Hundreds gather outside Supreme Court for colorful, civil, SB 1070 protests

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
By Victoria Pelham
Cronkite News

WASHINGTON – Pedro Lopez drove more than 41 hours from Phoenix to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he took part in a 48-hour prayer vigil this week asking God to strike down Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law.

The 19-year-old was one of hundreds of singing, chanting – but mostly civil – demonstrators who gathered Wednesday in front of the high court to make their voices heard as the justices weighed arguments on the law.

“We’re here today to send a message,” said Lopez, one of 12 members from the faith-based group Promise Arizona who showed up for Wednesday’s hearing. He said the law has had a real and damaging impact on his community.

On the other side of the plaza in front of the court, SB 1070 supporter JoAnn Abbott, 53, said she came out “to support fairness.”

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1. Kicking because I missed this yesterday.

I've been told that there are not enough faith based groups speaking out against bigotry and hate, so I think it's important that we highlight it when it does happen