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Botany

(70,553 posts)
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 12:44 PM Mar 2012

I just saw three MEN outside of a women's clinic having a "pray in" to save them babies

I know I shouldn't have but I slowed down, honked my horn, and gave
them the finger. I got a "God bless you," in return. I am sick to death
of the self appointed God warriors trying to inflict their values on the
rest of us. Look if their Jesus is real and acts according to what they
say then the aborted baby will go right up and get an extra comfy couch
in heaven and God will deal out the punishment that he deems is needed
to the other parties.

Freedom of religion also means that the rest of should be free of their
religion too.

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hlthe2b

(102,331 posts)
1. I'd love to see some one who could portray a very sincere stance.....
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 12:57 PM
Mar 2012

go up to them and "preach" their need to put the sincerity to the test and that the ONLY way they could do so is to donate a significant amount of money to a child welfare charity. Maybe have a "minister" in full collar along with them and most importantly, have someone with them with a news channel logo-camera "filming" and really really really squeeze the screws to put them on the spot.

I'd love to see how long it took them to determine they had other pressing business that would "call them away" from their little abusive picket line.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
3. My then 4 year old daughter gave it to one demonstrator
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 01:38 PM
Mar 2012

I was taking her to the dentist in the same building as PP. One old man came up to us. I suppose he didn't think WE were going into the clinic, so he patted my daughter on the head. With a big scowl on her face she grabbed his arm, pushed it away, and said very loudly for all the demonstrators to hear, "DON'T TOUCH ME!" Pricless. Then he tried to give me some of his literature which I refused to take with an, "I am a ProChoice Mother." We walked away, with him just standing there staring at us. Not a word did he say.



MH1

(17,600 posts)
7. They show that, when they vote for republicans who gut SCHIP and Head Start and other programs.
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:24 PM
Mar 2012

or in other words, they aren't very interested at all.

Tyrs WolfDaemon

(2,289 posts)
5. You could have stopped and started to pray openly
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 01:50 PM
Mar 2012

For their god to remove the demons from their (the men's) souls.

I saw a story some days ago where some Dioceses Chancellor said that the priests ought to go and pray the excorcism prayers at a clinic. (He didn't say they could do an Exorcism Rite, just read some of the prayers.)
My dad is a deacon in the Church and he and I thought that someone ought to openly do the same prayers for those protesting the clinic. I think it could be fun to do that to the picketers just to see their reactions.

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
6. We've counter protested many times. It's always mostly men.
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:22 PM
Mar 2012

I like to ask them which of the women they are trying to keep from entering the clinic is carrying their baby. Because unless they have impregnated one of them, they have no business telling those women what they can and can't do about their pregnancies.

MH1

(17,600 posts)
8. Even if they impregnated them, they have no business "telling" women what they can and can't do.
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:27 PM
Mar 2012

They can have input. They can express their wishes and feelings about it, and their willingness to commit to support.

But they DON'T get to "tell" her what to do.

If they didn't trust her judgment on these things, they never should have had sex with her.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
9. Of course it's men. They believe that women are property and that they get to control property.
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:36 PM
Mar 2012

They want to use the make believe of the Bible to impose their misogynistic views on the real lives of real women.

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)
11. they need to teach men to keep their dick in their pants
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 03:04 PM
Mar 2012

unless they are willing to accept any and all consequences.

Of course, it's really just all those sluts faults, I know. Men are so big an so powerful and women are so weak they need to be "protected", except that women can make men do anything and so therefore, all fault is women's.

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