Tomorrow, October 24th, 2006 is the 3rd annual Day of Silent Solidarity. For most of us who are no longer in collage or high-school, we may not know what this event is all about. I wanted to take the opportunity to increase the awareness of this event.
Plus, it’s just the sort of thing that will drive the ACLU and its Pro-Choice partners batty.
Students participating in the Day of Silent Solidarity will have cards, or tags which have the following, or similar, saying written on them:
“Every day in the United States of America over 4,000 American citizens are silenced against their wills. They have their voices permanently silenced and they never get the opportunity to speak on behalf of themselves. Today we stand in silent solidarity with those who have been silenced. Today we are silent, but by doing this we are being a voice for the one-third of our generation that will never have a voice. These victims are not only being silenced; they are being killed. The victims we stand on behalf of are not going to be mentioned on the news. The victims we stand on behalf of will not have a funeral. The victims we stand on behalf of were ripped from the safety and warmth of their mothers’ wombs. The victims we stand on behalf of were not blobs of tissue, but beautiful human persons, with hearts that beat, brains that gave out brain waves, and a soul. These are the victims of the abortion holocaust. Every day over 4,000 babies have their lives ended in the name of choice. Since January 22, 1973, over 46 million babies have died. The time is now to stand on behalf of these innocent victims.”
This is not a message that is going to be embraced by our schools. In the past two years schools have taken various steps to limit or impact this event. This is a non-intrusive, student lead event which takes place outside of instructional time. Even silence is free speech.
To learn more about the Day of Solidarity, visit the official website. You can also see if your school is participating.
Another interesting point, the Alliance Defense Fund put out the following release with regards t the Day of Silent Solidarity.
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are ready to offer legal help to students at schools across America who choose to participate Tuesday in the 3rd Annual Day of Silent Solidarity if their First Amendment rights are violated. The Day of Silent Solidarity is an event that encourages pro-life students to exercise their free speech rights on the subject of abortion.
“Pro-life speech is protected under the First Amendment and cannot be silenced because of its particular point of view,” said ADF Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb. “The Day of Silent Solidarity is a non-disruptive, student-led event that takes place outside of instructional time. School officials are not legally permitted to silence students who choose to participate in this event simply because they don’t like its viewpoint.”
I pray this event goes well and convicts many. If this message persists in our school perhaps we will have less to be concerned about in the years the follow.
