{"id":1647,"date":"2011-03-01T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/03\/to-be-young-and-prolife\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T21:28:07","slug":"to-be-young-and-prolife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/03\/to-be-young-and-prolife.html","title":{"rendered":"To be young and prolife&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026is much more fun than to be bitter and dedicated to death.  To wit:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pro-Life Flash Mob in Chicago Surprises \u201cWalk for Choice\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO \u2013 A pro-abortion \u201cWalk for Choice\u201d rally was held in downtown Chicago\u2019s Daley Plaza on Saturday, February 26, 2011. Participants of the \u201cWalk for Choice\u201d were protesting HR Bill 3 which limits taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.  <\/p>\n<p>As a response to the \u201cWalk for Choice,\u201d anonymous teens and young adults organized a \u201cPro-Life Flash Mob\u201d over the span of a few days. The goal of the event was not to counter-protest, but to give a positive message of joy and life to Chicago. <\/p>\n<p>The youth assembled inconspicuously around the plaza before the rally hiding their giant yellow balloons in black trash bags. When the \u201cWalk for Choice\u201d had assembled, the youth prompted by music coming from a backpack sound system then proceeded to unveil the helium balloons imprinted with the word \u201cLIFE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These exclusive videos shows the \u201cPro-Life Flash Mob\u201d taking the \u201cpro-choicers\u201d by surprise with Life, Spirit, and Truth!  <\/p>\n<p>As participants of the \u201cWalk for Choice\u201d were asked to wear orange for the event, so the Pro-Life flash mob jovially asks in their sign: \u201cORANGE YOU GLAD TO SEE US???\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Which side has more joy?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One final point: to all those who have written me saying that any questioning of Live Aid\u2019s tactics places one in the camp of the Do Nothing Pharisee, may I suggest that these people are managing to Do Something without lying to anybody.  Indeed, there are literally hundreds of ways to fight for the unborn which do not entail telling any lies.  And before you take umbrage at that word, please do be aware that I am only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/augustine-vs.-the-priscillianists\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">quoting the most prominent defenders of Lila Rose\u2019s tactics<\/a>, who were lionized last week for the brilliance of their defense in comboxes all over St. Blog\u2019s.  When even the defenders of Live Action call it lying, it\u2019s lying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026is much more fun than to be bitter and dedicated to death. To wit: Pro-Life Flash Mob in Chicago Surprises \u201cWalk for Choice\u201d CHICAGO \u2013 A pro-abortion \u201cWalk for Choice\u201d rally was held in downtown Chicago\u2019s Daley Plaza on Saturday, February 26, 2011. 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