Hi Guys,

This is an interesting article about a Pro-Life demo that is being organized to

counter out Abortion Rights March on April 25. Infuriating!

Mary





RightMarch Plans Counter-Protest Rally Against Liberal March in DC

>

> By Jimmy Moore

> Talon News

> February 11, 2004

>

> A conservative political action group is planning "the biggest

> counter-protest in history" in April to combat a liberal rally planned

> for Washington, DC on April 25, 2004.

>

> RightMarch, which has led the fight against leftist groups like

> MoveOn.org and International ANSWER over the past year, has organized

> a conservative rally on April 23-25 in the capital of the United

> States.

> Their rally will coincide with a planned event by a group of the

> nation's most "radical left-wing groups" on April 25, including the

> American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for the Separation of

> Church and State, the Democratic Socialists of America, Democrats.com,

> the Feminist Caucus of the American Humanist Association/Freedom From

> Religion Foundation, Feminist Majority, the Feminist Peace Network,

> and the Hillary Rodham Clinton Support Network.

>

> Other groups participating in the liberal rally include the

> International Socialist Organization, MS. Magazine, NARAL, the

> National Education Association, the National Gay and Lesbian Task

> Force, New Yorkers Say No To War, the National Organization for Women

> (NOW), Planned Parenthood Federation of America, People for the

> American Way, Progressive Majority, Refuse & Resist, Secular Coalition

> for America, Socialist Alternative, and the Young Democratic

> Socialists.

>

> RightMarch said they will be ready for the "tens of thousands of

> radical liberals" who have organized a march from the Lincoln Memorial

> to the National Mall because of a "critical mistake" made by the

> organizers of the liberal event.

> "They failed to secure the sidewalks midpoint along their parade

> route, and we now have a permit for eight blocks of sidewalk on either

> side of Pennsylvania Avenue, from 15th Street to 7th!" RightMarch

> boasts in an e-mail to supporters.

>

> Dubbing the event by the left-wing groups the "March of the Radical

> Leftists," RightMarch says it is thrilled that the liberals "will have

> to pass through eight blocks of peaceful, hard-working, patriotic

> Americans holding up various signs and banners promoting conservative

> values and denouncing all that these socialists hold dear."

> Calling their counter-protest "Operation Witness," RightMarch says,

> "It will be a powerful witness for Truth!"

> Estimating the cost of conducting the counter-protest to run in the

> hundreds of thousands of dollars, RightMarch is asking for people who

> share their concern about these liberal groups to join them.

>

> "We are devoting extensive time, resources and energy to ensuring that

> the 'March of the Radical Leftists' is a public relations disaster for

> them, and a complete success for our conservative cause," RightMarch

> writes in the e-mail. "We must witness for the Truth."

>

> RightMarch admits this will be a daunting challenge for the

> conservative political action group, but they are ready to give

> conservatives an opportunity to "confront the legions of

> 'hate-America' liberalism."

> "[T]he time has come for the 'silent majority' to speak up loud and

> clear, and to let these out-of-touch whackos know that we will no

> longer sit idly by while they occupy our streets carrying signs

> comparing President Bush to Hitler or some other such nonsense," the

> e-mail exclaims.

>

> Pooling their efforts with the Society for Truth and Justice,

> RightMarch says they believe they will be ready to have plenty of

> "patriotic Americans taking a stand for what's right."

>

> "This battle, at this moment in our history matters," the e-mail

> contends.

>

> Describing this as a literal battle that will "inspire our troops" and

> "demoralize theirs," RightMarch believes the battle between liberalism

> and conservatism is as contentious as it has ever been in the United

> States.

> "Operation Witness" will include food, a music concert and training

> sessions for getting active in your local community on Friday night.

>

> On Saturday, the participants will have the opportunity to engage in

> "peaceful, legal demonstrations at local abortion clinics" during the

> day followed by a worship service at night.

>

> Then on Sunday, described as "the big day," there will be a prayer

> service on the Mall followed by lining up along the parade route where

> the liberal march will pass by.

>

> "We will stand as witnesses against the forces of liberalism and

> socialism, closing with a farewell service at 5:00 pm," the e-mail

> explains.

>

> More information on RightMarch counter-protest, can be found on the

> "Operation Witness" website.

> Brendan O'Neill

> ACERCA campaigner

>

> ASEJ

> Action for Social and Ecological Justice

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>

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