Abortion protesters see hope in GOP gains

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/24/AR2011012406398.html

By Michelle Boorstein and Ben Pershing
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Thousands of bundled-up abortion opponents rallied Monday on the Mall, encouraged by recent federal and state GOP wins and hopeful about proposed measures that would further tighten bans on federal funding for abortions.

The Youth Rally and Mass for Life, hosted by the Archdiocese of Washington, marked the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Annual events tend to focus on mobilizing the young, and Catholic high schools, youth groups and colleges were out in force Monday in Washington.

For the first time, a morning Mass at Verizon Center was expanded to the D.C. Armory, where a parallel event was held. More than 27,000 young people attended the events, which began after dawn and included readings by youths in hooded sweat shirts and jeans, contemporary praise music and dozens of priests hearing confessions in the sports arena's dining area.

[mrcheerful]

1. And this year Santa is bringing me a little red wagon, I know because he promised me

he would 44 years ago when I sat on his lap at the K-Mart store.

[Sal Minella]

2. Guess I'm really dense.

I don't like make-up, and I don't wear any make-up, but I never feel compelled to picket the local drugstores that sell that crap, and I feel no desire to have laws enacted forbidding other people from buying it and using it if they want to.

Something must be wrong with me.
Maybe I have a bad case of "minding my own business?"

[katnapped]

4. Sounds like you're one of those

"Permissive leftists"...y'know one of those people responsible for the decay in society.

Archie Bunker said it, so it MUST be true!

[devilgrrl]

3. Keep dreaming - they just want your votes.

Hopefully you'll figure that out one of these days.