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Originally Posted by anifani821
You know what - you said it, SB. Really, what this group does is not constitutional. Bullying is not something guaranteed under the constitution.
The right to peaceful assembly - yes. The right to have your own opinions - yes. But the right to bully others by obstructing their ingress and egress out of a clinic, or to bully others by demonstrating on a corner and using hate language on posters about Gay folks . . . that is bullying and hate language and it is not guaranteed under the constitution.
I also think that parents who drag their kids into these demonstrations are abusive for exposing them to hate language.
Again, I can't rep you Ani. I have seen children from toddlers on up with these people.
I have thought, many times, that someone should call child protective services on them, but most are bussed in to Cherry Hill, &, as you know, South Jersey is much like NC, so whether an official would see it the same way is up in the air. Men pushing me an calling me a wh*re, & more, for wanting a check up & pap smear did not endear them to me.
I got to the point where I learned other ways to get from point A to point B to avoid going near them. I usually worked 2nd shift, so did go out when they were protesting & after they made me late for work, once, they didn't get that opportunity again.
For one of them to come on here & challenge those of us who were posting on this thread, to me, was the height of hutzpah. I don't care what that poster believes. That is their personal belief, & they are welcome to it. But I have had personal experience with them. They do not believe that others have a right to their own beliefs.
Whether it's bullying women or bullying gays, it's all the same. It's a failure to respect others as human beings.
These animals are on the corner of Trade and Tryon today making a lot of noise. There are about 7 or 8 police cars catty corner to them by the hotel. Happy to report most folks are just ignoring them and their disgusting posters and not engaging them at all. What do these losers do to put food on the table?
I don't understand why people think it is their civic duty to make their own personal beliefs into a community issue.
I will never get this. Folks who are against abortion shouldn't get an abortion.
Period.
Folks who think gays should not get married should not get married if they are gay. Otherwise, why is it any of their business?
Last time I checked, no one is responsible for my immortal soul other than ME. To paraphrase scripture: Folks should be paying attention to the log in their own eye and not the speck in their brother's.
Don't forget: Ye without sin cast the first stone.
They had a big truck parked (legally?) on Tryon this afternoon, by the Two Wachovia plaza. It had enormous signs all over it - anti-gay, anti-abortion.
Not only did it infuriate me, but it frightened me as well. I've never seen something like this in person - and I am a member of yet another demographic they would prefer be eliminated.
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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Originally Posted by wsobchak
They had a big truck parked (legally?) on Tryon this afternoon, by the Two Wachovia plaza. It had enormous signs all over it - anti-gay, anti-abortion.
Not only did it infuriate me, but it frightened me as well. I've never seen something like this in person - and I am a member of yet another demographic they would prefer be eliminated.
I understand your feelings. I'm sorry that you were frightened. However when I was pushed around by them it simply infuriated me & I let fly with a few choice words. Had they not touched me, I wouldn't have said a word.
It's best to ignore them if at all possible. If there are police nearby, if you are approached & they verbally assauly you or touch you, scream at the top of your lungs & call for the police.
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