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Rally in Fort Lauderdale part of national movement in support of women's rights
South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | April 29,, 2012 | Erika Pesantes

Posted on 04/29/2012 6:59:05 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

FORT LAUDERDALE — Feminists who fought for women's rights in the 1960s and '70s joined a new generation Saturday and said the fight continues.

Unite Against the War on Women, a grassroots group that has steadily gained momentum since its founding in February, has organized rallies nationwide — including one in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday — in defense of women's rights and in opposition to any legislation that would curtail those rights.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bhowaronwomen; now; obama; women
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To: dirtboy

Yeah, nothing political here in the timing or “war on women” titling....such nonsense.


21 posted on 04/29/2012 8:15:45 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Fat, drunk and stupid = Dumb, dependent, and Democrat)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I might have been impressed if they had rallied for infant’s rights. This is just another yawner.


22 posted on 04/29/2012 9:06:12 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life. - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
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To: dirtboy
The Gannett paper in Naples reported that "a large crowd" and "scores" of women had turned out for the "We Are Women" rally there, and their message was enthusiastically received by passing motorists. The comboxes that followed told a very different story:

I saw the ladies holding signs and shouting slogans, all 15 or 20 of them, in fact while waiting at the red light only 1 or 2 horns beeped approval.

23 posted on 04/29/2012 9:23:00 AM PDT by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Supported by George Soros and breathlessly covered by the MSM?


24 posted on 04/29/2012 9:30:26 AM PDT by GOPJ (Obama's father, grandfather and great-grandfather were polygamists.-ALL,including Obama ate dogs!!)
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To: Last Dakotan
What I find hilarious is the logical leap when refusing to pay for something for someone else then becomes “denying them access”.

That sums up their position. They already have access, they just want you and me to pay for it.

25 posted on 04/29/2012 9:53:43 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (With choices like Palin, Cain, and Bachmann, what could go wrong? Now we know.)
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