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Could someone do me a favor and post the crowd pic that goes with this article? Thanks!
Oh... and Thank you, Boston!!!
Edited to add link: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/08/patrick-rallies-hundreds-gathered-city-hall-plaza-oppose-high-court-decisions-women-issues/QEsTzk28rJRObzH1skg1UO/story.html
The Boston Globe
Hundreds rally to support womens rights
By Jeremy C. Fox | Globe Correspondent July 09, 2014
Governor Deval Patrick told an energized crowd rallying in support of access to contraception and abortion Tuesday to not be discouraged by recent US Supreme Court rulings.
Youve got a Legislature, legislative leadership, and a governor who want to make this right, Patrick told hundreds assembled at City Hall Plaza. Come make a claim on your government and tell your stories, above all, because we have to build the record that will sustain the legislation I believe we can move and get enacted before the session ends at the end of this month.
Cheers rose from the plaza, where the crowd had gathered to voice outrage at recent rulings that struck down a Massachusetts law banning protesters within 35 feet of abortion clinics and that approved of a religious exemption to the federal requirement that employers cover contraception in insurance plans.
Patrick and state Attorney General Martha Coakley, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed him, have called for new legislation to crack down on harassment and obstruction outside abortion clinics.... MORE at link posted above.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)...and the link.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)My apologies about the missing link. Will fix the OP.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)We're just wasting our time.
William769
(55,147 posts)Sweet Freedom
(3,995 posts)Good to see that one gone.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Although I though Supreme Court decisions were settled law. I remember the Conservatives crying about ACA with the Supreme Court and were pissed with Roberts especially and he said, "Too bad, settled law".
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... millions rallying, but we'll never know about it, because the MSM won't tell us. I do know that many women are protesting near HL stores. Did you see the thread in the past few days with all the links to those protests? If not, I will try to find it for you.
William769
(55,147 posts)What I meant was a March on Washington. couldn't hurt and I would be happy to join that march.
... I see. I looked for that thread I mentioned and it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. Yes, I do agree that there should be large protests with rally and marches. And I believe there will be. I hope the theme song is Katie Perry's Roar! Can you hear hundreds of thousand of women marching down the street singing that song??? I can. And I'll be one of them!
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)There are more major protests planned for this weekend and the information can be found in my thread.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)And I would be dancing to their singing.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)Lots and lots of dancers.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Seriously. You have to come through now.
pamela
(3,469 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)pamela
(3,469 posts)Hope to see you there!
genwah
(574 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)... including the ACLU of Massachusetts, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts and WORD (Women Organized to Resist and Defend). Take your pick -- they could all use a contribution!
genwah
(574 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Actual real world political action.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)We've been kicked in the teeth by the Teapartiers, the Repukes and religious zealots for far too long. Time to STAND UP and FIGHT BACK!
ananda
(28,859 posts)... because?
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)I was out there.
sheshe2
(83,757 posts)I searched everywhere yesterday for some coverage of the event. Watched the news on Tuesday also, I saw zip!
I wasn't able to get there.
GOTV 2014~
Coakley for Governor of Massachusetts.
Thanks~ theHandpuppet
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)I posted another article about the Boston protest at the Womens Rights & Issues Group.
sheshe2
(83,757 posts)Thanks!