A curvy message.If you're hoping to further the empowering message Curves exercise studios sends to women, you may want to read up on the company's born-again Christian Noun 1. born-again Christian - a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found Gary Heavin Gary Heavin, a Texas businessman, is the founder and CEO of the fitness chain Curves International. Heavin originally took over a fitness center in Houston, Texas. This business venture was unsuccessful, and he filed for bankruptcy. , who has reportedly asserted that a woman's place is in the home. Heavin, who in 1992 launched the Waco, Texas--based chain that now has more than 7,000 fitness centers, has donated millions of dollars to antiabortion an·ti·a·bor·tion adj. Opposed to induced abortion: the antiabortion movement. an groups and denounced the acceptance of gays and lesbians. At a franchisee training session in Waco in May, Heavin spoke of his idea of a woman's proper role and of his opposition to homosexuality, said "Anne," a lesbian franchise owner who declined to give her real name. "The unavoidable truth for all us small-business owners is that the franchise makes money," she said. "So like good little children everyone had to shut up and take it." |
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