Posted on 01/16/2009 4:37:37 PM PST by wagglebee
The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department has forbidden a pro-life gathering and chalk display during Inauguration Week – and now the group is fighting back with a lawsuit against the District of Columbia.
Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, said the department is banning the event because of its message.
"For over 16 years, law enforcement officials have given permission to the Christian Defense Coalition to use public 'sidewalk chalking' as a part of their demonstrations and vigils in the nation's capitol. The City of Washington, D.C., has also allowed numerous public 'chalk art displays' throughout the city," he said in a statement. "It is therefore most troubling that for the first time the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department is banning this practice when it involves a pro-life display in front of the White House."
Thursday, Jan. 22, marks the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Since 1974, pro-life activists have gathered in Washington, D.C., each year to protest the decision and call attention to millions of lives lost.
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No doubt the German people believed this in the early 1930s. Probably the Russians in 1917. Look what "change" got them.
But, you know, at least Hitler made the trains run on time, and Lenin had the Romanovs killed. That was "change" everyone could believe in, too (except the millions who died at the hands of "change").
Father God, come against those who persecute your children who are standing up for LIFE against those who purport abortion. Protect them. Give them a loud voice with your message that none can escape, and cause it to be heard in a fashion that cannot be stopped. In Jesus Name AmEN.
the “where” wasn’t a dumb blonde question....is it only part of DC that is under that restriction or the whole place?
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