{"id":241620,"date":"2021-03-15T17:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=241620"},"modified":"2021-03-15T17:36:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:36:56","slug":"texas-capitol-officers-hide-pro-life-shirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-capitol-officers-hide-pro-life-shirts\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Texas Capitol officers force pro-lifers to hide pro-life shirts while on premises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Pro-life groups reported today that upon arrival to the Texas Capitol to testify in favor of pro-life legislation, Capitol officers forced them to hide their pro-life shirts and other gear bearing pro-life slogans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: TX Capitol officers &amp; staff are banning Pro-Life attire in the Senate!<\/p>\n<p>Advocates came to testify today for Pro-Life bills &amp; were forced to hide the Pro-Life messages on their clothing. <\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iVxIVYi2yL\">https:\/\/t.co\/iVxIVYi2yL<\/a> for further developments. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TXLege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TXLege<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProLife?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProLife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aBVn5I9F73\">pic.twitter.com\/aBVn5I9F73<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas Right to Life (Text ProLife to 56525) (@TXRightToLife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXRightToLife\/status\/1371551951939330049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/victory-judge-texas-remove-planned-parenthood-medicaid\/\">VICTORY: Judge rules Texas can remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students for Life reported in a <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2021\/03\/15\/breaking-free-speech-rights-violated-at-texas-state-capitol-as-sfla-staff-students-told-to-hide-pro-life-shirts\/?fbclid=IwAR06_8ezwlA-Bu8uUKrNt36Q6qoiEeHPISXeY2BTVEncUhOABjQ8ZY0Uza4\">press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Upon arrival at the State Capitol this morning, the group of staff and students representing SFLA was told by the Senate Sergeant At-Arms to cover up their blue shirts reading, \u201cI AM THE PRO-LIFE GENERATION,\u201d and to turn their \u201cVOTE PRO-LIFE FIRST\u201d masks inside-out. The Sergeant was unable to identify to the group\u2019s leader, Sarah Zarr, a rule barring anyone from wearing shirts or masks emblazoned with slogans. The Sergeant appeared to be attempting to use a rule barring the use of banners and flags. Zarr explained to the Sergeant that groups like Planned Parenthood wear pro-abortion slogans on their clothing regularly inside the State Capitol.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The Sergeant\u2019s staff repeatedly told students to cover up their shirts and masks and were hesitant to allow members of the SFLA group into the Senate Chamber despite the presence of available seats. At one point, Zarr was physically handled by the Sergeant as he sought to assert his rules on Zarr and the SFLA group.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cWhen the government changes rules to silence messages it doesn\u2019t want to hear, the First Amendment loses its meaning,\u201d said Hawkins. \u201cFree speech rights that you can\u2019t use don\u2019t really exist at all. And the Pro-Life Generation will not be silent about the human rights issue of our day, abortion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The pro-life groups were present to testify before the Senate Committee on State Affairs in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2021\/03\/15\/students-for-life-action-calls-on-texas-senators-to-pass-numerous-pro-life-bills\/\">a number of pro-life bills being considered<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/87R\/billtext\/html\/SB01647I.HTM\">SB 1647<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<i>The Texas Abolition Strategy<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/text\/SB9\/id\/2317878\">SB 9<\/a> \u2014\u00a0<i>The Human Life Protection Act<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/text\/SB394\/id\/2255871\">SB 394<\/a> \u2014\u00a0Chemical Abortion Regulation, <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/text\/SB650\/id\/2286076\">SB 650<\/a> \u2014\u00a0to stop funding of abortion services, and <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/text\/SB802\/id\/2311097\">SB 802<\/a> \u2014\u00a0the\u00a0<i>Every Mother Matters Act<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-life groups reported today that upon arrival to the Texas Capitol to testify in favor of pro-life legislation, Capitol officers forced them to hide their pro-life shirts and other gear bearing pro-life slogans. BREAKING: TX Capitol officers &amp; staff are banning Pro-Life attire in the Senate! 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