Posted on 7/31/2005, 10:37:24 PM by JustAnotherOkie
While Halloween thrives on images of the gruesome and macabre, apparently abortion is over the edge for a Pennsylvania town which is considering axing its traditional holiday parade due to an abortion-related float.
Abortion protesters march in 2003 Halloween parade in York, Pa.
At issue is "Dr. Butcher's Chop Shop of Choice Cuts," a float featuring fake bloody fetuses and mutilated body parts, sponsored by Rev. Jim Grove of the Heritage Baptist Church in Loganville, Pa.
Some 30,000 people attend the Halloween parade in the city of York, but appearances in recent years by Grove and fellow pro-lifers have caused controversy due to their display of giant photographs of aborted children.
(Excerpt) Read more at freerepublic.com ...
This might be considered art.
Oh, it isn't art. It's political commentary that liberals would rather outlaw than tolerate.
bttt
Exactly. More hypocrisy from the far-left.
The story at the link isn't the same as posted. AP cold feet or Freeper leg-pulling?
The title and link do not match. Do you have a working link to the article you posted? Thanks.
bttp....like to liberals squirm.
How appropriate is this for an audience of children? Should we see abortion floats in Thanksgiving and Christmas parades, too?
Anti-Abortion Float Prompts Organizers To Pull Out Of York Parade
Exactly. There is a time and place for explicit messages but a Halloween parade is not it. If, by chance, the parade is already contaminated by Planned Parenthood types, then a positive "choose life"-type float would be more appropriate.
Not like kids are not being bombarded by explicit messages on MVT and tons of other shows.
Your message doesn't really wash.
Not all parents let their kids watch crap TV.
It's not going to happen now, anyway. These folks have succeeded in cancelling a big town event, making business owners and those who liked the parade upset.
How that ends up making the pro-life movement look good escapes me.
Sheesh. Whatever happened to pumpkins and haunted houses? Must everything be political?
Yes, it does. Keep stuff like that the hell out of Halloween parades. I'm pro-death-penalty but even a Halloween parade isn't apprpriate for a "Kill Mumia" float complete with gallows.
Tell me again how that's a plus.
Hey, one of my all time favorite events at Halloween was my uncle's "pass the guts" session ~ there we were, in a dimly lit room, dressed in our costumes, and boxes of "guts" and "parts" were passed around.
He was a butcher, so they were the real thing, but from animals~!
It was a ball.
So, using the real thing is not as funny? Where you been?
they should make dozens of copies of the float and enter it in every gay parade in the nation.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.