Church members protest Planned Parenthood funding at Boehner’s local office

[sabra]

Source: middletown journal

WEST CHESTER TWP.— A man arrested during an illegal protest in Washington, D.C. outside Speaker John Boehner’s office, organized a small rally Monday morning at the congressman’s hometown office.

Five Clear Mountain Community Church members from Williamsburg, Ohio joined David Lewis, also of Williamsburg, for a brief demonstration to remind Boehner to hold fast on his stance against abortion.

“We will accept nothing less than 100 percent defunding of Planned Parenthood and child-killing in Obamacare,” said Lewis, a member of D.C.-based Operation Rescue/Insurrecta Nex. “We have already begun searching for a Republican to run against Mr. Boehner in a primary in 2012 should he fail in this sacred trust.”

Lewis was arrested with a group of five other protesters Feb. 23 after they linked arms to block the halls of Congress to draw attention to their cause. Congress was not in session that week and Boehner was not in his office.

“My concern is that so far, we’ve had empty rhetoric,” Lewis said. “The only way to hold his feet to the fire and to make him stand true to his promises is to hold demonstrations like this one.”

Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/church-members-protest-planned-parenthood-funding-at-boehners-local-office-1100396.html

[Dogmudgeon]

1. "... so far, we’ve had empty rhetoric"

Gee, who does THAT sound like?

--d!

[Plucketeer]

2. This fruitcake, Lewis,

and his five companion demonstrators - how many unwanted kids are they scheduled to adopt and raise? Or are they more worried about not having enough shrapnel-absorbers when the Crusades start up?

[roguevalley]

7. its always stupid acting men

[Gemini Cat]

10. ...and an equal amount of women

who are anti choice as well.
Both are just as stupid acting as the other.

[roguevalley]

11. yes, but since men can't face the problem themselves they are worse

to me.

[bluestateguy]

3. How exactly does Obama's health care bill fund abortions in any way?

There is the Nelson amendment, the Hyde Amendment and the executive order which all preclude funding of abortion.

Where do they come up with this concoction that abortion is being funded?

[defendandprotect]

4. "Who ever said religion is good for mental health?"

[Iliyah]

5. Its time for

religous institutions to start paying taxes. I mean they are all in the governments business.

[defendandprotect]

12. Exactly ... a church, it's surrounding property and its soup kitchens should be exempt ...

but that's all -- !!

These churches should not be tax exempt for their real estate holdings --

most of it on the books at original assessed values! -- and/or their stock

portfolios!!

On and on --

PLUS, remember that W began subsidizing their "faith-based" orgs -- haven't

seen the figures on that recently -- but huge numbers -- and Obama increased them!!

Coincidental that W came thru with this money just when the Vatican needed it so

desperately to pay off their pedophile priest lawsuits?

[IcyPeas]

6. "pro life" groups donate tons of money to...

the republican party regarding this issue. I bet half of the republicans don't really give a hoot about abortion one way or the other, but if they are going to get large donations from christian groups and operation rescue type groups they will say they are pro-life and abortion should be made illegal. the more they say that, the more money they will receive. It's just a money making issue for them. (this is what I believe anyway)

[hayu_lol]

8. This is another 'Operation Rescue' organization...

you know...the outfit that trains shooters to take out doctors...and gets away with it time after time.

[defendandprotect]

13. Well, we might look at it ....

a little differently -- i.e., as the GOPs/"pro-lifers" --

evidently the pro-lifers were going to Methadone clinics and hiring patients

there to protest at the clinics.

The GOP also gave start up funding for the Christian Coalition in the 1980's --

in response to the youth revolution* -- which was a huge assault on authority!

I'd also say it's the GOPs/NRA -- the NRA agenda was distored and politicized and

they were used to target liberals and moderates in both Dem and Repug party!!



*

"I realized that in this country we had a revolution--of housing, food, hair style, clothing, cosmetics, transportation, value systems, religion--it was an economic revolution, affecting the cosmetics industry, canned foods, the use of land; people were delivering their own babies, recycling old clothes, withdrawing from spectator sports. They were breaking the barriers where white and black could rap in 1967. This was the year of the Beatles, the summer of Sergeant Pepper, the Monterey Pop Festival, Haight-Ashbury, make your own candle and turn off the electricity, turn on with your friends and laugh--that's what life was all about."

http://maebrussell.com/Mae%20Brussell%20Articles/Ballad%20of%20Mae%20Brussell.html


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Right Wing Koch Bros financed the DLC --

http://www.democrats.com/node/7789

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x498414




Patriarchy -- and its underpinning =

Organized Patriarchal Religion -- and it's economic invention =

Capitalism =

The Unholy Trinity

[rucky]

9. and this makes the paper, because...?