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Ban on the Display of Aborted Fetus Signs (Need help in Wisconsin, please FREEP this poll)
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| January 15, 2002
Posted on 01/15/2002 7:29:08 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus
MONROE, Wis. -- An abortion opponent who publicizes his protests with large scale pictures of aborted fetuses said he's ready to continue his fight against Monroe if the city adopts another sign ordinance.
The Common Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a second try at a sign ordinance.
The first one it adopted was declared unconstitutional after Pastor Ralph Ovadal (pictured last summer at a Mazomanie nude beach protest) and Christ the King Church challenged it.
The previous ordinance restricted the signs to 3 square feet, except for business signs.
Ovadal and his followers had taken their large signs to the city's business square where Planned Parenthood has an office.
City officials agreed to repeal the first ordinance and dismiss citations against Ovadal and his group to settle the federal lawsuit.
Ovadal says the new sign proposal is simply the old one dusted off.
Ovadal and other church members were cited earlier last year for placing literature on parked cars in Monroe that was critical of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin and for displaying signs in a grassy area along side Highway 69 in Monroe.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortionlist; prolife
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To: Ronaldus Magnus
Good point! An actual fetus in a jar in a museum would be sacred free speech to these same people who want to ban the posters.
ATTENTION.. "ARTISTS" EVERYWHERE..
We Have a new goal.. to put a fetus they destroyed on public display in every public venue imaginable.
Mr. FEDGOV may even pay you for it.. And even if they don't? It's the right thing to do.
Call it "education"
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posted on
01/15/2002 8:38:40 PM PST
by
Jhoffa_
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To: L.N. Smithee
The power of a photo of an aborted fetus is awesome. Nothing gets people more riled up, whether they are for abortion or not.
No kidding.. A Fellow Freeperette tried to get me banned over posting a pic in an abortion debate..
They can't handle the truth..
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posted on
01/15/2002 8:40:12 PM PST
by
Jhoffa_
To: Dog Gone
Thought-provoking though, isn't it.
It's a messy, terrible business, and as horrible as the photos are, I think they do some good by injecting reality into a much bandied-about, but deadly real subject.
To: Ronaldus Magnus
| Should Ovadal be able to protest abortion using large pictures of aborted fetuses? |
| Choice |
Votes |
Percent of 438 votes |
| Yes |
188 |
 43% |
| No |
250 |
57% |
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To: Jhoffa_
I guess those people must also be opposed to all that photographic documentation of the WWII concentration camps. Better to just forget and let it happen again then possibly offend anyone.
To: Cultural Jihad
Behold the power of FREEP!!! Thanks, it looks like we're getting there!
To: Brad's Gramma
Done. Thanks. =)
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posted on
01/15/2002 8:49:11 PM PST
by
JMJ333
To: Ronaldus Magnus
| Should Ovadal be able to protest abortion using large pictures of aborted fetuses? |
| Choice |
Votes |
Percent of 446 votes |
| Yes |
196 |
44% |
| No |
250 |
56% |
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To: Ronaldus Magnus
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posted on
01/15/2002 8:52:39 PM PST
by
Jhoffa_
To: Ronaldus Magnus
There's now a 51 vote difference....
To: Jhoffa_
| Should Ovadal be able to protest abortion using large pictures of aborted fetuses? |
| Choice |
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Percent of 457 votes |
| Yes |
206 |
45% |
| No |
251 |
55% |
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To: Brad's Gramma
| Should Ovadal be able to protest abortion using large pictures of aborted fetuses? |
| Choice |
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Percent of 461 votes |
| Yes |
210 |
46% |
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251 |
54% |
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To: Brad's Gramma;Cultural Jihad
We're closing in!
To: Cultural Jihad
Oh by all means let's vote on it.
Democracy kills millions after all.
L
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posted on
01/15/2002 9:04:30 PM PST
by
Lurker
To: Lurker
Democracy kills millions after all.
Democracy kills? Or sin kills? As a libertarian one would expect you'd just shrug and say "Do your own thang and it's all nobody's bidness."
"Ovadal and other church members were cited earlier last year for placing literature on parked cars in Monroe that was critical of Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin"How Awful!
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posted on
01/15/2002 9:08:24 PM PST
by
spunkets
To: Ronaldus Magnus
Pastor Ralph Ovadal
To: spunkets
| Should Ovadal be able to protest abortion using large pictures of aborted fetuses? |
| Choice |
Votes |
Percent of 479 votes |
| Yes |
228 |
48% |
| No |
251 |
52% |
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To: Cultural Jihad
Keep spreading the word....
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