It didn't degrade into a fight....It turned from letting people know that they would be supporting certain organizations if they went there into an abortion debate. I don't CARE if he wants to put his money into something important to him, good for him!!

If I was making that much money, you can bet that a lot of it would go to BAARS. (The Bay Area Amphibian and Reptile Society). BUT I would make that widely known so that (among other reasons) if one of the many people who disagrees with the keeping of reptiles as pets didn't want to support BAARS they wouldn't have to.

I don't want him to stop donating to charities that are important to him, I just don't want people who feel the same way I do to donate to them inadvertantly.

Some people were rude, and criticizing ME for things that the person who originally wrote it said, and I felt I could no longer be civil. Also, several members were making (what I felt were) broad generalizing topics that felt rather degrading. So I deleted the whole thing rather than make it any worse or more off topic than it already was.

It's hurtful that I have opened up to people here and told them why this topic is so important to me (Which is something almost NOBODY knows in real life) and yet cutting generalizations were made that FELT LIKE they were aimed at me because the person didn't like the original post. Maybe I overreacted, but I don't think so.

I ALMOST didn't post this, because I don't feel that I OWE an explanation to anyone. BUT....Anything for you, Dukedogsmom!