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“Face the Truth” Tour in West Chicago, IL [Photo by Sam Scheidler]
The Pro-Life Action League’s 11th annual “Face the Truth” Tour is off to a great start with six sites in Chicago’s western suburbs. The Tour scored its first victory even before demonstrations began July 9.
Two days before the start of the Tour, City of West Chicago officials contacted the League’s attorneys at the Thomas More Society (TMS) and told them our planned Tour site—the first of the Tour—would be in violation of a new ordinance restricting public protest. The city had learned of the Tour from a fax sent by TMS to the chief of police, a courtesy extended to all chiefs of police of the cities and villages we visit each summer, informing them of our peaceful protest plans.
When it appeared West Chicago was willing to shut down the Tour and arrest participants, attorneys Thomas Brejcha and Peter Breen drew up a lawsuit to file in federal court. The threat of a costly court defeat quickly resolved the situation: the Tour would go on and West Chicago would amend their unconstitutional city codes.
The site in West Chicago at North Avenue and Rt. 59 came off smoothly with great weather, good turnout and cooperation from police.
West Chicago was the first of three new sites in the Tri-Cities area. The good weather and police cooperation continued at the next site at Randall Road and Rt. 38 in St. Charles. Reporters from the St. Charles Republican and the Sun-Times News Group came out to cover the Tour, and a police officer thanked Tour director Eric Scheidler for “making his day.”
After a fantastic lunch hosted by stalwart activist Nancy Weber and her daughters Dolores and Patty, the Tour moved on to its final site of the day at Randall Road and Fabyan Parkway in Batavia. During the site, Eric Scheidler gave an interview to Relevant Radio’s Drew Mariani on the importance of using graphic images to tear the mask off of “choice.” Response from the public was markedly more negative at this site, though many passersby waved and gave thumbs up. The Tour Crew was well satisfied with this smooth start and hoped it would be a sign of more success to come.
Majestic clouds bedecked the skies over Joliet during the second day of the Tour. The Tour visited sites in Joliet and Shorewood with over 70 participants between the three stops.
The first site, at Larkin and Jefferson in Joliet, drew a great crowd including many faithful activists that have been coming to Face the Truth Tours for years, as well as some new faces.
The second site at Black Road and Rt. 59 in Shorewood is a site where the Tour has encountered resistance from police and locals in the past. Contrary to those experiences, the site there ran smoothly with no interference. In fact, a passerby who had heard Eric’s interview yesterday on Relevant Radio stopped when she saw the Tour and donated $20 to the cause!
During the wonderful lunch provided by the pro-life parishioners of St. Mary Immaculate parish in Plainfield, Eric Scheidler called in as a guest on the massive “Ending Abortion” tele-seminar sharing with thousands of listeners how they can save babies outside abortion facilities through sidewalk counseling and prayer. The day finished out at the corner of Caton Farm Road and Rt. 59 in Joliet. At this site in previous years, passersby have thrown eggs, police have tried to shut down protests and counter-protesters have attempted to de-rail the League’s “Face the Truth” efforts.
True to form, the site was visited by two strange occurrences. Early in the stop, a woman stopped at a red light and, screaming and swearing, insisted that the baby Malachi sign a volunteer was holding was inaccurate. As she berated and cursed the volunteer, she said that abortion isn’t even legal past 16 weeks. This is, of course, wildly inaccurate. Abortion is legal in the U.S. through all 9 months of pregnancy for any reason.
Later on, a man stopped and was taking pictures of Tour volunteers holding signs. He told Tour staffer Jim Jansen that he had been offended by the signs before and that, today, his 8 year old son was in tears after seeing the signs. He decided that he had found a way to defeat the League: he would take pictures of our demonstration and sue us for “pornography.”
Eric Scheidler noticed the man when he saw him taking a picture of his 11 year-old daughter Claire and began to videotape him. When the man noticed he was being taped, he came across the street to yell at Eric, which he did for several minutes before stalking off yelling that he was going to list Eric personally in the lawsuit, which Eric encouraged him to do.
