The thunderstorms that rolled through Nawlins' on Thursday night fled Friday morning at the sight of about 300-350 religious believers (mostly Catholics) meeting in front of the Federal Building on Camp St.
We had our signs.
We had petitions.
We had priests, religious, seminarians, lots of Pro-Life lay folks.
We had moms with babies. Teens, dads, grandma's and grandpa's.
We had a large group of students from a couple of Catholic schools.
We even had one of the original framers of the Constitution give us a short history lesson!
Most of the people driving by honked horns and gave us the Thumbs Up. A few shouted obscenities.
As expected, no media.
Yours truly flubbed his own admonition to take pics. I'd let the battery die. After I got home, I remembered that my fancy-pantsy phone can take pics. Oy. Poet-theologians are not tech-savvy.
When we left the rally, the group was praying the rosary.
How did the rally turn out in your neck of the woods?
Update: The Anchoress has some pics from all over, including links to more pics. Doing the job the media won't do.
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Here's how the Concord New Hampshire Rally was covered.
ReplyDeletehttp://concord-nh.patch.com/articles/video-obamacare-protest
This is what occurred in Toledo,Ohio.
ReplyDeleteThe rally was proceeded by a Mass celebrated by Bishop B;air in a downtown historic church.
http://www.toledoblade.com/Religion/2012/03/23/Large-crowd-gathers-in-downtown-Toledo-to-rally-against-health-care-mandate.html