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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (126941)	3/21/2012 11:05:41 PM
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U.S. battles Obama's 'tremendous evil' Americans in more than 130 cities take to streets in national uprising Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Chelsea Schilling wnd.com When the clock strikes 12 p.m. March 23, thousands of Americans in more than 130 U.S. cities will take a stand with one unified voice against Obamacare’s mandatory contraceptive and abortion-inducing drug coverage. At the “Stand Up For Religious Freedom – Stop the HHS Mandate” rallies across the nation, the crowds will protest the recent contraceptives mandate and publicly voice their demand that the government protect religious liberty and stop forcing religious groups to cover drug-induced abortions. March 23 is the second anniversary of the passage of Obamacare. The Obama administration has claimed it’s willing to help insurance companies offset the cost of free birth control for women working for religious institutions such as hospitals and colleges. Under the plan, students and workers may obtain contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs from insurance companies without a copay. However, Eric Scheidler, executive director of Pro Life Action League, told WND he’s not buying the White House’s “compromise.” “I think what we’re going to see is that these rallies are going to reset the entire issue, because we’ve been told by the mainstream media – who bought all of Barack Obama’s spin – that somehow the concerns of religious people have been addressed, that some kind of a compromise was reached,” Scheidler said. “Compromise, by definition, means you both give something up. Obama didn’t give anything up, and the bishops didn’t get anything at all in return – nor did any of the Christian leaders whose organizations are similarly affected, or even business owners of faith who don’t want to be responsible for facilitating the use of abortion-inducing drugs by their employees.” Many of the rallies will be held at federal buildings and historic sites. The Philadelphia rally will take place at Independence Hall, and the Freeport rally will be at Debate Square, where one of the original Lincoln-Douglas debates took place. “While this is a very unified effort headquartered here in Chicago, it is also very much of a grassroots effort,” Scheidler explained. “The local groups have been inviting pastors, priests, bishops, rabbis, physicians, business owners, media and members of Congress to come out and – from their own personal perspectives and experience – to explain why they oppose the HHS mandate and what we need to do to stop it. We’re fighting a tremendous evil. In so doing, we are encountering so much solidarity with people of faith and even people of no faith.” The rallies will be family friendly and cooperate with local law enforcement. The nonpartisan event welcomes any American who wants to protect religious freedom and take a stand against the contraception mandate. Organizers ask that no particular candidate, party or organization be represented on people’s signs. “Obviously it’s political,” Scheidler said. “We’re talking about the public policy of a particular politician, Barack Obama, and Kathleen Sebelius and their friends in Congress and the executive branch. Certainly it’s political, but it’s not partisan.” The movements’ No. 1 goal is to “reignite the controversy and undo the spin that President Obama and Kathleen Sebelius and their spokespeople have put on this thing,” Scheidler explained. “The accommodation was a shell game. It’s all smoke and mirrors. At the end of the day, employers are still being forced under the penalty of draconian fines to provide services that they find offensive to their religious beliefs or their moral beliefs, their natural-law beliefs. You don’t have to be Catholic or Christian or Jewish to believe that taking drugs to induce an early abortion is immoral.” The more people know about the HHS mandate, he said, the less they support it: “We should all be horrified by this thing. When the American people hear about this, as they will on Friday, March 23, the rollback is going to start. The HHS mandate is going into the dustbin of history. The following is a list of rallies that are open to the public: Alaska Anchorage Anchorage Town Square Park 551 W. 6th Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Fairbanks Steese Highway & College Road (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Kenai Kenai Spur Highway and Bridge Access Road (Map) Rally Time 4 to 5 p.m. E-mail the Rally Captain Soldotna The Y Intersection of Sterling and Spur Highways (Map) Rally Time 4 to 5 p.m. E-mail the Rally Captain Arizona Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor Federal Building East Plaza 401 W. Washington Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Tucson Federal Building Congress Street and Granada Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain California Redding City Hall 777 Cypress Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Los Angeles Edward R. Roybal Federal Building 255 East Temple Street (Map) RSVP the Los Angeles rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Murrieta Sam Hicks Monument Park 41970 Moreno Road (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Sacramento Capitol Building Steps (North side on L Street) 1315 10th Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain San Diego San Diego County Administration Building 1600 Pacific Highway San Diego (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain San Francisco Federal Building 90 Seventh Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Ventura Ventura Government Center 800 South Victoria Avenue, (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Colorado Akron Federal Courthouse 150 Ash Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Denver West Steps of the State Capitol 200 East Colfax Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Connecticut Hartford Abraham Ribicoff Federal Building 450 Main Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain New Haven Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse 141 Church Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain District of Columbia See Washington, D.C., below Florida Fort Lauderdale Federal Building 299 East Broward Boulevard (Map) RSVP the Fort Lauderdale rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Jacksonville Federal Courthouse 300 North Hogan Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Miami Park across from Claude Pepper Federal Building 1st Avenue and Flager Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Ocala Federal Courthouse 205 