For individuals on the Left, civil disobedience is frequently justified with reference to one’s conscience. For Operation Rescue participants, however, civil disobedience is seen not as an act of following one’s conscience, but as an act of obedience to God. The word obedience recurs frequently.
Another interesting note from the article. We can now understand our founding fathers a little better.
. Social movements of the Left that are committed to nonviolence tend to intentionally avoid using language that evokes images of violence, including words that evoke a militaristic analogy with the movement. The Colorado chapter of Operation Rescue terms its rescues Minuteman rescues, evoking the citizens’ militia during the American War of Revolution. Other literature states:
We are among the front line troops in this battle for life. Together we will win!
We have an army of people. The battle is raging....The Commander is calling most of us to the front lines.