Madison’s Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally
March 24, 2012
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Madison’s Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally
March 23, 2011
U.S. District Courthouse,
120N. Henry St.
Madison, WI
A Nationwide Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally was held on Friday, March 23rd, 2012, from noon to 1 PM.
Nationwide list of participating cities (click).
The Madison, Wisconsin rally was held at the U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Madison, at 120 N. Henry Street.
500 people were in attendance, including the Catholic Bishop of Madison and numerous priests and sisters.
Photos:
(Tom Reitz, ReitzInternet, Syte Reitz)
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Bishop Morlino’s remarks audio (click)
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Bishop Morlino on facebook (click)
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Madison Cap Times coverage:
Pro-life activists react to Obama’s ‘war on women’
Syte Reitz grew up in Queens, New York, in a family of Lithuanian immigrants who fled Nazi and Soviet domination during World War II. Her education includes a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and post-doctoral work at Princeton University. Syte left her job as an Assistant Professor at Oakland University, Michigan, to devote herself to raising her children, and ultimately homeschooled them through the end of high school. She is a member of Madison's Cathedral Parish.
Wow! 500 People huh? The Reason Rally had an estimated 30,000 people.
SYTE REPLIES TO TIM:
Your comment is somewhat devoid of reason:
*You forgot the other 140 cities across the US where Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rallies occurred.
*You forgot the difference in size between Madison and Washington.
*You forgot that Stand Up for Religious Freedom was Friday lunchtime, while Reason Rally was Saturday with entertainment provided.
*You also got the number wrong: estimates for the Reason Rally vary from 8,000 to 20,000; not 30,000.
*The Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rallies totaled over 54,000.
As long as you want to brag, you might also discuss the hateful atmosphere of ridicule reported at the Reason Rally; if radicals atheists believe God does not exist, why are they so angry?
Signs read: “so many Christian, so few lions…”
While the event was advertised as emphasizing reason, ridicule and bullying seemed to be the preferred methods for opposing religious belief and spreading the joys of atheism.
In actual fact, the Reason Rally seemed seriously bereft of reason.
And you have your facts completely muddled.
Sounds like they should have called it the Hate Rally, not the Reason Rally
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