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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit - You Wanna Keep Harassing Women at Clinics? Then Let's Play [View all]mnhtnbb
(31,418 posts)Operation Rescue (out of Omaha) for some time was picketing the Westminster
Presbyterian Church on Sheridan Blvd in Lincoln on Sundays because the local MD who did abortions
in Omaha and Lincoln was a deacon at the church. It was truly obnoxious.
They had their giant sized posters of aborted fetuses and everything.
So, one Sunday, I went out and took it to the group. I brought my Bible and read
them Numbers 5:11-31 ( a ritual that results in abortion induced by a potion
given by a priest) and the leader of the group told everyone not to listen to me, because
I was Satan! It really was a hoot. I walked around the sidewalks, trying to engage some
of the women protesters in conversation, and NOT a one of them would speak to me.
Eventually, someone from the church came out and advised me that I had to be careful, or I
might get arrested. Gee, ya' think? What ever happened to free speech?
At the time we belonged to a different church in town--more liberal--and I went to the
the senior minister and suggested that we all come out and form a line around these people---
take the service to the sidewalks, and basically overwhelm them. Couldn't get either my church
or the one being picketed to bite.
I couldn't believe how passive they were willing to be in the face of these obnoxious people.
So, I don't hold out much hope for The Rude One's suggestion.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_prot.htm