{"id":3991,"date":"2008-01-23T22:13:57","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T22:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:37:13","slug":"march-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3991","title":{"rendered":"March for Life yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we always do (exception: when I&#8217;m hospitalized for chemotherapy! Then it&#8217;s a threesome.) the four of us were at the March in Washington yesterday. Helped to organize two buses with 89 participants; about half were Jr high school or high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe took this picture looking back down Constitution Ave, where the Avenue rises. A proverbial &#8220;sea of people&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/const_ave_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14252\" title=\"Const_ave_crop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/const_ave_crop.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/const_ave_crop-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/01\/23\/march_for_life_12308_069.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a website with information on the coverage in the local Gannett <strong>Journal News<\/strong>, <strong>Washington Post<\/strong>, and non-coverage by the <strong>NY Times<\/strong>. I thought the Journal News and WaPo coverage was very fair; however the best the NYT &#8220;paper of record&#8221; could do was put an Associated Press report up on their website. Amazing. Tens of thousands of people rally in Washington, and no coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hvcljournal.typepad.com\/lifenet\/2008\/01\/journal-news-co.html\"><strong>LifeNet: Journal News and Washington Post coverage of the March for Life<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are two last pictures: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The banner that leads the March up Constitution Ave and to the Supreme Court<\/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\/2008\/01\/march_for_life_12308_025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14251\" title=\"March_for_life_12308_025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/march_for_life_12308_025.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/march_for_life_12308_025-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the mostly women with a few men who are right behnid the banner; Silent no More. People who&#8217;ve had abortions &#8211; or pressured women into aborting, and who now are speaking out about the damage it does. Pretty courageous. The group includes a niece of Martin Luther King. We have aclose friend very active with Silent no More, who also does post-abortive counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you look very closely at this picture, to the far left is a Franciscan priest carrying a sign saying &#8220;I regret lost Fatherhood&#8221;. <\/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\/2008\/01\/march_for_life_12308_040.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14250\" title=\"March_for_life_12308_040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/march_for_life_12308_040.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/march_for_life_12308_040-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we always do (exception: when I&#8217;m hospitalized for chemotherapy! 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