FILE NO. 060371

[Condemning upcoming rally to be held by anti-abortion groups in front of City Hall on Friday, March 24, 2006]

Resolution condemning upcoming rally to be held by anti-abortion groups in front of City Hall on Friday, March 24, 2006.

WHEREAS, It is an act of provocation when a right-wing Christian fundamentalist group brings their anti-gay and anti-choice agenda of intolerance to the steps of San Francisco's City Hall; and

WHEREAS, It is unfortunate and alarming that those who are against reproductive and homosexual rights, and who are anti-gay as well as anti-choice, aim to negatively influence the politics of America's most tolerant and progressive city; and,

WHEREAS, The fact that the fringe group "Battlecry for a Generation" will rally on the front steps of City Hall should be taken by no one as an official or semi-official sanctioning of their rally nor of their message by the elected officials of San Francisco; and

WHEREAS, We hope, nevertheless, that the out of town protesters will leave our fair city filled with slightly less hatred; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors condemns the upcoming rally to be held by anti-abortion groups in front of City Hall on Friday, March 24, 2006.

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