Posted on 02/20/2008 4:08:20 PM PST by wagglebee
Denver, CO (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life advocates met with Denver officials on Wednesday to secure the permits necessary to protest abortion at this summer's Democratic convention. The Christian Defense Coalition and a pro-life youth group called Survivors said they want permits soon so they can begin planning or they will consider filing a lawsuit against officials.
The groups are concerned that Denver authorities have removed 14 downtown city parks from the list of public venues in which groups may peacefully assemble.
Thus far, city officials have refused to accept applications from the pro-life groups seeking to conduct peaceful First Amendment activities at these parks.
They initially submitted applications for permits in November and have yet to hear any response after four months.
If the groups cannot reach an agreement with the City of Denver at this meeting, they will file a federal lawsuit early Thursday morning.
"The Democratic National Convention should be a time of celebrating free speech and the First Amendment rights, not crushing them," Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, the head of the Christian Defense Coalition, told LifeNews.com.
One of the events the groups have planned is to gather 1,500 people to surround the Pepsi Center, the site of the convention, with prayer for the Democratic Party to end abortion. Activists will leave roses on the ground as a reminder to stop abortions.
Danielle Versluys, a Survivors spokeswoman, told LifeNews.com that her group wants to take the lead in defending free speech rights for those attending the Democratic convention.
"Peaceful prayer and witness in the public square are essential to our fight for justice in America, and we cannot let our rights be trampled at the expense of the children scheduled to die from abortion," she said.
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God bless them...they will be taking their very lives into their hands by standing up to that mob...and may God’s Hand watch over them.
You know, right or wrong, conservative or liberal . . . I just truly despise protesters that are where they aren’t welcome.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Excellent
I didn’t say they didn’t have a right to demonstrate. Just said they get on my nerves.
The authorities certainly did not want us at the headgates of the irrigation canal in Klamath, OR...but we viewed the conditions as intolerable and so we took the risk, and ended up making a difference.
Really though, do you think pro-lifers demonstrating at the DNC . . . or pro-choicers demonstrating at the RNC . . . are really going to change anyone’s opinions on the subject? Highly unlikely.
If they were welcome, would they be protesters?
Good luck to them, fighting for a worthwhile cause.
Get it(permit) now after they are elected, AND THEY WILL BE ELECTED, America will CHANGE..
Obama is correct he wants to “change” MANY THINGS..
Saul Alinsky... HILLARYS MENTOR
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39a1bb090251.htm
Antonio Gramsci... another of Hillarys mentors
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a4c610569be.htm
Frank Marshall Davis... Obamas mentor
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2008-02-20&ID=228129
How about a truthful yet sarcastic sign:
DNC: you would have more voters if you hadn’t killed them all
Having said that, it is unlikely that any of the Dems will change...but you never know. It is however more likely that others, seeing the protests through various media outlets and how they are treated for trying to protect the most innocent amongst us, could well be touched and influenced.
My parents always taught me that you catch more flies with honey.
Translation, pro-life groups need to look like they are intelligent and caring . . . and not a bunch of wackos.
But there is also a time and a season for this. I will not pre-judge their protests although I fear the reaction from the other side much more.
It is much more likely that the real whackos will be those who smear, antagonize, and assault these protesters than the other way around...much more likely.
Sad to say, both sides of this debate have more than their fair share of wackos.
What’s “sad to say” is how thoroughly wrong and misinformed about that.
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