Signs of Life
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Saturday, January 24, 2009 3:01 PM
Striking at this year’s March for Life was the prevalence of signs emphasizing healing and forgiveness.
That’s always been a big part of the March, but the signs were everywhere this year.
“Healing after abortion” signs, with a number for Project Rachel.
The women of Silent No More with their “I regret my abortion” placards.
An astonishing number of people who march for life are folks who regret their involvement with abortion or the abortion industry and are either doing penance or trying to save others from the pain of sorrow and regret that they experience.
But as we’d expect whenever a huge crowd of individuals join together, there’s an enormous diversity of reasons for marching—many of which overlap, of course. Here’s a tour of the March through its signs. We’ll start with boilerplate.
The perennials:
Gotta Make Your Group Known:
Politics: It’s always nice to co-opt the slogans of the day for the cause of life.
Some are harsh:
More are gentle:
Social Justice: For some, the pro-life cause is a way to work for peace.
For many it’s a question of civil rights:
Religious witness: Many people march as an expression of their religious convictions and treat the occasion as a prayer. (I got a kick out of the youth group call-and-response: “What do we want?”
“No more abortion!”
“When do we want it?”
“Now!”
“How will we get it?”
“Prayer and sacrifice!”
And then they’d pray the rosary.) Of course you know how many priests and religious attend the March, and how many people pray and sing hymns throughout. Here’s some of the religious signage.
Some folks try humor.
Some of us have our hobby horses:
And some have a style all their own.
Pictures not my own are from Mommy Life.
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