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Pro-life group leaves campus after short visit
Jamie Gonzales
Issue date: 4/18/07 Section: News
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After less than two hours on campus, the pro-life group left campus, but not after some controversy.
"One woman was crying and another woman was confronting them, saying that not all abortions look like that," said Marq Glazner, a junior business major.
She said one of the young men who was part of the group started to yell at one of the women, saying that she was trying to kill Jews.
Several women then started to shake and cry.
"I'm all for the women and it's not going to affect me," said Julie Yang, an undeclared sophomore. "They're not going to convince me to change my mind by being out here."
The group left without encouragement from the university, said Leonard Valdez, the campus judicial officer of student activities.
The group left before expressing any comment to The State Hornet.
"The group was limited to one space (of the Library Quad)," said Lou Camera, the director of student activities. However, they chose to have multiple locations in a single area, despite numerous warnings this morning.
"A group cannot fill the Quad (with multiple set-ups) with one message," Camera said.
He said it was unfortunate that a global studies organization was in the middle of this situation and people wanting to get information about global studies had to be surrounded by the pictures.
Camera said non-campus groups are allowed to petition in one location as long as they do not disrupt foot traffic or campus life.
Jamie Gonzales can be reached at jamiegonzales@statehornet.com
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Joey Cox
posted 4/19/07 @ 9:42 AM PST
I am Joey Cox, one of the members of Survivors that visited the campus yesterday. I am sorry to say that this is the most biased story I have seen inna campus newspaper yet. (Continued…)
Betty
posted 4/19/07 @ 1:55 PM PST
Instead of littering our campus with your disgusting photographs that are only meant to shock people why don't you let women decide for themselves what they want to do with their own bodies??? And didn't a fetus have to be aborted for you to get those photos and use them as propaganda? What sick person would make sure the lighting is just right and the fetus is in just the right position to get that picture? Also, not all abortions would look like that. (Continued…)
Joe
posted 4/20/07 @ 9:42 AM PST
How can one be OK with an abortion but not images of what it actually does? It is like- "I am OK with it, as long as I dont see it."
These pictures, while horrible, are what actually happens! If one cant stand looking at those, how can one recieve the abortion?
Brandon Abell
posted 4/20/07 @ 12:16 PM PST
The reason why those pictures are hard to look at is that they are some twisted combination of a snuff film and child pornography. If they really believe a fetus is a child you'd think they'd have a problem with it. (Continued…)
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