Posted on 01/21/2006 6:35:56 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
By Katherine Corcoran
San Jose Mercury News
Thousands of peaceful demonstrators marched down the Embarcadero to protest abortion Saturday in an event that organizers said put a mainstream face on what's often cast as an extremist position.
The rally, the second annual Walk for Life West Coast, is one of many planned nationwide to mark Sunday's 33rd anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. The West Coast walk featured speakers from Democrats for Life and Feminists for Life employing such classic liberal watchwords as housing, education and child care to make the case against abortion, saying more social programs will result in fewer women terminating pregnancies.
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A smaller but louder group of pro-choice demonstrators clustered along the march route between Justin Herman Plaza at the San Francisco Ferry Building and Marina Green, drumming, waving signs and shouting ``Bush and fascists, get out of town,'' and ``If you don't like abortion, don't have one.''
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Walk for Life marchers said the turnout, estimated at nearly the double the 5,000 who came last year, shows widespread support for abolishing abortion -- even in the Bay Area.
People on both sides of the issue heeded calls to keep the demonstrations peaceful. San Francisco police reported no incidents of trouble. {OOPS, NOT TRUE}
more... http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/13681592.htm
Saturday, January 21, 2006
(01-21) 12:20 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Dueling demonstrations over abortion rights began this morning with thousands of activists on different sides of the issue facing off on San Francisco's waterfront.
The confrontation is certain to continue well into the afternoon.
Abortion opponents gathered in Justin Herman Plaza for the second annual Walk For Life West Coast, an event that drew anti-abortion activists from all over the state.
After rallying all morning, they started their march at about 11:45 a.m. down the Embarcadero and along the waterfront with a goal of arriving at the Marina Green.
A vocal group of abortion rights advocates assembled nearby with plans to break up the rally. They vowed to use acts of civil disobedience to try and divert the march, and to line the route, chanting abortion rights slogans and performing street theater.
more...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/21/MNGUCGR3HF5.DTL
We outnumbered them and outclassed them (as expected).
Good to see my buddy Syncro there. :-)
Walk for Life West Coast began with an anti-abortion rally at Justin Herman Plaza Saturday, attracting several thousand people from as far away as Bakersfield. The rally was followed by a walk along the Embarcadero, ending at Marina Green.
At the same time, counter-protesters gathered along the waterfront to march behind the pro-lifers. Their rally took place at nearby Pier 1, next to the S.F.Ferry Building.
Planned Parenthood organized a pro-choice candlelight vigil, walk and memorial beginning Saturday evening at 5 p.m at Delores Park.
The PP Nazis ought to have a candlelight vigil for all the babies they mercilessly slaughtered.
Shouldering signs with slogans such as "Peace Begins in the Womb," and "Women Deserve Better Than Abortion," the marchers were met on their downtown route by abortion rights supporters holding clothes hangers and shouting "Bigots go home."
Police lined the streets to keep the competing protesters away from each other.
"We're here to stand up for the babies that don't have a voice," said college student Laura Arnold, 20, of Pleasanton, Calif., who marched with her mother. "I know so many girls who did it (abortion) and they are hurting everyday of their life."
MORE... http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=3833908
Excellent! Where are the infants rights? What about their choice?
They ought to pick on somebody their own size.
Of course the pro-aborts are mental midgets, and there's nobody their own size except themselves.
I also got a great picture of Star Parker as we marched.
(May be awhile until I get it developed. I used a disposable because my digital is on the fritz)
Ping
Thanks CCC. I've been checking Free Republic all afternoon for photos. Thanks for posting the awesome photos. Goodness always wins after getting heat from sore losers.
A smaller but louder group of pro-choice demonstrators clustered along the march route between Justin Herman Plaza at the San Francisco Ferry Building and Marina Green, drumming, waving signs and shouting ``Bush and fascists, get out of town,''
We're fascists? When you have Code Pink going ape over the pro-life ads on BART, and thousands of tiny people being executed without trial, the truth emerges.
Home safe 'n' sound. Thanks for the prayers.
What will Gavin "I'm Ready for my Close-up" Newsom have to say about this???
Good reporting, CCC.
Last year they showed Kamala Harris, the verrrrry gay Tom Ammiano, and I think Gavin Newsome speaking out against our cause. I haven't seen any of those clowns yet so far in the news coverage (channels 4,5,7, and 11). KGO-7 so far had the best coverage of our side.
Candlelight vigil - for what?!...If anyone need a vigil it's for the pro-lifers to pray to God for a stop to this baby killing. How stupid the pro-abortionists look.
It was reported that their "vigil" was for all the women who died from illegal abortions before Roe v. Wade.
They are truly psychotic.
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