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- From: cj@eno.esd.sgi.com.esd.sgi.com (C.J. Silverio)
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- Subject: Re: Meet Operation Rescue
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 20:51:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec24.171908.15324@wdl.loral.com>, bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com writes:
- |I got word last night through a close friend in a position to receive
- |such news that Operation Rescue is planning to seige a hundred or so
- |cities in the middle of January.
-
- |He also said that (and this is the part I have trouble believing -- I
- |can chalk it up to paranoia if its wrong) they plan to branch out to
- |more overt anti-gay activity. I couldn't get him to be more specific,
- |but he's promised to get me a copy of the press release.
-
- There might be a connection with the Oregon homophobia
- incident. The people behind the failed anti-gay initiative
- there are offering to take their bigotry on the road in other
- states. If they did "so well" in liberal Oregon, they say, they
- can do better in other states. Their constituency probably has
- a considerable overlap with OR's.
-
- Lance maintains that the Christian fundie anti-abortion movement
- is not about abortion at all. He thinks it's about polarizing
- people, about mobilizing a political army, about taking
- political control of this country. You've got a gang of
- fundamentalist Christians already organized, who have proved
- their willingness to break laws for god. Now put 'em to work on
- other aspects of the rabid right Christian agenda! (Anti-gay
- laws? Anti-contraception laws? Who knows?)
-
- |Does anyone here on the net know anything about O.R.'s schedule for
- |January? Is this just an annual revival meeting thing, or are they
- |planning on coming out to play?
-
- If you hear anything, please tell us. I haven't been to any
- clinic defenses recently, and I'd like to get re-involved if
- there's a need.
-
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- cj@eno.esd.sgi.com C J Silverio/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720
- "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too."
- -- Voltaire, in his "Essay on Tolerance"
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