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"Walk for Life" Counter-Protest

by renegade (renegade [at] luxomedia.com)
January 21, 2006 - The second annual "Walk for Life" rally brought in thousands of right-wing christian fundamentalists and abortion opponents to San Francisco's waterfront. They were met by a determined group of pro-choice advocates and women's rights activists bearing green balloons and coathangers, letting them know their hypocritical right-wing pro-Bush patriarchal agenda is not welcome here.
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Police lines formed a buffer zone between the parallel marches, but the pro-choice contingent suffered more restrictions. Many abortion opponents were allowed to roam freely and cross the line to confront protesters - exhibiting their religious zealotry and condemning everyone as "sinners".
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Smiley faces, rosaries and photos of aborted children. A pro-choice supporter asked them, "What about the war and the thousands that have died?". Their was no response on that, but a only a repetitive prayer: "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for "the" sinners now and at the hour of death. Amen." Same response when another protester asked them about the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic church.
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