{"id":167832,"date":"2017-07-01T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T19:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=167832"},"modified":"2017-07-01T16:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T20:11:47","slug":"despite-criticism-warped-tour-welcomes-back-pro-life-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/despite-criticism-warped-tour-welcomes-back-pro-life-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite criticism, Vans Warped Tour welcomes back pro-life organization"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite criticism<\/a> from pro-abortion bands and pro-abortion attendees, Vans Warped Tour has welcomed the pro-life non-profit Rock for Life<\/a> back for a second year. The national concert series runs throughout the summer and allows a variety of non-profit organizations to set up tents, including Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in punk rock in the \u201970s and \u201980s. We were OK with having people with conflicting views in the same room,\u201d pro-choice Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman told Spin<\/a>. \u201cIf we don\u2019t allow people of varying opinions in the same space, we\u2019ll never fix the problems in this country. That\u2019s why I\u2019m doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rock for Life, a part of Students for Life of America, works for human rights for all humans, born and preborn, through music and education. They first joined the Warped Tour in 2016, handing out information and selling t-shirts and other merchandise. Their inclusion in the 2016 tour caused a stir on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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an environment so unwelcoming to women is literally teaching teens abortions are wrong. when did mall pop-punk become fascism?<\/p>\n

\u2014 maria sherman (@mariasherm) July 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n