Posted on 01/20/2015 5:22:21 PM PST by Morgana
About 1,000 opponents of abortion rallied under damp skies in downtown Portland Sunday and heard from a keynote speaker whose appearance reflected the city's hipster vibe.
Bryan Kemper, who once lived in Portland, sported elaborate arm tattoos, ear piercings and a faded T-shirt as he addressed the crowd marking the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision establishing abortion rights.
While he was soft-spoken in conversation, there was nothing laid back about Kemper's rhetoric at the Pioneer Courthouse Square rally organized by Oregon Right to Life.
He criticized Christian churches that don't do enough to fight abortion and described the practice as a "modern Auschwitz."
"We cannot hand this holocaust down to the next generation," said Kemper, who widely lectures on abortion and has founded such groups as Rock for Life and Stand True Pro-Life Outreach.
Having once aspired to be a punk rocker, Kemper said he's never been one to soft-pedal his beliefs.
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Portland is a very interesting place ...
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Our Knights of Columbus members attended. I don’t know for sure how many.
I’ve gone in a previous year.
A younger friend described how some peers were adamantly pro-life with no religious context at all. They were “unchurched”, but disgusted by the concept of abortion.
The Pacific northwest has a large number of “unchurched” young people.
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