3/30/2005

Here's the deal. A Right to Life march in----gasp, shake---Berkeley. They were "disinvited" by every mayor in the Bay Area and marginalized by all the usual suspects. A very good piece about the experience is HERE

A local Planned Parenthood spokesperson fretted, "(w)e couldn‘t believe that they had the nerve to come to San Francisco." What did surprise us was that our own elected officials in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland "unwelcomed" us in no uncertain terms by declaring our cities "pro-choice and proud." Remarkably, those who otherwise celebrate diversity are unable to imagine any diversity of opinion on abortion.
Had the nerve? I can only infer from that kind of remark that something should happen to the marchers. Loosely quoting from Sharansky's book on freedom, "There is no free society if you fear to speak your thoughts in the public square." Now Sharansky is a nice guy and all but a white person doesn't dare speak out in South Central LA, or the so-called Bario in East LA, and LA is absolutely not free. But neither is Berkeley. Here's a really good part:
Just 150 years ago the rhetoric of personal choice was employed to uphold the institution of slavery: slaves were judged to be the personal property of their owners - not unlike today‘s judgment that preborn children are the property of their mothers, to be discarded if she or someone influencing her does not want the child.
Hope you read it, the ladies really make a point or three.