{"id":277963,"date":"2022-10-18T16:35:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T21:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=277963"},"modified":"2022-10-17T16:43:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T21:43:56","slug":"vandals-pro-abortion-anti-catholic-michigan-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/vandals-pro-abortion-anti-catholic-michigan-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandals spray paint pro-abortion, anti-Catholic rhetoric on Michigan church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Video footage has revealed pro-abortion vandals spray painting the outside of a Catholic church in Michigan on October 8.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBukuras\/status\/1580323944820666369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a>, three hooded individuals approached the Church of the Resurrection in Lansing during the overnight hours and spray painted pro-abortion and anti-Catholic rhetoric on the sidewalk, church doors, and a large, LED sign. Parishioners, including many families with young children, were subjected to the vandalism and vulgar messages when they arrived for Sunday mass the next morning.<\/p>\n<p><b>URGENT:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/future-of-abortion\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=minibomb\"><b><i>For every dollar given, 34 more people can be reached with the truth about abortion. Will you join us in this life-saving work as a monthly donor today?<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three hooded individuals caught on camera vandalizing a Catholic church in Lansing, Michigan, Oct. 8 with pro-abortion and anti-Catholic graffiti. <br \/>?: Church of the Resurrection. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/igJrJNDyDZ\">pic.twitter.com\/igJrJNDyDZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Bukuras (@JoeBukuras) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBukuras\/status\/1580323944820666369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Catholic News Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/252534\/video-pro-abortion-vandals-caught-in-the-act-of-spray-painting-michigan-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> that much of the graffiti contained expletives, and some of it read, \u201cFeminism not fascism,\u201d \u201csmash patriarchy,\u201d \u201cRestore Roe,\u201d and \u201cIs overturning Roe worth your life or your democracy?\u201d The statement, &#8220;Kill all Christian nationalists,\u201d was spray painted on the church&#8217;s sign.<\/p>\n<p>The church&#8217;s pastor,\u00a0Father Steve Mattson, told CNA he estimates the damages to total around $15,000.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PStQg_NdLIk\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just really hurt, and sorrowful, that people would have vandalized our place of worship,\u00a0our church,&#8221; one parishioner said in a video put out by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseoflansing.org\/news\/watch-catholic-church-lansing-vandalized-pro-abortion-graffiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diocese of Lansing<\/a>. &#8220;Abortion is an act of violence against a vulnerable human. And the fact that the people who are proponents of abortion are then using violence against other people just shows that this is a violent movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Motherhood is really a gift. Children are gifts,&#8221; said another parishioner. &#8220;And to be persistent in this belief that we are the god of our own bodies and that we can kill our own children, and that that is a fundamental human right are some of the messages that I&#8217;ve seen and I&#8217;m so sad to see that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This act of vandalism is just the latest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnancy-centers-churches-arson-vandalism-rage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing number of incidents<\/a>\u00a0that have occurred since the Supreme Court first indicated the overturn of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> in May. In addition to vandalism with graffiti, churches, pregnancy resource centers, and pro-life offices around the country have been subjected to broken windows and even arson. Despite these frequent and recurring attacks, the FBI has <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fbi-attacks-pro-life-organizations-centers-churches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined to say<\/a> whether it has made any arrests relating to any of the attacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pledge.liveaction.org\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=prolife_pledge\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-277267\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pledge-live-action-ad-970x250-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video footage has revealed pro-abortion vandals spray painting the outside of a Catholic church in Michigan on October 8. In the video, three hooded individuals approached the Church of the Resurrection in Lansing during the overnight hours and spray painted pro-abortion and anti-Catholic rhetoric on the sidewalk, church doors, and a large, LED sign. 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