Friday July 9, 2010
Victoria, B.C. Pro-Life Billboard Vandalized
By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
VICTORIA, B.C., July 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life billboard on the Pat Bay Highway, sponsored by Victoria Right to Life, has been defaced by vandals, the Victoria Right to Life Society revealed today.
The sign on the east side of the highway, just south of Newton Cross Road, shows a young woman holding a baby with the message: “Love them both. Choose Life.”
However, the word “Life” had been painted out, and the words “right to” have been inserted before “choose.”
“This is a criminal act that belies the use of the name ‘pro-choice’ by our opponents in this national debate,” Victoria Right to Life spokesperson Deborah Mullan told LifeSiteNews.
“If the people who did this were for choice, instead of damaging it they would have erected their own billboard and given Victorians a choice of messages and ideas.”
“It is a beautiful picture and a positive message. Presumably that is why our opponents wanted to destroy it. They are betraying a lack of confidence in their cause,” said Mullan.
“Maybe that is why they don’t like being called ‘pro-abortion’ — because they know how unappealing it would be to put up a billboard advocating that. I wonder just what image it would carry.”
The graffiti has since been removed and the sign restored to its original state.
For more information contact Deborah Mullan at:
Victoria Right to Life Society
305 – 2722 Fifth Street
Victoria, BC V8T 4B2
Phone: 250-383-1782
Fax: 250-383-1748
Email: [email protected]