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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Pro-choice t-shirt gets family booted from Bush rally (fwd)
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:47:27 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 21:27:23 GMT From: NARAL Pro-Choice America <can@ProChoiceAmerica.org> Reply-To: notice-reply-xeiuxu42jm6w6w@prochoiceaction.org To: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com> Subject: Pro-choice t-shirt gets family booted from Bush rally *********************** NARAL Pro-Choice America NEWS: Pro-choice t-shirt gets family kicked out of Bush rally! Get the shirt that will get YOU booted from a Bush rally, while they last! Click here: https://secure.ga3.org/02/tshirt/n011lcEF1tQPh *********************** This unbelievable report just in from Michigan! It's true. My family and I were kicked out of a Bush rally last week because of my NARAL Pro-Choice America t-shirt. They ripped up our tickets and told us, "We don't accept any pro-choice, non-Republican paraphernalia." What this told me about Bush was, "If you're pro-choice, you're not welcome in his campaign." That's why when NARAL Pro-Choice America asked me to support their work, including electing a pro-choice president, I said, "Absolutely." Now you can show the Bush team you won't be silenced by wearing your very own BANNED-BY-BUSH t-shirt. When you buy your t-shirt, the proceeds will support the very cause to which the Bush campaign objected: protecting women's privacy rights and choice. Click here to get yours today: https://secure.ga3.org/02/tshirt/n011lcEF1tQPh The Saginaw News told my unbelievable story, "The family reports that 'a young male campaign worker confiscated the offending apparel upon the family's 4:30 p.m. arrival. He returned with two others and asked the trio to leave about an hour later... The guard then grabbed their three tickets from Barbara Miller's hand, ripped them up 'violently' and told her, 'They're no good anymore,' she said." Afterward, my husband told the newspaper, "I was probably voting for Kerry before. Now I'm 100 percent sure. Maybe I'll start campaigning for him. Maybe I'll start fund-raising." So when NARAL Pro-Choice America called and asked me to help them elect a pro-choice president by telling my story, I didn't hesitate. Take a lesson from my family -- It's not just our right to choose that Bush doesn't accept, but our freedom of speech, too. Show Bush he can't tell us what to do with our reproductive health and he can't tell us what to wear. $30 gets you your own BANNED-BY-BUSH t-shirt. Click here to wear it with pride wherever you go. Not only will you receive the t-shirt Bush loves to hate, but all t-shirt proceeds will be used to support the very cause to which the Bush Campaign objected: ensuring that a woman's right to choose remains private, safe and legal. And if you live in Michigan, support our NARAL Pro-Choice America affiliate, MARAL Pro-Choice Michigan, by clicking here and learning what you can do right here in Michigan to protect choice: http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/h71lcEF1CQHp// Sincerely, Barbara Miller, Pro-Choice American :: Click here to read Michigan's Saginaw News article about the incident. http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/1d1lcEF1-aYl/ :: Click here to check out what our own Bush v. Choice bloggers have to say on the subject. http://prochoiceaction.org/ct/q71lcEF1-aYR// *********************** Paid for by NARAL Pro-Choice America, Inc. www.ProChoiceAmerica.org and not endorsed by any candidate or candidate's committee. (c) 2004, NARAL Pro-Choice America, 1156 15th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20005 *********************** If you would like to unsubscribe from NARAL Pro-Choice America's Choice Action Network, you can visit your subscription management page at: http://prochoiceaction.org/can/smp.tcl?nkey=xeiuxu42jm6w6w *********************************** Powered by GetActive Software, Inc. Relationship Management for Member Organizations (tm) http://www.getactive.com ***********************************