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Pro-choice Messages on Indybay Anger Catholic League
The following is an email that the Catholic League sent out to its email list today criticizing Indybay because "the website embraces every conceivable anti-American, left-wing cause, including issues that are positively insane." Special thanks to Catholic League president Bill Donohue for addressing the issue in such a professional and enlightened manner. Thanks as well for sending out the email recommending your flock visit here.
From: Catholic League<lg [at] catholicleague.org>
To:
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:36:10 -0800
Subject: PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ANGERS BAY AREA LOONS
January 13, 2006
PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ANGERS BAY AREA LOONS
The Respect Life Ministry of the Oakland Diocese is waging a PR campaign in BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains promoting a pro-life message. One of the ads, “9 MONTHS,” calls attention to the amount of time the Supreme Court allows abortions to take place. The other ad reads, “The Supreme Court says you can choose: after the heart starts beating, after its arms and legs appear, after all organs are present, after the sex is apparent, after it sucks its thumb, after it responds to sounds, after it could survive outside the womb.” The ads end by asking “Have We Gone Too Far?”
Though most of the ads have been destroyed by pro-abortion activists, the Oakland Diocese has been busy replacing them. Many of the placards have been covered with the most incredibly vicious anti-Catholic and obscene remarks, and some of the ads have been torn to shreds.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addressed this issue today:
“Anyone who wants to know what makes these people tick should click into the website indybay.org. It will soon be discovered that abortion rights is only one small part of the agenda: the website embraces every conceivable anti-American, left-wing cause, including issues that are positively insane, e.g., ‘Bathroom Safety for Transgenders.’
“Most Americans, including those who support abortion rights, have serious reservations about abortion-on-demand. But not these people. Abortion is regarded as sacrosanct because it affirms their vision of genital liberation—every sexual act that can be performed must be performed, and none should be burdened by pregnancy or disease.
“The pro-life campaign by the Oakland Diocese is part of a bigger effort sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops titled, ‘The Second Look Project.’ It is important that this campaign succeed, and that is why we are encouraging Catholics across the nation to generously support it. It is a great way to subvert the culture of death.”
Kiera M. McCaffrey
Director of Communications
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
450 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10123
212-371-3191
212-371-3394 (fax)
Email: cl [at] catholicleague.org
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same message also listed at the top of their website's home page as the Latest News Release for 1/13/06:
PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ANGERS BAY AREA LOONS
January 13, 2006 | The Respect Life Ministry of the Oakland Diocese is waging a PR campaign in BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains promoting a pro-life message...
http://www.catholicleague.org/
http://www.catholicleague.org/06press_releases/quarter%201/060113_bart.htm
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also see:
Defacement of Anti-Choice BART Ads Tied to Indybay in Corporate Press
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1795321.php
To:
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:36:10 -0800
Subject: PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ANGERS BAY AREA LOONS
January 13, 2006
PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ANGERS BAY AREA LOONS
The Respect Life Ministry of the Oakland Diocese is waging a PR campaign in BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains promoting a pro-life message. One of the ads, “9 MONTHS,” calls attention to the amount of time the Supreme Court allows abortions to take place. The other ad reads, “The Supreme Court says you can choose: after the heart starts beating, after its arms and legs appear, after all organs are present, after the sex is apparent, after it sucks its thumb, after it responds to sounds, after it could survive outside the womb.” The ads end by asking “Have We Gone Too Far?”
Though most of the ads have been destroyed by pro-abortion activists, the Oakland Diocese has been busy replacing them. Many of the placards have been covered with the most incredibly vicious anti-Catholic and obscene remarks, and some of the ads have been torn to shreds.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue addressed this issue today:
“Anyone who wants to know what makes these people tick should click into the website indybay.org. It will soon be discovered that abortion rights is only one small part of the agenda: the website embraces every conceivable anti-American, left-wing cause, including issues that are positively insane, e.g., ‘Bathroom Safety for Transgenders.’
“Most Americans, including those who support abortion rights, have serious reservations about abortion-on-demand. But not these people. Abortion is regarded as sacrosanct because it affirms their vision of genital liberation—every sexual act that can be performed must be performed, and none should be burdened by pregnancy or disease.
“The pro-life campaign by the Oakland Diocese is part of a bigger effort sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops titled, ‘The Second Look Project.’ It is important that this campaign succeed, and that is why we are encouraging Catholics across the nation to generously support it. It is a great way to subvert the culture of death.”
Kiera M. McCaffrey
Director of Communications
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
450 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10123
212-371-3191
212-371-3394 (fax)
Email: cl [at] catholicleague.org
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same message also listed at the top of their website's home page as the Latest News Release for 1/13/06:
PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ANGERS BAY AREA LOONS
January 13, 2006 | The Respect Life Ministry of the Oakland Diocese is waging a PR campaign in BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) trains promoting a pro-life message...
http://www.catholicleague.org/
http://www.catholicleague.org/06press_releases/quarter%201/060113_bart.htm
----------------------------------------------
also see:
Defacement of Anti-Choice BART Ads Tied to Indybay in Corporate Press
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/01/1795321.php
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