On Saturday, November 7th, the organization "Support Our Aging Religious" (SOAR for short) will be honoring Cokie and Steve Roberts at their benefit dinner - details on this flyer. It's at the Grand Hyatt Washington on 1000 H Street, NW. The Roberts have been designated the "2009 Elizabeth Ann Seton Awardees". St Elizabeth must be rolling in her grave up in Emmitsburg.
There has been some understandible confusion regarding the stance of Cokie Roberts, in light of the fact that her famous mother, Lindy Boggs, was pro-life. While she doesn't sound as rabidly pro-abortion as do others, that difference is not one of substance, since we're still talking of the allowance of baby-murder. An article that they wrote for the Jewish World Review criticizes the lock-step mentality of the Democrats, but it does put forth their opinion that abortion is a legitimate right. Moreover, this article from Leadercall makes manifest their dissent on other key Church teachings regarding contraception and gay rights.
Therefore we call upon area Catholic pro-lifers to join us in two activities to mitigate the disgrace on the Church that this event will occasion.
1) We will picket this dinner. We will be handing out educational flyers and showing the truth about the baby-murder that the Roberts seem to think is a legitimate "right". The VIP reception will commence at 6pm, so we should be there no later than 5pm to make our case known to attendees.
2) Please contact SOAR, located at 900 Varnum Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017-2145. Remind them that the elderly religious are in such dire straits because there are too few younger religious to support them. This reduction in younger religious exists because 1) when life is held to be cheap and family life degraded, the fostering of vocations just doesn't happen and 2) many of the young people who would have had vocations were aborted before their birth. An aside about SOAR: their former location was at 1400 Spring Street in Silver Spring. They were one floor below the Planned Parenthood abortuary where many of us currently offer pro-life witness. We approached them to ask for their support in our efforts to save babies from that Planned Parenthood. They refused! Go figure!
If you want to call SOAR, their phone number is (202) 529-7627. One person already did. The receptionist gave her some yarn about the purpose being "to honor Lindy Boggs". Well, take a look at the flyer. Do you see Lindy Boggs even mentioned on the flyer? We don't see it, either. Their email is info@soar-usa.org.
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