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Vandals Burn and
Deface Crosses of
Anti-Abortion Exhibit
On the 32nd anniversary of Roe
vs Wade, nearly 4,000 small crosses were erected at Baton
Rouge's Louisiana State University by pro-life students. The
crosses symbolize the 4,000 innocent lives aborted daily in
America, and serve as a fitting wake up call on campus to
make reparation for these grievous sins against God.
However, the display was brutally vandalized
shortly after 12 a.m. Monday, presumably by abortion activists.
Some three thousand crosses were burned, stolen or broken.
According to The Daily Reveille,
Mary Higdon, president of LSU Students for Life reported:
"over the weekend, people stole and burned clusters of
crosses, spelled out 'pro-choice' in broken crosses, spray-painted
part of the exhibit and placed hangers - an old symbol of
illegal abortion - on the grass."
Richard Mahoney, president of St. Mary
and St. Joseph Family Memorial Foundation, who loaned the
crosses, said the vandals destroyed more than $9,000 worth
of private property. "Defacing a religious symbol is
a hate crime," he said. "This is not just a couple
of broken crosses… This is a symbol of our Faith. They
spit on Christ, His Church and His people."
Over the past month, reports The
Washington Times, similar pro-life exhibits were vandalized
at Oregon State University, at the University of Pennsylvania
and in Redding, California.
"These acts against God remind
me of the early Christian persecution in Rome," said
TFP Student Action director John Ritchie.
Update:
TFP petition gets attention
Students from 375 college campuses
affiliated with TFP Student Action were asked to sign a petition
earlier this week to Louisiana State University interim chancellor
Dr. William J. Jenkins. The petition asked him to take serious
measures against this sacrilege on campus. Hundreds of students
joined the petition.
Dr. Jenkins informed petition signers
that: "… those who were apprehended in connection
with vandalizing the display have been criminally charged
and referred for adjudication under the Code of Student Conduct…
Rest assured that we are acting accordingly."
The LSU newspaper The Daily Reveille
also published a story.
To read it, please visit: http://www.lsureveille.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/03/4201d8b17d893
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Additional information:
Louisiana State University
Dr. William L. Jenkins, Chancellor
156 Thomas Boyd Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6977
Fax: 225-578-5982
Email: wljenk@lsu.edu
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