{"id":917,"date":"2009-06-03T21:39:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T21:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=354"},"modified":"2009-06-03T21:39:43","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T21:39:43","slug":"abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=917","title":{"rendered":"abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently talked with a man who had attended the graduation ceremonies at Notre Dame with his daughter last month. \u00a0 He said that while President Obama was talking inside the stadium, Catholic priests with Rosaries in hand, were being arrested outside the stadium for protesting. \u00a0 What a juxtaposition for a Catholic University, huh. \u00a0 This man noted that some 80 U.S. Catholic Bishops protested giving Obama an honorary degree because of his stance on abortion. \u00a0 That Obama talked (and received an honorary degree) helped galvanize this protest. \u00a0 And in my opinion, that’s good. \u00a0 That is, so many in the pro-Life movement need to adamantly engage the other side in public debate way<\/em> more. \u00a0 And they need to be courageous enough to undertake consistent (and dramatic) on-the-street protest — like what it took to end Segregation in the South. \u00a0 If this doesn’t happen, well, abortion will continue to go on, and on, and… \u00a0 And for those of you waiting for the next Supreme Court Justice nominee to tip the court in favor of pro-Life issues — that won’t be any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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