Anniversary ignites passions (With demonstrators gathered outside, lawmakers debate Roe v Wade)

Sacramento Bee/First hand report ^ | 23 January 2004 | Jim Sanders

[CounterCounterCulture]

Jose Trejo, right, and Emily Shore, both students at Forest Lake Christian High School in Auburn, sing during an anti-abortion protest at the state Capitol. They were among 1,000 demonstrators who gathered to protest the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

[CounterCounterCulture]

I attended this rally with the lovely incindiary. If any other Freepers were there, please share your thoughts.

The early rally featured Teens for Life and other wonderful youth groups. The future is in good hands with these thoughtful, wonderful kids.

The noon rally featured a variety of groups, including representatives from Silent No More, the young lady in the above article who was talked out of abortion by a sidewalk counselor with her tear-filled testimony, and decent politicians on the right side of this issue like Dennis Mountjoy.

Afterwards we marched once around the capitol and then had a peaceful march in front of a near-by Planned (Un)Parenthood. The youngsters sang a number of songs including "Jesus loves the little children." They were so awesome.

[CounterCounterCulture]

PING

[madprof98]

Wonder how many "Catholic" legislators voted to celebrate Roe v. Wade? I'll bet there were more than a few.

[CounterCounterCulture]

No doubt.

[cpforlife.org]

Thanks for the Ping. Great report.

Do you have an estimate as to the overall crowd? I spoke with a friend who was there and has gone many years for the past 25. He said he thought it was much less than in recent years.

[CounterCounterCulture]

I'd agree that the crowd was less than one that I attending in, I think, 2000. This year's was on the north side of the capitol whereas in years past they've been on the west side, which is the usual main venue for demonstrations (roomier, better sunlight).

The estimate at top said 1000 but there didn't seem to be 1000 at any one time. Maybe a few hundred. The earlier crowd seemed bigger than the initial noontime crowd. I think there was a lot of splintering with some rallying on the sidewalks by the traffic, others in workshops, etc.

[incindiary]

Yep, I went with CounterCounterCulture and it was so great to be there! I was really happy to see so many young people there... groups like Project 33, Teens for Life, etc. It's so cool that this generation is seeing the abortion issue differently than the previous generation. They see it not as a women's rights issue, but as a human rights issue. Like Alan said, these young people were wonderful, and it's great news that the trend is going away from abortion.

Thanks for posting this, CCC!

[Syncro]

Sorry I missed this one, ya gotta ping me to things like this triple Sea...

Plus....

This rule of posting a pic of Ann Coulter on any thread about her is getting old...lol ( feed her some hamburgers for a few weeks and have her call me...heh.)

IOW, post a pic of incindiary..lol

I wish I could have been there to takes pics, but didn't know about it.

BTW, Melanie is going to be in Santa Rosa the 7th of Feb, come on up you two.

I will ping you to the Eagle Forum info soon.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Hey Gary! Sorry I didn't promote this event better. I posted this on the California page the night before, but wish I had pinged ya before then to give you time to prep. For some reason pro-life events are poorly promoted outside of active churches on this matter. I do have a SanFran ping list and need to build one for Sac-a-tomatoes. Would have been "grate" to see ya.

post a pic of incindiary (the Ann Coulter rule)

Hee-hee. I should have a good shot of Cindy when I get around to developing them. You'll just have to suffer until then.

What do ya think Cindy, shall we hold out for mucho money? :-D

BTW, I'll pencil in Santa Rosa for now. Please feel free to ping me when you get around to it.

[CounterCounterCulture]

• Early crowd shot.
• One of the speakers...(Ray Haynes perhaps? Can't remember)
• Wide shot of center front of the rally
• Looking eastward
• Looking northward away from the podium
• America's future looks bright with these great youngsters
• Best pic of the youngsters there.
• In front of a local Planned (Un)Parenthood