Pro-Life Action League has just issued an email alert it has received permits to protest in South Bend. Although they weren't really needed according to the Constitution, they'll save hassles. I previously posted the planned protest route.
Buses will leave from 3 locations May 17:
NORTH SIDE CHICAGO: Departs League Chicago Office, 6160 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, 7a CST SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO: Departs St. Thomas More Church, 2825 W 81st St, Chicago, 7a CST WESTERN SUBURBS: Departs from Aurora Central High School, 1255 N Edgelawn Dr, Aurora, 6:30a CST...
You must register to ride one of the buses. Cost is $20 and includes lunch. Register here.
If you drive on your own, you can park at St Joe High School, 1441 N. Michigan Street, South Bend, IN. Here's a map:
The protest will include 2 phases:
1. Will begin in South Bend with a Face the Truth Tour off campus along Michigan St. and Angela Blvd., the main route into ND, 10:30a to 1p EST.
2. During the commencement ceremony itself, protesters will put signs away and join prayer vigil on campus from 2-3p EST
Buses will be on the road back to Chicagoland by 4p EST and should return to their points of origin by 5p CST.
PLAL needs financial help to cover the cost of the buses beyond the registration fees, which are cheap, and hundreds of protest signs.
And don't forget PLAL is sponsoring 2 billboards on the IN toll road on either side of ND. Donate generously here.
[First 2 photos courtesy of Seattle Catholic; 3rd photo courtesy of Beacon News
Comments:
What will you do if the Secret Service arrest people?
What will you do if Napalitano calls this a terrorist attack?
It is a splendid Idea and the MSM are already insensed.
Posted by: xppc at May 1, 2009 4:33 PMxppc, their already trying to paint this as a "violent" threat.
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4653.shtml
This is going to be huge. I think it's safe to say the most radical pro abort President ever has really energized the pro life movement. Especially speaking at a Catholic university. Even Bill Clinton had more respect for the Catholic faith.
Posted by: Joanne at May 1, 2009 4:37 PMWhat is worrying to some federal law enforcement and emergency preparedness officials is the violent groups that will be present both within South Bend and on the campus of Notre Dame during the president’s address to graduating students. And these groups are being egged on by well-financed conservative groups, including the Cardinal Newman Society and Brent Bozell’s Media Research Center. However, the real fear of federal security agencies is the rhetoric being voiced by professional troublemaker Randall Terry and perennial political candidate Alan Keyes. Terry and Keyes are both right-wing Catholics.
xppc, their already trying to paint this as a "violent" threat.
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4653.shtml
Posted by: Lauren at May 1, 2009 4:36 PM
what a hoot. Obama caused chicago to toss 3 million dollars into security and clean up for his crowning and Victory festival.
The violent lable is how they lie about Christians.
Yeah, Janet N is probably compiling a list of us "terrorists" who post on the internet so she can put us all in the slammer. They are coming up with more and more ways to spend some of that bailout money.
Posted by: Anonymous at May 1, 2009 5:07 PMLoathe as I am to rain on your mutilated fetus parade, if using signs to offend, annoy and anger were effective in gaining support, Fred "God hates fags" Phelps would have thousands of followers disrupting military funerals, not just his rag-tag family of two dozen inbred imbeciles.
Ironically, my anti abortion friends and family are more annoyed than I at your tactics, since it makes all opponents of abortion look like fools.
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I wish I could be there!! Weren't the trolls upset that we were going to disrupt the commencement ceremony? See #2.
By the way, the baby in the ABORTION photos above is named Malachi. He was found in a jar by Rhonda Mackey. Her daughter was instrumental in bringing Norma McCorvey(the Roe of Roe V Wade)to a saving faith.
Rhonda found the baby in a jar in an abortion clinic freezer, with the bodies of many other babies. Malachi was 21 weeks old when he was killed by the abortionist.
The name Malachi means "God's messenger." From the book of Malachi-
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. Malachi4:6
All the above from the book, Won by Love by Norma McCorvey.
