{"id":161030,"date":"2017-01-24T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=161030"},"modified":"2017-01-24T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:45:59","slug":"pro-life-headquarters-vandalized-with-anti-child-message-upside-down-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-headquarters-vandalized-with-anti-child-message-upside-down-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life headquarters vandalized with anti-child message, upside-down cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Monday, Pro-Life Action Ministries reported that their St. Paul, Minnesota, headquarters was vandalized overnight, following a Sunday prayer service outside a local\u00a0Planned Parenthood. The vandal(s) marked the pro-life headquarters with multiple offensive messages,\u00a0including an upside-down cross. The damage was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kvrr.com\/2017\/01\/23\/pro-life-office-vandalized-after-planned-parenthood-prayer-service\/\">discovered<\/a> by a staff member upon arriving at the headquarters on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother f- mouth to feed,\u201d\u00a0read one of the crudely painted messages, in an apparent reference to the children whose lives are defended by pro-life groups. \u201cF- Trump,\u201d was scribbled nearby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FProLifeActionMinistries%2Fposts%2F1528659573829028&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"765\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to Pro-Life Action Ministries, the non-profit group never endorsed Donald Trump. Many pro-lifers supported other candidates for president, so the anti-Trump message was not only illegally (and poorly) painted, it was also an ineffective way of communicating opposition to pro-life values.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t the Trump comment that disturbed Pro-Life Action Ministries the most. Brian Gibson, the group&#8217;s Executive Director, <a href=\"https:\/\/plam.org\/pro-life-headquarters-vandalized\/\">explained<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What I find\u00a0most disturbing is the hate speech indicated by the upside-down cross, reminiscent of the KKK.\u00a0 Clearly, there are those among\u00a0pro-abortion advocates who seek to threaten, harass and intimidate those who peacefully seek to protect innocent life. But let me make this even clearer, we are not intimidated.\u00a0 Our work to return protection to the defenseless will continue unabated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gibson claims that in addition to the vandalism, he received a harassing phone call on Sunday, January 22\u00a0&#8212; the\u00a044<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of <em>Roe v. Wade.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160409\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DefundAd-400b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, choosing to deface pro-life property and\/or harass or threaten activists, rather than engaging in thoughtful and open-minded discussion, does not seem to be all that uncommon these days. In October, a pro-life display at <a href=\"\/news\/pro-life-display-at-marquette-university-vandalized-by-pro-abortion-activists\/\">Marquette University<\/a>\u00a0was vandalized by pro-abortion activists; September saw a masked club-wielding vandal attack a pro-life display at <a href=\"\/news\/pro-life-display-attacked-by-masked-man-wielding-club\/\">Ohio University<\/a>, before turning to threateningly point the club at a pro-life activist.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Ohio University incident,\u00a0National Director of Created Equal, Mark Harrington, stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Preborn defenders have been experiencing an increase in vandalism and violence at campuses across the country. Unfortunately, this attack could signal a new wave of violence towards pro-life advocates. Hooded and masked thugs behaving violently towards a discriminated minority brings back memories of the KKK; in this case, preborn babies are the object of the hatred.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2017\/01\/23\/pro-life-action-ministries-in-st-paul-vandalized-with-anti-trump-graffiti\/\">Pioneer Press<\/a>,\u00a0St. Paul\u00a0police will be investigating the vandalism against Pro-Life Action Ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Pro-Life Action Ministries reported that their St. Paul, Minnesota, headquarters was vandalized overnight, following a Sunday prayer service outside a local\u00a0Planned Parenthood. The vandal(s) marked the pro-life headquarters with multiple offensive messages,\u00a0including an upside-down cross. 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