{"id":2081,"date":"2016-01-23T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T16:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:51:19","slug":"at-fridays-march-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2081","title":{"rendered":"At Friday&#8217;s March for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bus was cancelled, so a few of us drove down. The weather was really not a&nbsp; problem; started snowing after one o&#8217;clock &amp; didn&#8217;t affect the drive back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The numbers were MUCH lower &#8211; probably 20-25,000, a quarter of the #&#8217;s for the last few years. The weather.&nbsp; Media coverage -. Nothing on the CNN youtube channel&nbsp; and a two minute video on the FOX youtube channel. Here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2016\/01\/22\/the-march-for-life-the-nations-largest-annual-anti-abortion-rally-draws-a-smaller-crowd-as-blizzard-approaches\/\">Washington Post coverage<\/a> which was decent, as they usually are.&nbsp; The NY Times website had a tiny article in which they said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/winter-storm-jonas\/hundreds-brave-snow-at-march-for-life-in-washington\/\">&#8220;hundreds&#8221;<\/a> marched (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>UPDATE<\/strong><\/span>: Rooftop video is<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/msYQKZZ8gxY\"> here<\/a>. So much for the NY Times &#8220;hundreds marched&#8221;<\/em>). Hahahahaha. What they should have said was &#8220;hundreds from Miami marched&#8221; since there were several hundred from high schools in Miami, who&#8217;d come up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 pictures + one on steps of Supreme Court. You can see how the weather changed over a period of about 2 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rally<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb08b083f6970d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13536\" title=\"P1080276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb08b083f6970d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb08b083f6970d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb08b08407970d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13535\" title=\"P1080275\" 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https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d195c6df970c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c80bb5d0970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13522\" title=\"P1080385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c80bb5d0970b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c80bb5d0970b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c80bb5dd970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13521\" title=\"P1080392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c80bb5dd970b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b7c80bb5dd970b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a couple of dozen pro-abortion counter-protesters. The man&#8217;s t shirt says &#8220;Abortion on Demand &amp; Without Apology&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb08b085a3970d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13520\" title=\"P1080396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb08b085a3970d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb08b085a3970d-500wi-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the steps of the Supreme Court, women from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silentnomoreawareness.org\/\">Silent No More<\/a>, speaking &#8211; very emotional, as always<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d195c73c970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13519\" title=\"P1080412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d195c73c970c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d195c73c970c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The bus was cancelled, so a few of us drove down. 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