Northwest 2nd Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Orlando U.S. Courthouse 401 West Central Boulevard (Map) RSVP the Orlando rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Pensacola Winston E. Arnow Federal Building 100 Palafox Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Sarasota Sarasota Bay Front Bayfront Drive and Gulfstream Avenue Under the “Surrender” statue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain St. Petersburg 4th St. N and 22nd Ave. N (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Stuart Roosevelt Bridge (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Georgia Athens R. G. Stephens Jr. Federal Building 355 Hancock Avenue (Map) RSVP the Athens rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Atlanta Georgia Capital Building 206 Washington Street Southwest (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Hawaii Honolulu Prince Kuhio Federal Building 300 Ala Moana Blvd (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Idaho Boise US District Courthouse 550 W Fort Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Illinois Chicago Federal Plaza 50 W. Adams Street (Map) RSVP the Chicago rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Freeport Lincoln-Douglas Debate Square 114 E. Douglas Street (Parking Locations) E-mail the Rally Leader Peoria Peoria Courthouse 324 Main Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Leader Rockford Holy Family Parish 4401 Highcrest Road (Map) Mass preceding Rally at 11 a.m. E-mail the Rally Captain Sterling Grandon Civic Center 310 E. Park Avenue (Map) Mass at 11 a.m. Prior to Rally Indiana Evansville Federal Building 101 NW Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Fort Wayne Allen County Courthouse 715 S. Calhoun Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Indianapolis Indiana State Capitol 200 W. Washington Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Muncie County Building 100 W. Main Street E-mail the Rally Captain South Bend Jon R. Hunt Plaza 211 N. Michigan Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Valparaiso Valparaiso County Courthouse 16 W Lincolnway (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Iowa Davenport U.S. Courthouse 131 E. 4th Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Kansas Kansas City U.S. District Courthouse 500 State Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Wichita U.S. District Courthouse 401 N. Market Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Louisiana Baton Rouge Louisiana State Capitol 900 North Third Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain New Orleans Federal Courthouse 500 Camp Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Kentucky Lexington Phoenix Park Corner of South Limestone Street and West Main Street (Map) Lexington Rally Website Owensboro Moreland Park West Parish Avenue and Hickman Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Maine Portland U.S. District Courthouse 156 Federal Street (Map) RSVP the Portland rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Maryland Baltimore Fallon Federal Building 31 Hopkins Place (Map) Download the Rally Flyer [PDF] Rally Captain Jack Ames Phone: 410-337-3721 or 410-961-2008 E-mail the Rally Captain Bel Air Rally Location TBD E-mail the Rally Captain Ellicott City Office of US Rep. Elijah Cummings 8267 Main Street (Map) Email the Rally Captain Germantown Montgomery County Office Building Middlebrook Road and Germantown Road (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Massachusetts Boston Boston Common (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Michigan Ann Arbor Federal Building 200 E.Liberty Street (Map) RSVP the Ann Arbor rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Detroit Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building 477 Michigan Avenue (Map) RSVP the Detroit rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Flint Start at: St. Matthew Church 706 Beach Street (Map) End: Federal Building 600 Church Street (Map) Parking available in garage at 2nd St and Beach St (Map) RSVP the Flint rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Grand Rapids Calder Square 300 Ottawa Avenue NW (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Howell Howell Courthouse 200 East Grand River Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Kalamazoo Bronson Park 200 South Rose St (Map) Kalamazoo Rally Website E-mail the Rally Captain Saginaw Rally Location TBD E-mail the Rally Captain Traverse City The Open Space Grandview Parkway and Union Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Minnesota Duluth Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building 515 West 1st Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain St. Cloud Start at St Mary’s Cathedral at the corner of 8th Ave and 1st Street Process to Senator Al Franken’s Office 916 West St Germain Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Twin Cities Warren E. Burger Federal Building 316 North Robert Street, St. Paul (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Mississippi Jackson United States Courthouse 501 Court Street (Map) RSVP the Jackson Rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Missouri Jefferson City State Capitol 201 West Capitol Avenue (Map) Alternate date: Rally being held March 27 E-mail the Rally Captain Kansas City U.S. District Courthouse 500 State Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain St. Louis Office of Senator Claire McCaskill 5850 Delmar Boulevard (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain You are also encouraged to join the Jefferson City Rally March 27 Nebraska Lincoln U.S. District Court 100 Centennial Mall North (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Omaha U.S. District Court 111 South 18th Plaza (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Nevada Las Vegas Federal Building 333 Las vegas Blvd (Map) Alternate Start Time: Rally being held 6 p.m. E-mail the Rally Captain Reno Bruce R. