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geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
Fri Aug 1, 2014, 10:41 AM Aug 2014

Grayson a Tina Haver Currin’s counter-protest to abortion clinic picketers is the stuff of genius


Pro-life advocates protesting outside women’s health clinics are a common sight these days. At their least offensive, they hold up signs condemning both the clinics for the abortion services they offer and the women who go to them seeking care and assistance; at their worst, they resort to harassment, in-your-face screaming, and violence. That’s why it was so disheartening to hear that in June, the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that had been enacted in 2007 creating a buffer zone around the entrances to clinics. Another day, another measure of protection stripped away.

But husband-and-wife team Grayson and Tina Haver Currin have found what might just be the best possible way to counter-protest the pro-lifers. Every Saturday morning, they arrive at a clinic near their hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, with signs in hand, just like the original protesters. But while the pro-life signs read things like “BABIES ARE MURDERED HERE,” the Haver Currins’ signs… don’t. Instead, they look like this:


more at link: http://www.bustle.com/articles/33220-grayson-and-tina-haver-currins-counter-protest-to-abortion-clinic-picketers-is-the-stuff-of-genius/image/130601?utm_source=FBTraffic&utm_medium=fijifrost&utm_campaign=CMfacebook
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