Question!

[natewillsheets]

Would it be a bad idea for me to make an obnoxiously large sign and bring it to the Roe vs. Wade rally that says the following:

"It doesn't take
Christianity
or
Heterosexuality
to be Pro-Life"I don't want to necessarily make my going to the rally all about me, but I think that it could start some good conversations about how the movement can make

Comments

[akcipitrokulo]

As a christian, I'd be delighted - it frustrates me that people assume that if you are pro-life you must be christian - or that the only reason I am pro-life is because I'm christian!

[in_my_pjs]

i feel the same way!

[akcipitrokulo]

It's the attitude that if I hold an opinion (like pro-life) that agrees with my church, I obviously haven't thought about it but have just swallowed doctrine unthinkingly. It's a way of dismissing my views, which makes me really quite angry at times!

[mary_goodnight]

it's not offencive it's actually really good for the movement because it shows it's not just doctrine making people pro-life the fact that we're uncomfortable with killing the unborn which is a diffrent statment entirely. It's a good counter to the pro-choice sign "May the fetus you save be gay" sign. I guess "Save the Gay Atheist Fetuses!" sign would be cute as well.

[akcipitrokulo]

That would be great - it was only very recently that I became aware that people assumed that pro-life = anti-gay!

[pantsu]

I'm not religious so I understand the sentiment.
I don't find it offensive at all.

[fiyero3305]

It's really not offensive, yet it makes for good shock value because it's not the kind of sign people are used to seeing at pro-life events, so I think it would be very effective to use.

[ceallaighgirl]

I'd lean toward:

GAY
ATHEIST (<--or whatever)
PRO-LIFE

Nice, simple, and straightforward.