The site drew to a close without further incident or interference from police and marked a successful end to the first two days of the Tour.
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So I’m right am I? Shall I tap the shoulder of every woman I pass? Because if I don’t, then “conception does not happen” will be taking place.
Preventing or aborting Jerry, which one is it? Sort yourself out son.
And if you still claim that contraception is aborting then show me the references.
Posted July 18, 2010 at 10:42 pm
” See if you can post a response in less than 4 or 5 comments Jerry.”
As I see it, Eric…..the problem is not 4 or 5 comments but rather discussing 4 or 5 subjects at the same time!
Focusing on the specific subject of “abort”:
Contraception is the aborting of the reproductive process.
1. Contraception prevents conception because the reproductive process (making of the conception) is aborted (stopped, killed, eliminated, destroyed).
Posted July 18, 2010 at 10:44 pm
” So I’m right am I? Shall I tap the shoulder of every woman I pass? Because if I don’t, then “conception does not happen” will be taking place. ”
If you don’t , then conception may or may not happen depending on whats happening to her reproductive process……regardless of your tap.
Posted July 18, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Where are your references to back up your claim that contraception is abortion?
You need to make a decision Jerry. Shall I stop allowing “conception does not happen” or not? Because according to your definition, anything which prevents conception is abortion.
Posted July 18, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Conception may or may not occur regardless of your “ifs”…….with respect to your ifs you referred to.
Conception occurs because of sex…….aborting the reproductive process (making of conception)……is contraception.
Posted July 18, 2010 at 10:58 pm
” Where are your references to back up your claim that contraception is abortion?
You need to make a decision Jerry. Shall I stop allowing “conception does not happen” or not? Because according to your definition, anything which prevents conception is abortion.”
oops…….got the focus in just one subject…….but now we are arguing one than one point at the same time!
Your point: ” Where are your references to back up your claim that contraception is abortion?”
references?……what do you mean?…….I was simply saying contraception is “the aborting of the making (reproductive process) of conception.
Posted July 18, 2010 at 11:08 pm
” You need to make a decision Jerry. Shall I stop allowing “conception does not happen” or not? Because according to your definition, anything which prevents conception is abortion.” ”
” anything which prevents conception is abortion ” (abortion herein being aborting)…….yes! what is the disagreement???
Posted July 18, 2010 at 11:18 pm
You don’t seem to be paying attention Jerry.
You say contraception is a form of abortion. On what basis do you claim this? Other than your personal opinion. According to your logic I’m a superhero lifeguard everytime I don’t take someone to the beach because they didn’t drown.
Citing my paraphrasing of your claims as agreeing with them when I’m just quoting which of your words I’m responding to for the sake of clarity is pretty close to childish.
Posted July 18, 2010 at 11:42 pm
” According to your logic I’m a superhero lifeguard everytime I don’t take someone to the beach because they didn’t drown.”
“I don’t take someone to the beach”…….contraception is NOT nothing happening……it is an act sufficient to abort the reproductive process.
In agreement?
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:10 am
” According to your logic I’m a superhero lifeguard everytime I don’t take someone to the beach because they didn’t drown.”
again, from a different “angle”:
Your “not taking someone to the beach”…..is nothing being done, right?
I’m saying not doing nothing is not the cause of them drowning…..Doing nothing with the reproductive process…..has no effect of whether the reproductive process produces conception or not.
But contraception……since it is against conception (it aborts the process) is the cause of no conception. In agreement?……(I believe this is the core of any misunderstanding).
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:19 am
Analygies are extremely “tricky”. Please, no analygies…..we analye the s*** out of our words till we agree.
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:24 am
‘…it is an act sufficient to abort the reproductive process.’ – No. Wrong. It is not abortion.