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building 400 South Virginia Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain New Hampshire Concord Federal Building 55 Pleasant Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain New Jersey Trenton State Capital 125 W. State Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain New Mexico Albuquerque Federal Courthouse 333 Lomas Boulevard NW (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain New York Bayside Office of Representative Gary Ackerman 218-14 Northern Boulevard (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Buffalo Senator Charles Schumer’s Office 130 South Elmwood Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Garden City Office of Representative Carolyn McCarthy 300 Garden City Plaza (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Goshen Orange County Government Center 255 Main Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Hauppauge Office of Representative Steve Israel 150 Motor Pkwy (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Melville Office of Senators Charles Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand 145 Pinelawn Road (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain New York City Federal Hall National Memorial 26 Wall Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Norwich Courthouse West Park Place (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Patchogue Office of Representative Tim Bishop 31 Oak Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Rochester Federal Building 100 State Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Southampton Office of Representative Tim Bishop 137 Hampton Road (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain North Carolina Charlotte U.S. Courthouse 401 W. Trade Street (Map) RSVP the Charlotte rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Marion McDowell County Courthouse 10 East Court Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Winston-Salem Hiram H. Ward Federal Building 251 North Main Street (Map) RSVP the Winston-Salem rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain North Dakota Bismarck North Dakota State Capitol 600 E. Boulevard Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Ohio Cincinnati St. Peter in Chains Cathedral 325 West 8th Street (Map) RSVP the Cincinnati rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Cleveland Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building 1240 E 9th Street (Map) RSVP the Cleveland rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Columbus John W. Bricker Federal Building 200 North High Street (Map) RSVP the Columbus rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Dayton Historic Old Court House Square Third and Main Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Toledo Lucas County Courthouse 700 Adams Street (Map) Downtown Parking Map Mass to be celebrated at 11 a.m. by Bishop Blair at St. Francis Chapel, Superior and Cherry Streets (Map). E-mail the Rally Captain Oklahoma Tulsa Lafortune Park 5801 South Yale Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Oregon Eugene Federal Courthouse 405 East 8th Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Portland U.S. Courthouse 1000 S.W. Third Avenue (Map) RSVP the Portland Rally on Facebook Portland rally at Freedom Connector Donate to the Portland Rally through Fundly E-mail the Rally Captain Pennsylvania Allentown US Federal Building 504 W. Hamilton Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Erie Federal Courthouse 17 North Park Row (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Harrisburg Capitol Building 3rd Street and State Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Philadelphia Independence Hall 520 Chestnut Street (Map) RSVP the Philadelphia Rally on Eventbrite Find the Philadelphia Rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Pittsburgh Federal Building 1000 Liberty Avenue (Map) RSVP the Pittsburgh Rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Reading Madison Building 400 Washington Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Scranton Wiliam J. Nealon Federal Building 235 N. Washington Avenue, (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Williamsport Federal Building 240 West 3rd Street (Map) Email the Rally Captain Rhode Island Providence Burnside Park Washington and Exchange Streets (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain South Carolina Charleston Immaculate Conception Church 510 St. James Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Greenville Greenville County Square Corner of Church Street and University Ridge (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain South Dakota Pierre Federal Building 225 S Pierre Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Rapid City Federal Courthouse 515 9th Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Tennessee Nashville State Capital 600 Charlotte Avenue (Map) RSVP the Nashville Rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Texas Austin Capital Building 1100 Congress Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Bryan Haswell Park 1142 E. William Joel Bryan Parkway (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Corpus Christi Federal Courthouse 1133 North Shoreline Boulevard (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street (Map) RSVP the Dallas rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Del Rio Greenwood Park Las Vacas Street and Grimer Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain El Paso San Jacinto Plaza 336 North Oregon Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Fort Worth Fritz G Lanham Federal Building 819 Taylor Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Houston Tranquility Park across from the Federal Building 400 Rusk Street (Map) RSVP the Houston rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain New Braunfels Main Plaza (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain San Antonio Downtown Main Plaza 115 South Main Plaza (Map) RSVP the San Antonio rally on Facebook E-mail the Rally Captain Uvalde City Square U.S. 83 and U.S. 90 (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Utah Salt Lake City Matheson Courthouse 450 S. State Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Virginia Charlottesville U.S. Court of Appeals 255 W. Main Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Front Royal Warren County Courthouse One East Main Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Norfolk Commercial Park 415 E. Plume Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Roanoke Federal Building 210 Franklin Road SW (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Washington Tacoma Tollefson Plaza Pacific Avenue and S. 17th Street (Map) Rally Website E-mail the Rally Captain Seattle U.S. District Court 700 Stewart Street (Map) RSVP the Seattle rally on Facebook Seattle Rally Website E-mail the Rally Captain Spokane Foley Federal Building 920 W. Riverside (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Walla Walla Office of Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers 29 South Palouse Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Washington, D.C. Washington Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue Southwest (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Wisconsin Green Bay Brown County Courthouse Rotunda 100 South Jefferson Street (Map) Madison U.S. District Courthouse 120 N. Henry Street (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain Milwaukee Federal Building 310 West Wisconsin Avenue (Map) E-mail the Rally Captain