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If the "puncher" only objected to the camera on principle and was not himself being filmed or had no wife/girlfriend being filmed, then I agree he should be charged with assault.

On the other hand, if the protester was filming the puncher and/or his wife/girlfriend then the protester pretty much got what he was asking for. While I may not agree with the path the couple is choosing, I realize it is an extremely emotional decision and if a protester wants to stick his face into that situation, he takes his chances.

I also don't agree with people who beat the crap out of flag burners, but I certainly would understand a Veteran letting his emotions get the better of him and taking a swing or two. Burning a flag is just as legal as getting an abortion, you tell me what the LEGAL difference is (the Courts hear LEGAL arguements, not moral or Biblical ones).

Videotaping people and getting in their face with Scripture may deter a few abortions, but in the long run, I believe it hurts the overall cause.

To use your Wellstone analogy in a different way, it "pumped up" the blindly partisan, but overall it turned off the hearts and minds of the rest so much they wouldn't remember anything else come Election Day.

Photos like the "baby in hand" along with educating people (in a non-confrontational way)work a lot better than shoving post abortion photos in peoples faces.

Like it or not, abortion on demand is currently the law of the land and the only way to change that is via the courts. The confrontational tactics of some, I believe hurt us on this front.

Flame Away!!!!!!!!

The article says the guy just came out to smoke a cigarette - didn't say what he was doing there, or if anyone else was even with him. That's what made me think he was a hired goon.
But even if he (or his girl) was being filmed, - if you took my picture as I was coming out of the grocery store, would I have a right to physically assault you?
Pro-lifers being assaulted and abused is not a rare thing - it's pretty common.
Ask anyone who spends time there. Garden hoses turned on them, verbal abuse, things thrown at them - it's all pretty common.
But like Ann Coulter says, this past election seemed like God was giving America one last chance - we can turn back toward him, or wind up like the ancient Hebrews...