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Posted on 01/24/2011 11:39:27 AM PST by GonzoII
As marchers gather in Washington, D.C., for the March for Life today, Jan. 24, pro-lifers across the country have been gathering for days.
On Saturday, Jan. 22, in downtown San Francisco, Walk for Life West Coast broke another record: More than 40,000 people gathered to hear pro-life speakers, pray and stand united for an end to abortion.
The seventh-annual walk took place on the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
“We are here to break the bondage of the culture of death,” Walk for Life co-founder and co-chair Dolores Meehan told the crowd.
Meehan said the crowd estimate was conservative. “It was closer to 50,000,” she said. “What was so amazing is the police said they had never seen that many people in Justin Herman Plaza for any event before this one.”
Meehan described the day as “wonderful.” The number of powerful speakers included Mary Poirer, Abby Johnson and Brian Walker.
“Nothing is too big for God to forgive,” said Poirer, a Catholic who told of her three abortions.
“You are the new generation of the pro-life movement, and I can tell you Planned Parenthood is shaking in their boots,” said former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson.
Walker spoke of supporting his wife-to-be’s abortion, telling the crowd there was a male in the house but there was not a man in the house. He challenged men to “man up.”
“It was so great to have a man talking to men,” said Meehan, noting this was the first time the walk included this kind of male-oriented talk.
She described how the people then walked in an unbroken line from the downtown plaza over two miles to Marina Green in sight of Golden Gate Bridge.
As the route stretched along the waterfront, Meehan said it was a heartwarming surprise to see
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Ping!
Please note the insignia on the Holy Trinity banner. Looks like mostly young women in that crowd too.
KofC!
Takes a lot of courage to walk into those crowds.
If leftists can kill a fully developed infant without batting an eyelash, it wouldn’t be too hard for them to set a bomb off or loose a gunman amongst their arch enemies.
and they are gorgeous too. Let’s hope they also know enough to abstain for a while.
I think there is a large segment of the upcoming generation that has chose life, is choosing to remain pure and not putting marriage off until they are 30. More young christians families are letting God determine family size not the world.
I saw a group of prolife citizens with signs at the entrance to the compound housing PP here in Eureka Ca this morning. I never thought to take a photo...
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life,
And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters.
I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion,
Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death
by the Resurrection of Your Son.
I am ready to do my part in ending abortion.
Today I commit myself
Never to be silent,
Never to be passive,
Never to be forgetful of the unborn.
I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement,
And never to stop defending life
Until all my brothers and sisters are protected,
And our nation once again becomes
A nation with liberty and justice
Not just for some, but for all.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen!
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