I recently drove past a Planned Parenthood (that is NOT an office that performs abortions, BTW) only to see a family of four picketing. The two kids looked like they were both under the age of about 8. Regardless of how one might feel on the issue, I think this is disgusting... using your children (who are way too young to begin to understand such a very complicated issue) to support your own personal/religious/political agenda is just so wrong on so many levels.
In some ways, I think their picketing was more of a display of what totally awesome parents are out there. Did anyone else see Jesus Camp? The entire picketing scene reminded me of the scary christian-right parents from that movie.
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