Caped wonders with super powers have been created throughout history during times when people were in dire need of "heroes". They could fly or do a Houdini from the arch-rival's snare. But, these heroes stay on the comic book (or the silver screen). Hence, we in the real world face challenges ourselves--sans super powers. Whether it's families breaking apart or declining literacy in the country, it is we who answer the call from where we are, with what we have.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Not just any Memorial Day
Besides the Int'l Life Chain, which took place on Oct. 2 this year, another annual event was held to stand up for and remember the millions of lives that have been deliberately taken through abortion. Oct. 3 was Pro-Life Memorial Day, wherein young people turned up outside the US Supreme Court for a night of singing, scripture-reading and prayer (more photos here).
Pro-Life Memorial Day, organized by Rock for Life (the youth arm of the American Life League), shall be celebrated every first Monday of October. Why? The Supreme Court always opens its session on this day; thus, it's an appropriate day to recall the victims of Roe vs. Wade (46 million lost to surgical abortion since the court's 1973 ruling).
The 2006 Pro-Life Memorial Day will be on Oct. 2.
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