Posted by: Carla at May 2, 2009 8:04 AMBystander 6:52am
Just what is it about these signs that bothers you so much? You certainly make an issue over something that you consider so ineffective.
Get real Bystander. The issue boils down to one thing: who's ox is getting gored? Protest and pictures are fine so long as they support causes of you folks on the left.
BTW, I remember pics of the Vietnam War displayed by Vietnam War protesters where Presidents Johnson and Nixon publically spoke.
Oh, and please tell those Hollywood Hobnobs and other lefties that pics of genocide victims in Darfur aren't very pleasant to look at either. I'm certain those are all fake anyway.
Good Morning Carla 8:04am
Don't frustrate yourself with the likes of Bystander. Just as you will get nowhere arguing with a Holocaust denier or staunch racist, you will get nowhere with people who simply prefer to stick their heads in the sand and believe what they want.
As I pointed out in my previous post, I prefer to believe the pics in Darfur are fake, soooooo, they must be.
Posted by: Mary at May 2, 2009 8:25 AMGood morning, Mary!! :)
As always your post are spot on and a breath of fresh air to read!!
The outrage is always directed at those who hold the signs and not at the abortionists who tore up the babies who are depicted.
Posted by: Carla at May 2, 2009 8:38 AM
Thank you Carla. Always nice to see you. Its a beautiful day here so I have NO excuse not to get off my tail and take a much needed long walk and hopefully get something accomplished. I get very addicted to this blog, sometimes resulting in a little excess "secretary spread", if you catch my drift.
I have no idea what you are talking about, Mary. ha
Posted by: Carla at May 2, 2009 9:05 AMThank you PLAL...donation made
Posted by: Jasper at May 2, 2009 11:37 AMPosted by: Farslowe at May 3, 2009 12:34 PM
"The President will speak to an adoring and enraptured student body."
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I suggest they hand out 'palm branches' to the graduates who are devotees of pbho and instruct them how to sing 'hosannas'.
At the end of the ceremony, instead of throwing their caps into the air, the pbho sycophants should cast their crowns at his feet.
yor bro ken
Posted by: kbhvac at May 3, 2009 1:18 PMKen 1:18PM
Sing "Hosannas"? Shouldn't it be "Obamas"?
Posted by: Mary at May 3, 2009 1:30 PMThis is a fascinating time to watch the catholic church and its monarchy deal with all these issues.
It's mind boggling that the pope had to be granted immunity by George W. Bush, so he could escape prosecution for his roll in the pedophile cover up.
So many little cracks showing. It reminds me of Enron, just before the deluge.
So, pro-deathers don't LIKE our pictures? Well, neither do pro-lifers, so rid the USA of legalized abortion and we shall put them away! It's all so simple. Mary, I agree with Carla. Great posts!!
Posted by: heather at May 3, 2009 6:40 PMAnonymous at 5:07 was me. May 17 may be a day of big changes, and Obama promised us changes, didn't he?
Posted by: Doyle Chadwick at May 3, 2009 7:46 PMMary, the rise in blood pressure of the proaborts is the best measure of the success of our tactics. IOW, the angrier they get, the more good we are doing.
Posted by: Doyle Chadwick at May 3, 2009 7:48 PMDoyle,
You haven't been paying attention if you think we "proaborts" are angry. Quite the contrary.
Your antics have provided a great deal of entertainment. Flying nutters dragging pictures of mutilated fetuses through the sky is absurdly humorous.
You folks are a modern day version of The Flat Earth Society. Don't let up on our account. Your zany protests bring a bit of color to an otherwise boring subject.
"Your antics have provided a great deal of entertainment"
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Farslowe,
..then you're gonna "love" what's gonna happen on the 17th and every month thereafter...and in more cities nationwide...stick around, you could die laughing, though.
Posted by: RSD at May 4, 2009 11:55 AMRSD,
Looking forward to your show on the 17th, and all subsequent episodes of the flat earth/"pro life" sitcom.
You guys make Monty Python look like a bunch of pikers !
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
