundraiser.
The group will also send invitations
to all student groups asking
whether members want to donate
time to make phone calls to solicit
donations.
“It’s going to happen nonethe
less,” Gathercole said. “I believe t
there will be wide support. ”
But Schaefer said regardless of
the support, Womenspace staff may
decline to accept the donations, es
pecially if the College Republicans’
motivation is to cause tension be
tween themselves and other groups.
“We’re not interested in being po
litical fodder for somebody,” she
said.
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