My First Pro-Life Demonstration

Today, I spent over an hour holding a sign at Stand up for Life, part of Life Chain Sunday (seen via Meira Online (seen via Jews for Life)).

A few comments:

• When I mentioned that I'm Jewish, some of the other participants seemed impressed. (The bad news is that means we Red-Sea pedestrians are rarely found at these events.)

• Some of the drivers in the cars passing by honked in support. I noticed several of them giving a thumbs up. On the other hand, I saw at least one driver giving a thumbs down. To my great disappointment, I did not see anybody give us the finger.

• The average age was older than I had expected. I thought that more people who might have been legally aborted would show up.

• The signs were in both English and Spanish. Theocons are not paleocons.