{"id":5230,"date":"2008-05-09T09:57:03","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T09:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/women-are-coming-to-cast-spell.html"},"modified":"2008-05-09T09:57:03","modified_gmt":"2008-05-09T09:57:03","slug":"women-are-coming-to-cast-spell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/05\/women-are-coming-to-cast-spell.html","title":{"rendered":"“Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we’re going to end war”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Um…I’m thinking the wisdom part<\/a> is a stretch:<\/p>\n

Code Pink is now resorting to witchcraft to beef up the number of its supporters protesting Berkeley’s controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center.
\nThe women’s anti-war group has told ralliers to come equipped with spells and pointy hats Friday for “Witches, clowns and sirens day,” the last of the group’s weeklong homage to Mother’s Day.
\n“Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we’re going to end war,” Zanne Sam Joi of Bay Area Code Pink told FOXNews.com.
\nThe group’s week of themed protests, which included days to galvanize grannies and bring-your-daughter-to-protest, appears to have done little to boost its flagging numbers.
\n[…]
\nBut if events this week are an attempt by anti-war protesters to remarket their cause, the Marine recruiters in Berkeley tell FOXNews.com that Code Pink’s presence outside their office has helped \u2014 not hindered \u2014 their mission.
\n“Ironically, it’s actually helped us by putting our name out. We’re now well known. And people know who we are, and where we are, and they come in to talk to us about enlisting. They’ve gotten us the publicity that we could’ve never afforded to pay for ourselves,” Wheatcroft told FOXNews.com.
\n“Just in the last three weeks, 10 people came in looking to apply, looking to become Marine officers, and that’s much higher than normal,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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