What I saw at the 2019 March for Life
"Sorry, son, you can’t go back there. Congressmen only," the elderly Knight of Columbus tells me as I attempt to enter the VIP tent at the 46th annual March for Life.
He’s surrounded by a whole cadre of fellow knights, all decked out in white flak jackets with the huge KofC logo on them. They’re trading jokes, shuffling in the mud, and smoking cigarettes. One of them is passing out devotional cards with a prayer addressed to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Maybe in the Senate, it’s easy characterize the Knights as bigots, but out here on the National Mall, I only see dads. They’re handing out hats to cold-eared pro-lifers. They’re praying with the old church ladies. They’re running security with big, dorky walkie talkies.
When SK Patrick Ambrogio leads the 200,000 marchers in the Pledge of Allegiance, the crowd cheers. And they don’t stop cheering for the next hour. Because after Ambrogio—and a blessedly brief Ben Shapiro interlude—Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence take the stage to preach the pro-life gospel.
"We gather here because we believe as our founders did that we are, all of us, born and unborn, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, and first among these rights is the right to life," Pence says.
"I love that guy," the woman behind me says.
"Be prepared to defend life, but do so with gentleness and respect," Pence continues. "They will attack you. They will question your hearts to silence others. But don’t listen to them. Listen to the truth."
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AHHHH the Catholics. So concerned about LIFE. Unfortunately most are DEMOCRATS who support abortions and selling the part's of there of. They are concerned about LIFE. Illegals not babies.
ReplyDelete7:09 PM...I appreciate your distrust. However, I am a cradle to grave Catholic and I am a conservative Republican and in no way support pro choice; I have also attended the right to life marches. I agree it is hard to understand when the speaker of the house, an avowed Catholic supports pro-choice (she was admonished by Pope John Paul by the way)and Planned Parenthood. However, my rationalization is that she only does that publicly for votes and left wing support; on the other hand I think she abhors abortion privately as do other Catholic politicians.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that. We have SOOOOO many so called Catholic /Christian Congressional members. Yet PPH and many other organisations get billions of dollars for abortions from TAXPAYERS. When PPH was caught on tape SEVERAL TIMES selling baby parts. What did these so called Catholic/Christian say???
DeleteCRICKETS!! THEY VOTE THEIR HEARTS. ITS NOT CATHOLIC OR CHRISTIAN.
NICE TRY!!