Politics
Monday April 24, 2006
Pro-Life T-Shirt Day 2006
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
by Hilary White
STAFFORD, VA., April 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League, (ALL), one of the most prominent and influential pro-life organizations in the US, is announcing Tuesday, April 25th as “National Pro-life T-shirt Day.” They are encouraging the wearing of a pro-life t-shirt to school or work by all participants.
“Join thousands nationwide by showing everyone that we are the majority — that we are a strong and determined voice for the babies.” ALL announced on its website.
Pro-life t-shirts have made waves in public schools where students are often told not to wear them for fear of “offending” people. Pro-life students have been subject to harassment from school officials, teachers and even the ACLU.
In a letter to participants, the Thomas More Law Center for Law and Justice, the public interest law firm that has handled, and won, many of the cases, said that the wearing of the shirts are protected under the US Constitution’s First Amendment that guarantees freedom of expression.
The US Supreme Court ruled in 1969, “In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism…Students may not be regarded as closed-circuit recipients of only that which the State chooses to communicate. They may not be confined to the expression of those sentiments that are officially approved.”
ALL recommends that students wearing pro-life t-shirts to school download The Thomas More Society’s letter and show it to school administrators. The group gives further legal advice on the website to students willing to take on the challenge of witnessing to the dignity of the unborn in their public schools.
ALL says, “Wearing a pro-life shirt will open eyes, spark discussion, and save lives. It’s effective, easy, and something that even the meekest of persons can do to take a stand.”
The group offers a variety of shirts which can be ordered online through their website.
Some of the t-shirts that have made waves – and gone to court – have included the now-famous: “You will not silence my message /You will not mock my God /You will stop killing my generation.”
This year the group is featuring shirts that read, “Abortion: the leading cause of death in America, (200,000 every year),” and “Help cure abortion.”
ALL Pro-Life T-Shirt Day:
http://www.nationalprolifetshirtday.com/why.php
ALL’s pro-life online store – buy a shirt for next year:
http://store.yahoo.com/americanlifeleague/
Read LifeSiteNews.com coverage of the T-Shirt Wars:
California Students Win Right to Wear Pro-Marriage T-shirts to School
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/aug/05081706.html
“Abortion Kills Kids” T-shirts to be Worn on U.S. National Pro-Life T- shirt Day
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/feb/05021804.html
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- US Congress Passes Health Care Reform Bill 220 - 215
- Stupak Amendment to Health Care Bill Passes 240 - 194 Saturday Evening
- NY Times: Dems Banking on Later Squeezing Pro-Life Language Out of Bill in Committee
- USCCB Spokesman: "Definitely Not True" that Bishops Support Bill As it Stands
- TIME Got it Wrong - Prof. George Opposed Grandiose Kennedy Funeral
- Major Health Care Development - Pro-Life Stupak Amendment Vote OK'd for Saturday
- USCCB Condemnation Tears Facade off "Phony" Abortion Compromise for Health Bill
- Health Care Bill Includes Monthly Abortion Premium: House Minority Leader Boehner
- TIME Article Setting Burke Against O'Malley Called "Tactical strike" on Behalf of Catholic Left
- Dirty Fighting on Abortion Funding: Word-Games and Health-Care Theatrics Boggle the Mind
- Commentary on November 6 News
- Note to LifeSiteNews Subscribers with Rogers email addresses
- New York Gov. Declares Nov. 10 Extraordinary Legislative Session for Same-Sex "Marriage"
- Washington's Pro-Family Amendment Effort Defeated - R-71 Almost Certain to Pass
- Vote Pushed Back on Canadian Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bill to Dec. 2
- Elderly U.K. Couple in Good Health Commit Suicide, Complain of Assisted Suicide Law
- Texas Late-Term Abortionist and Baptist Minister Admits: "Am I killing? Yes, I am"
- New Evidence Contradicts CCHD's Findings on Accused Pro-Abortion Partner
- Quebec Priest Denies Possibility of Sexual Reorientation Therapy on TV
- New Hampshire Same-Sex "Marriage" Law in Crosshairs after Maine's Law Crumbles
- Brooklyn Bishop Criticized for Recorded Message Praising Pro-Abortion Politician
- First Group of "Traditionalist" Anglicans in Britain Votes to Enter Catholic Church
Most Read this Week
- Planned Parenthood Director Resigns after Watching Ultrasound of Abortion Procedure
- Nun Defiant Following Rebuke, but Stops Abortion Escorting
- Breaking: Dominican Community Apologizes for Nun Caught Acting as Abortion Escort
- TIME Article Setting Burke Against O'Malley Called "Tactical strike" on Behalf of Catholics Left
- Over 200 Christendom College Students Protest Abortion at Planned Parenthood Clinic
- US Congress Passes Health Care Reform Bill 218 to 215
- Newly Identified Corporate Supporters of Planned Parenthood Named
- Scottish Gay Rights Activists Found Guilty of Pedophilia Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
- Major Health Care Bill Development - Stupak Hyde Amendment Vote OK'd
- Health Care Bill Includes Monthly Abortion Premium: House Minority Leader Boehner
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.