| 13 Arrested to Protest Human Cloning By Gary McCullough (CCN)
January 21, 2003
| WASHINGTON DC—One day before tens-of thousands
plan to march in memorial of the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 13 were arrested for
conducting a sit-in at the Russell Senate Office Building. The sit-in was part of a
protest to draw attention to new Senate Majority leader Bill Frist’s statements in
the press that he would not push for a ban on human cloning. |
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Before the arrests, the group prayed and
sang hymns as snow fell and police and news reporters gathered. Rev. Patrick Mahoney, of
the Washington DC based Christian Defense Coalition, explained to the crowd why the group
was so passionate to see human cloning banned. Mahoney asked, "Do you know that there
is no law in our country against human cloning?" Signs held by the demonstrators
read, Life Begins at Conception, Frist—Put Life First, and Conceived to be
Killed—Ban Cloning Now. |
| Those arrested were all adults. Several members of
the pro-life youth group Survivors had planned to participate in the protest and be
arrested until the police told protest leaders they would hold any minors arrested
overnight. The last minute change in police policy regarding the treatment of minors
angered group leader Jeff White. Before he was arrested, White told reporters, "They
threatened my children, saying they would be put at risk of rape. Shame on you. Peaceful
civil disobedience is part of what makes this country great." |
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The young people who were not arrested visited
their Senators and asked them to ban human cloning.
Last night a record number of youth, estimated to be over 400,
attended a candlelight prayer vigil in front of the Supreme Court despite temperatures
dipping into the high teens |
Gary McCullough
Christian Communication Network
202.546.0054
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