Thousands Rally for Life in Washington D.C.
Thousands of pro-lifers gathered at the Capitol on Monday, January 24, for the 32nd annual March for Life rally and march.
"The March for Life is a peaceful demonstration -- an annual reminder to all of Washington officialdom that it must overturn the Supreme Court's infamous Roe v. Wade decision which decriminalized the intentional killing of a preborn human. The Supreme Court cannot, and did not, legalize the killing of preborns. But Roe v. Wade did unleash on our beloved country the feminists/abortionists' evil agenda of 'choice' to kill preborn humans, and did begin the slippery slope to decriminalize infanticide, euthanasia, assisted suicide, fetal research, and more evil. History records our own lamentable experience with slavery and our seeing the Nazi slippery slope from so-called 1935 Nuremberg laws, through years of 'final solution' horrors, to reality of judgments at Nuremberg Trials," said Nellie Gray, the President for the March for Life Fund.
The rally began Monday morning, where three cardinals, a dozen bishops and some 300 priests greeted the crowd with pro-life messages. The march has been held every year since the infamous Roe v. Wade ruling legalized abortion in America 32 years ago.
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Following the rally, the thousands of protestors marched along Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court and Congress to let their voice be heard by the congressmen and justices at the nation¡¯s capitol. According to the Associated Press, Constitution Avenue was closed between 17th Street Northwest and 1st Street Northeast from 1p.m. and 4p.m, to make room for the rally.
Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick said they're praying for life and a change of mind by those supporting abortion. He said the event shows the "desire to have a pro-life nation is not fading out." The cardinal also said he was encouraged to see more young people attending the event.
President George W. Bush, meanwhile, addressed the crowd via telephone.