I almost thought you may be a blog troll of some sort. But now I think you’re just a wannabe precocious 13 year old. So unless you can come up with something to support your claims (which are beyond god-smitten) rather than just repeating them, you’re just making yourself look sillier by the minute.
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:30 am
” According to your logic I’m a superhero lifeguard everytime I don’t take someone to the beach because they didn’t drown.”
again, from another angle:
Contraception is not nothing!……It physically acts upon the reproductive process preventing conception (its the aborting of the reproductive process).
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:33 am
“it is an act sufficient to abort the reproductive process.’ – No. Wrong. It is not abortion.”
contraception does not prevent the reproductive process from producing conception???
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:35 am
If we disagree on a statement…..the disagreement must be from a disagreement of the term(s) used in the statement.
Do we agree on what “reproductive process” is?
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:45 am
You have misquoted me!
Strickly speaking……I did not say contraception is abortion.
I said contraception is the aborting of the reproductive process.
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:48 am
Drowning in your own semantics Jerry?
Definition of insanity – repeating the same behaviors and expecting a different outcome. I’m not wasting any more of my time.
Go read a book, maybe not that unsubstantiated, unsolicited, ghost-written by innumerable authors, fictional historical/biography you call bible.
Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:54 am
Suit yourself, Eric.
I for one will state what I believe are facts, namely:
The heralds of the culture of death are working to make sure countless millions of innocent children are NEVER born (ABORTION)…..and equally horrific, NEVER even conceived (CONTRACEPTION)!
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in general:
Abortion is against Creation. Abortion is the killing of creation.
Contraception is against Creating. Contraception is the killing of creating.
in particular:
Abortion is the killing of an unborn human being.
Contraception is the killing of the making of an unborn human being.
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Contraception is the root cause of abortion.
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Abortion is NOT healthcare.
(Healthcare is the care of health—killing is NOT caring.)
Contraception is NOT reproductive health.
(Reproductive health is reproduction—aborting is NOT reproduction)
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Unborn human beings are the future of the human race thus,
Contraception and abortion, being the destruction of the future of the human race, (in cataclysmic proportions), is the worst evil the world has ever known.
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Posted July 19, 2010 at 2:12 am
” Preventing or aborting Jerry, which one is it? Sort yourself out son.
And if you still claim that contraception is aborting then show me the references.”
Both. Contraception is the killing of a potential unborn human being (aborting the reproductive process) and abortion is the killing of an actual unborn human being.
Thus, (semantic peculiarity) Contraception and Abortion are both Abortions!
Posted July 19, 2010 at 3:45 pm
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Posted July 22, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Summary:
1. Conception: result of reproductive process of a human being.
2. Contraception is the killing of a potential unborn human being (conception prevention).
3. Abortion is the killing of an actual unborn human being (pregnancy termination).
4. Thus, contraception is the root cause (prior) of abortion.
Posted July 22, 2010 at 4:05 pm
4. Thus, contraception and abortion are both killings with contraception being the root cause (prior) of abortion.
Posted July 22, 2010 at 4:09 pm
1. Conception: result of reproductive process (making) of a human being.
Posted July 22, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Summation (in its entirety)
Abortion is not healthcare.
(healthcare is the care of health—killing is not caring)
Contraception is not reproductive health.
(reproductive health is reproduction—aborting is not reproduction)
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in general:
Abortion is against creation.
(abortion is the killing of creation)
Contraception is against creating.
(contraception is the killing of creating)
in particular:
1. Conception: result of reproductive process (making) of a human being.
2. Contraception is the killing of a potential unborn human being (conception prevention).
3. Abortion is the killing of an actual unborn human being (pregnancy termination).
4. Thus, contraception and abortion are both killings; with contraception being the root cause (prior) of abortion.
———————————————————————————————
Unborn human beings (potential and actual) are the future of the human race thus,
Contraception and abortion, being the destruction of the future of the human race, (in cataclysmic proportions), is the worst evil the world has ever known.
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Posted July 23, 2010 at 9:20 am