My life has gotten really hectic, but only because I’m actually working really hard this semester, so I’m spending basically all of my free time studying. My parents would be so proud.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been to D.C. and back for the March for Life, and I’ve gotten my butt kicked with some new ideas.

I went to D.C. to work for Stand True again, so it was a lot of sitting behind a booth talking to people about who we are, what we do, and selling a lot of t-shirts. I left Friday afternoon and got there 3 hours later. We spent a good chunk of our time every night at the Dubliner, a few blocks from our hotel. The Dubliner is the closest thing to a real Irish pub I’ve ever been in, and it made me really miss being back in Ireland. Every night, this is the hot spot for the best pro-life leaders in America, and even the globe. This is the spot for networking, and I did quite a bit. Although hanging out with really great people was a perk, that’s not why I went. This was not my first march, but I do hope it was my last.

The march is always really hard on me, and my emotions run high. It’s not inspirational for me most of the time, as it is for most people to see 300000 others who share your passion for life. It’s more depressing than that for me, because it reminds me that we still need that many supporters, and more, to end abortion. And that’s sad. I don’t want this to be a hard battle, but it is, with not as many soldiers as I’d like to see.

Saturday, as we were sitting in the basement of the Hyatt (where they hold a conference and displays during the March weekend) at our booth, when we got into it with a couple about graphic images. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. When is this appropriate? When does the success matter more than respecting the life of the person you are showing mutilated and dismembered? If we truly believe that the life of that human person killed by abortion is as valuable as any other human life, is it manipulation to use graphic images of their dead body to try and convince people to become pro-life? Should we always display warning signs before showing them? I’m mostly struggling with the respect we seem to disregard for that person whom we are showing to the whole world. I haven’t decided if I really think it should be used ever, despite the success and shock value.

The other thing I am struggling with right now, and I’m just going to be brutal here, is the attitude of my school, in particular, the people calling themselves a part of our Students for Life group on campus. If any of you read this, come talk to me, because I’m not talking about everyone here, but most. I feel like the Bible thumping idiots people in our group hold the value of punishing people for sins deemed by humans as being worse than others more important than human life and grace.

I just needed to get that out there. Comments or thoughts?

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