STAND UP to Christian Fundamentalist Anti-Gay, Anti-Women, Pro-War BattleCry!

San Francisco will NOT lie down as its values are besieged in the public square: World Can’t Wait and Others to Hold Press Conference, Confront Christian Fundamentalist “BattleCry” on Steps of City Hall

San Francisco, CA – March 1 –For the second year in a row, extreme Christian Right group “BattleCry” (http://www.battlecry.com) under direct sponsorship of Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham, and Jerry Falwell, will be returning to the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall on Friday, March 9, to publicly proclaim their support of Biblical values being represented in governmental legislation. (In defiance of the SF Board of Supervisors adamant condemnation of BattleCry in Resolution #060371) http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=38330

BattleCry comes to San Francisco to politically assault the most fundamental values cherished by most San Franciscans, and to carve away at the separation of church and state.

World Can’t Wait is holding a permitted press conference and rally on Friday, March 9th, from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. This rally will be immediately followed by our protest at BattleCry’s press event, now scheduled from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m, Both events will take place on the steps of San Francisco City Hall, at One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place.

BattleCry leadership claims they are here to denounce pop culture and to encourage “moral values”, but they have staged a movement which attracts and then indoctrinates youth into a frighteningly Pro-War, Anti-Gay, and Anti-Woman literalist Biblical program.

Underneath BattleCry’s façade of false goodness and religious piety, we see their true agenda, which is fully in concert with the entire disastrous Bush Administration agenda. In particular, the fact that this government, under Bush, is “moving each day closer to a theocracy, where a narrow and hateful brand of Christian fundamentalism will rule.” (from the World Can’t Wait Call: http://www.worldcantwait.org)

Many people from numerous organizations, all walks of life and religious, political, or personal convictions will stand up together to say very clearly to the world that BattleCry’s intolerance, theocracy, and hypocrisy is dangerous and is not welcome here.

Interviews Available with World Can’t Wait organizers and/or:
Chris Hedges, Author: American Fascists – The Christian Right and the War on America
Sunsara Taylor, WCW National Spokesperson, appeared on Bill O’Reilly’s show after last year’s BattleCry confrontation: http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1288&Itemid=184
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