{"id":3353,"date":"2007-01-21T08:26:44","date_gmt":"2007-01-21T08:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/marching-out-west.html"},"modified":"2007-01-21T08:26:44","modified_gmt":"2007-01-21T08:26:44","slug":"marching-out-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/marching-out-west.html","title":{"rendered":"Marching out West"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the third annual West Coast March for Life out in San Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the SF Chronicle Report<\/a><\/p>\n

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This year’s rally included an invocation by San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer, whose prayer asked God to "renew a readiness (among people) to nurture and sustain your precious gift of life." <\/p>\n

While speakers at Justin Herman Plaza compared the fight against abortion to the civil rights struggle, defenders of legal abortion held a small but spirited counter-rally at Pier 7 under a banner proclaiming, "Forward Not Back: Reproductive Justice for All." <\/p>\n

As the anti-abortion march began moving slowly up the Embarcadero, the counter-protesters waved pro-choice signs and chanted such slogans as, "Our body! Our lives! Our right to decide!" behind metal barriers. <\/p>\n

Police soon allowed the counter-rally to march alongside the opponents — with a buffer zone maintained not only by several dozen officers but by joggers, tourists and other people drawn to the Embarcadero on a mild Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n

The march attracted more than 20,000 participants, organizers claimed, with charter buses bringing people from as far as San Diego and Reno. But local residents took part as well. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Last year, this fellow attended and took many interesting photographs of the abortion rights supporters who protested. <\/a> I don’t know if he was back this year. <\/p>\n

If you attended, please share your experience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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