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Monday June 20, 2005
International Media Massively Under-Report Numbers at 1,000,000+ Spain Pro-Marriage Demonstration
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MADRID, June 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Given massive discrepancies in numbers reported for Saturday's demonstration for traditional marriage in Spain, LifeSiteNews.com directly contacted sources in Spain to determine what the real numbers were for the event that received huge advance international support. Organizers of the event insist that actual attendance was between 1.5 and 2 million, making it by far the largest protest ever against attempts to impose same-sex marriage.
The difficulty in reporting the numbers accurately is that the socialist government which is pushing through a law to allow gay 'marriage' is purposely attempting to downplay the huge demonstration. That fact explains the ridiculously low national police estimate of 166,000. The Zapatero government had nothing but contemptuous remarks for the peaceful demonstration, even comparing it to illegal gatherings in Spain by political militants on March 13, 2004. Only three television stations turned out to cover the historic event. Media sources more comfortable with the Spanish government overlooked the gathering. Beyond photographic evidence which suggests at least a million participants, Spanish correspondent Miguel Cativiela told LifeSiteNews.com, "When the Madrid soccer team wins a cup and the plaza fills up, usually 300,000 are reported. This gathering filled up that plaza, a main artery, and a second plaza." The 200,000 number which the government would have the world believe, was thanks to photographic evidence and testimony so ridiculous that it was only used by a few news agencies. A UPI story claimed 200,000 and, not surprisingly, California's LA Times also reported 200,000. An AP story reporting 500,000 was reported on CNN and many other publications and the 500,000 number was the most common report around the world in Germany, Australia and the UK. The Canadian media all, but with a couple of exceptions, completely ignored the massive demonstration. See more photos of the demonstration at 
http://www.forofamilia.org/modules.php?name=Noticias&file=article&sid=17...
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