{"id":298562,"date":"2019-05-20T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T19:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=298562"},"modified":"2019-05-20T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T19:43:48","slug":"hate-pennsylvania-catholic-church-vandalized-with-pro-abortion-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/05\/hate-pennsylvania-catholic-church-vandalized-with-pro-abortion-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate: Pennsylvania Catholic Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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As the abortion battle rages on across the United States, a church in Delaware County was targeted by vandals who tagged it with abortion rights graffiti and more Sunday. Heading into church for Sunday mass, parishioners at Notre Dame de Lourdes parish in Swarthmore were met with black spray paint that said, \u201cYou do not have the right to decide how others lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n\u201cIt was very shocking to come up to the church and see that,\u201d Jessica Prince told CBS3. \u201cI\u2019d have to say the first half of mass was me crying the whole time because I was so upset somebody would do that to the church.\u201d<\/p>\nThe side of the church building was also hit again with the message \u201c#ProChoice.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Archdiocese of Philadelphia confirmed police are on the case.<\/p>\n\u201cIf people wanted to come and stand outside our church and protest our beliefs, go for it,\u201d Prince said, \u201cbut vandalizing a property, I think, is taking it way too far.\u201d<\/p>\nMeanwhile, the debate over abortion rights has recently reached a boiling point with demonstrations Sunday in Alabama following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alabama-abortion-law-governor-kay-ivey-signs-near-total-ban-today-live-updates-2019-05-15\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tough legislation passed<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend severely restricting abortions.<\/p>\nAnd then there is Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims, a Democrat,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2019\/05\/07\/pennsylvania-rep-brian-sims-controversial-videos-abortion-protesters-philadelphia-planned-parenthood\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">taking aim at those praying and demonstrating<\/a>\u00a0outside a Center City Planned Parenthood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphia.cbslocal.com\/2019\/05\/19\/notre-dame-de-lourdes-church-abortion-rights-graffiti\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Details:\u00a0 As the abortion battle rages on across the United States, a church in Delaware County was targeted by vandals who tagged it with abortion rights graffiti and more Sunday. Heading into church for Sunday mass, parishioners at Notre Dame de Lourdes parish in Swarthmore were met with black spray paint that said, \u201cYou do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":16662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,45],"tags":[62,684,11195],"class_list":["post-298562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazing-video","category-ripped-from-the-headlines","tag-abortion","tag-philadelphia","tag-pro-life"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Hate: Pennsylvania Catholic Church Vandalized with Pro-Abortion Graffiti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Details:\u00a0 As the abortion battle rages on across the United States, a church in Delaware County was targeted by vandals who tagged it with abortion rights\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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