{"id":45418,"date":"2014-01-22T17:34:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=45418"},"modified":"2014-01-22T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T23:02:24","slug":"walk-for-life-west-coast-co-chair-smacks-down-censorship-attempts-by-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/walk-for-life-west-coast-co-chair-smacks-down-censorship-attempts-by-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk for Life West Coast co-chair smacks down censorship attempts by San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29806\" alt=\"walk for life\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/walk-for-life.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The city of supposed tolerance, San Francisco, showed a few too many of its true colors earlier this month when the Board of Supervisors attempted to censor pro-life banners placed around the city in preparation for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkforlifewc.com\/\">Walk for Life West Coast<\/a>\u00a0(WFLWC), which is scheduled to take place this Saturday, January 25. The banners read, &#8220;Abortion Hurts Women&#8221; &#8212; and it <a href=\"http:\/\/silentnomoreawareness.org\/testimonies\/index.aspx\">certainly does<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The truth was offensive to the board, however, whose supervisor, David Campos, said that the slogan wasn&#8217;t true. Campos also took the opportunity to personally opine on the issue (his opinions are apparently shared by other city leaders <a href=\"\/news\/city-of-santa-barbara-shows-abortion-love-in-downtown-flag-display\/\">throughout<\/a> California):<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Not only is abortion one of the safest medical procedures in the United States, but denied, abortion care is what hurts women.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not so fast, said Eva Muntean, co-chair of the Walk. In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2014\/01\/15\/sf-supervisors-introduce-resolution-opposing-anti-abortion-banners-on-market-street\/\">KCBS Radio<\/a>, Muntean responded, as reported by WFLWC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkforlifewc.com\/walk-for-life-west-coasts-eva-muntean-shreds-sf-supervisors-censorship-threat\/\">website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Eva Muntean of Walk for Life said her group obtained a permit and met all the criteria for their banners.\u00a0<strong>She also said Campos\u2019 position is ridiculous.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPhysically and psychologically, families are hurt by abortion. I welcome them to come and to listen to these talks and just find out exactly first hand from people that have abortion, how it has hurt them,\u201d she said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Muntean said the resolution flies in the face of San Francisco\u2019s reputation as a tolerant city, noting its tolerance doesn\u2019t seem to extend to different points of view.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We certainly welcome all San Franciscans to attend the Walk for Life West Coast and to listen to post-abortive women share their stories. Decide for yourself whether what you are hearing is \u201chate speech.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eva&#8217;s full comments can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2014\/01\/15\/sf-supervisors-introduce-resolution-opposing-anti-abortion-banners-on-market-street\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of supposed tolerance, San Francisco, showed a few too many of its true colors earlier this month when the Board of Supervisors attempted to censor pro-life banners placed around the city in preparation for the Walk for Life West Coast\u00a0(WFLWC), which is scheduled to take place this Saturday, January 25. 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