Missouri college students disrespect pro-life memorial
Students at Missouri State University in Springfield have vandalized a pro-life cross memorial on school property.
The student group Bears for Life (BFL) hosted the "Graveyard of Innocents" display, which consisted of 4,000 popsicle-stick crosses to represent the number of babies killed by abortion each day. BFL had obtained the necessary paperwork from the university for the display, but a group of student vandals destroyed the crosses nonetheless. One student -- a member of the university's bi-sexual and homosexual association -- reportedly rode his bike through the display in order to cause maximum damage.
Ian Ivey of the Leadership Institute in Washington, DC, was surprised that the incident happened in Springfield, Missouri, a community he says tends to lean toward the conservative side.
"It tells you something about the culture on college campuses, and I think that culture is true virtually nationwide," Ivey contends. "Regardless of the standards and the values of the community in which a college is situated, most of these ivory tower institutions harbor leftists who are in power and will remain in power and are going to allow and foster a culture that basically attacks and undermines our traditional values."
When BFL confronted the student vandals, one of the vandals responded that because the display was on campus property, they could walk where they please. Ivey contends it is not likely action will be taken against the students by the administration because their political viewpoints align with the student vandals. According to a Leadership Institute news release, some of the vandalism at the pro-life display was captured on video.
Contact: Pete Chagnon
Source: OneNewsNow
Source URL: http://www.OneNewsNow.com
Publish Date: October 10, 2008
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