Civil Disobedience Tactics of Operation Rescue Leaders
In committing acts of civil disobedience, Operation Rescue leaders must accept the responsibility and consequences for their actions. Acts of conscience, by definition, have a price. But Judge Tashima’s order that Operation Rescue pay $110,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union shows shocking insensitivity. That’s comparable to ordering a group of black protesters to pay $110,000 to the Ku Klux Klan--or trying to force a Jewish group to fund a neo-Nazi organization.
Levy the fine, Judge Tashima, but let it be paid to an adoption agency or a maternity home.
THOMAS A. HARRISON
La Canada
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