Posted on 03/01/2005 7:09:47 PM PST by Rakkasan1
Sue Rockne was a fighter.
At the Minnesota state Capitol, she fought for women's rights, abortion access and safety for battered women. As a Democratic activist, she fought for and with the party and served as a 12-year Democratic National Committee member and five-time delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
And for 13 years she fought leukemia, a cancer that kills many of its victims quickly. She challenged it with the aid of a little red scooter that zoomed her around the Capitol halls and helped her travel across all seven continents in the past decade.
On Saturday, she succumbed to complications from the disease. She was 70.
"She went fast, which is a blessing for her," said her daughter, Lauri Rockne of St. Paul.
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It's also a blessing for millions of unborn children.
someone should have told her she could support her cause
and died faster by getting her brains sucked out.
Its amazing that so many "abortion rights" people have children. I guess they only advocate that others kill their kids. (do as I say, not as I do)
No tears shed in this household. Too many little feet pitter-pattering to hear the wails of her demise and the burp of perdition's acceptance.
Y'win some; y'lose some. Karma.
And my father died of leukemia on Veterans Day, who proudly served his country in WW2 as a B-17 crew member over Germany. And he was against abortion and so am I.
Only if you have no clue whatsoever what they stand for.
She faired much better than the unborn she loathed so much, being that abortion kills all its victims quickly.
Having aligned herself with a death cult, it is a wonder that she lived that long.
There are many times God holds us to the "Do unto others" clause by taking up the gauntlet of the last half of the clause Himself.
I wonder how she's explaining her life to St. Peter!
1 March 2005
I was slapped awake by two obituaries in this morning's St. Paul Pioneer Press. On page 3B they devoted a banner headline, photo, and an entire quarter-page to:
Sue Rockne was longtime abortion-rights activistAnd so, and so on, for four more adoring columns of the same. I was especially impressed by the loving tributes from Rep. Phyllis Kahn of Minneapolis and Tim Stanley, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota, as well as:Sue Rockne was a fighter.
At the Minnesota state Capitol, she fought for women's rights, abortion access and safety for battered women. As a Democractic activist, she fought for and with the party and served as a 12-year Democratic National Committee member and five-time delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
And for 13 years she fought leukemia, a cancer that kills many of its victims quickly. She challenged it with the aid of a little red scooter that zoomed her around the Capitol halls and helped her travel across all seven continents in the past decade.
On Satuday, she succumbed to complications from the disease. She was 70.
"She went fast, which is a blessing for her," said her daughter, Lauri Rockne of St. Paul.
Rockne, a Connecticut native, moved to Minnesota nearly 50 years ago with her husband, David, but never forgot...
"She would talk with anyone here, regardless of political position, and her death means one less person to bridge the gaps between people on controversial issues," said Marge Romero, a Senate legislative assistant and friend of 20 years...[which seems somewhat at odds with Kahn's admiration for Rockne's "great acerbic tongue" and scrappy fighting style: ~brb]In other words -- well, never mind, I'm sure you can supply the other words yourself. Now, by way of comparison, the following obituary was buried in tiny print in the paid notices on page 5B:
"There are just thousands of women out there who owe her a debt of gratitude," said Connie Perpich, longtime Planned Parenthood lobbyist.
Rockne, who was a frequent guest on TPT's [Twin Cities Public Television: ~brb] "Almanac" between 1988 and 1997, didn't limit her civic involvement to the doings of the Capitol. She also ran for the Minnesota Senate in 1976, helped many candidates with their campaigns and was a charter member of the DFL Feminist Caucus and Minnesota NOW...
Survivors include her husband, David, and daughter, Lauri.
