Anti-abortion protesters target clinic’s landlord outside child’s Md. school

[alp227]

Source: The Washington Post

Antiabortion activists who have sought for months to shut down a Germantown clinic picketed its landlord outside a Montgomery County middle school where his daughter is a student, school and police officials said Monday.

A small group of protesters stood outside Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville on Thursday, holding signs and a banner, during back-to-school night, officials said.

The student’s father, who did not want to be named to protect the safety of his daughter, a sixth-grader at the school, said he saw the five protesters when he went to the school event.

Some held a large banner that showed his photo, his full name, his phone number and the words “Please STOP the Child Killing.” Others held posters showing aborted fetuses.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/anti-abortion-protesters-target-clinics-landlord-outside-childs-md-school/2011/09/12/gIQAn8z2NK_story.html

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This i posted on the wash. post facebook: "I disagree with the message, but I believe that free speech is for everyone, even reactionary radicals like them. BUT...this seems to me more like harassment than free expression. The abortion clinic owner's occupation has nothing to do with his child."

[SoapBox]

1. Amazing...

They love the fetus...but will use children as a puppet, to get what they want.

Not much different between these Terrorists and Terrorists in other parts of the world, that use children.

Sick.

[hamsterjill]

12. +1

n/t

[musette_sf]

2. Harassment, and stalking by proxy.

That wasn't "free speech", that was harassment, and stalking by proxy (stalking a MINOR!), which in a civilized society would be grounds for a strenuous protective order against these "protestors", and jail time for any violations of said order.

These vicious weasels will stop at NOTHING to attempt to impress their Dominionistic evil upon the citizenry. We already know that they will stop at NOTHING: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence

[LiberalEsto]

3. Counter-protesters should go to THEIR kids' schools

their churches, their homes, etc.

I would not at ALL be surprised if some of these protesters supported letting that 30-year-old die -- the one mentioned in the repuke candidates' debate.

[hifiguy]

4. It is hard to imagine people

more mentally effed up than those "protestors" without watching a Repuke debate, but yes, they do exist.

[booley]

5. so to protect children

.. these guys will stalk and harass children.

Well I guess that makes sense.

:sarcasm:

[separationcs]

6. Change Language

We need to change this to "Anti Choice". The way the religious nuts can brand an issue is genius. Makes us sound like baby eating monsters. Pro Choice & Anti Choice needs to be the labels for the sides.

[alp227]

7. VERY true! Welcome to DU! n/t

[Raine]

10. TOTALLY agree, it's important to not let them define issues with their names

we need to control the language and not let them.

[DesertFlower]

8. they have nothing better to do with their time?

[Heywood J]

9. I hope he's able to talk to a lawyer about a restraining order or something.

I thought I'd seen low before, but that's even lower.

Jack Ames, director of a regional antiabortion group called Defend Life, said his group organized the protest at the school because it was a “very good public venue.”

Now we have a name and a group name to go with this dope.

[Blue_Tires]

11. I think the landlord will want to invest in a firearm safety and marksmanship class

better safe than sorry