Debate Over New Offering From Brethren Press
Amid cries of controversy Brethren Press is planning to debut three new dolls, Dunker Malia, Old Order Sasha, and Amazing Alexander for this summer's Annual Conference Book Store. An unidentified congregation member announced through a query statement: "We feel it is inappropriate to use young, private citizens for marketing purposes."
Brethren Press response was that "essentially, hey, we just liked the names. Any resemblance to living persons is merely coincidence." It was reported that the Elgin based publisher chose the names because "they are beautiful names," not because of any resemblance to real, marketable persons.
"There's nothing on the dolls that refers to the real persons," A Brethren Press spokesman said. "It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these individuals. They are not."
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