Pettitt, Rev. Canon Robert R., "Bud"Bud met his Lord and Savior Jesus and joined his beloved Bette in heaven on February 26, 2005. Born March 19, 1923, St. Cloud, MN; moved to Fargo, ND, 1924; graduated from Fargo HS June '41; employed by Northern Pacific until entered the Marines June '44. Bud island-hopped in the Pacific, seeing action in the hot spots including Iwo Jima. Released June '46; returned to NP/BN, working into Comm. Mgmt. until retirement Oct '81. He then studied Episcopalian Holy Orders; was ordained N.D. Diocesan Sacramentalist Oct '87. Served in ND and TX and was named Canon of Gesthsemane Cathedral, Fargo, Dec '99. Bud touched many with his service to the Episcopal Church, Masonic Order, Shrine, FM Ambulance Service, Am. Legion, 40/8, VFW, Marine Corp. League, Boy Scouts, and Order of the Arrow. Survived by sister Margaret Lonergan, St. Croix Beach, MN; son Robert E. (Carol), Oakdale, MN; daughter Deborah J. Fischer (Ronald), Beavercreek, OH; grandchildren, Derrick (Amy) Fishcer, and Nicole, Jonathan (Tanya) and Krista Pettitt; great-grandchildren Braden Fischer and Evan and Moriah Pettitt; niece Mary Laine McGee, and many other family and friends. His life will be celebrated at a memorial service at 10AM Friday, March 18, at Christ Episcopal Church, Woodbury, MN, and Satuday, March 19, at 10AM at Gethsemane Cathedral, Fargo, ND. Memorials are preferred to Indianhead Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Now, maybe I'm just cranky this morning, or maybe my sensibilities aren't properly attuned to life in the 21st Century. Maybe I'm just some kind of throwback for thinking that the life of a Marine who survived Iwo Jima, became a vicar, and left a large family with grandchildren and great-grandchildren was inherently more interesting and deserving of public notice than the life of a political gadfly and evolutionary dead-end like Rockne. But Bud was my friend, and I will miss him, and I will be sending a donation in his name to the Indianhead Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Semper fi, Bud.
Preference? I too took this perspective for a long time, but then I realized something: it IS justifiable to have laws against murder, there is no preference in it. If there can be no law outlawing murder, there should be no laws whatsoever. There are certainly some things the state SHOULD be able to tell people not to do, and killing others is a pretty understandable one.
I guess by now she has found out how wrong she was.
That's the Mario Cuomo formula: "I'm personally opposed, but..."
You talk a lot about "decisions" and "preferences." Nothing about rights of the baby or responsibilities of the baby's parents.
I "provide an environment for an embryo to develop" too.
It's called a house. Doesn't give me the right to kill her, just because it's my house she lives in..
Why do you assume that loathing is involved here? Some people choose death over slavery - there is no loathing there. Some people choose death over torture - there is no loathing there. Some women choose not to risk death by giving birth - there is no loathing there. Some women choose abortion because of ignorance - there is no loathing there. Some women choose abortion because of other ignoble reasons and there may still be no loathing there. Choosing abortion, right or wrong, just means that we have the freedom to determine our own circumstances which is what we have been fighting wars about for the past 2 centuries.
If you truly believe that allowing women and their families the freedom to make abortion decisions is the same as murder, then you should be arming yourself for another civil war where we can kill millions of born, developed and productive fellow human beings.
Why do you assume that loathing is involved here? Some people choose death over slavery - there is no loathing there. Some people choose death over torture - there is no loathing there. Some women choose not to risk death by giving birth - there is no loathing there. Some women choose abortion because of ignorance - there is no loathing there. Some women choose abortion because of other ignoble reasons and there may still be no loathing there. Choosing abortion, right or wrong, just means that we have the freedom to determine our own circumstances which is what we have been fighting wars about for the past 2 centuries.
If you truly believe that allowing women and their families the freedom to make abortion decisions is the same as murder, then you should be arming yourself for another civil war where we can kill millions of born, developed and productive fellow human beings.
And what's that - other than allowing children to be killed?
What? We don't actually need women to procreate, just houses? Did you mate with your house before the gestation began? That must have been interesting. Get ready! Think.
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