Friday, April 22, 2005

Pro-Life Group takes on cause of tree abortions

Satire

This Earth Day, many pro-life advocates have taken up a new cause: tree abortions. The pro-life group Families for Families staged a rally today on Boston Common decrying the "sudden and pervasive" tree abortions, known as "Arbortions," that threaten to undermine the "culture of life."


Several aborted trees.

According to Families for Families founder Ron Stilton, "Arbortions are the first step on the slippery slope that leads to an acceptance of abortion." Stilton then asked the assembled crowd if Jesus ever said anything about accepting gay trees.

Bearing slogans that read "It's a sapling, not a choice" pro-life Families for Families members then picketed the homes of several suburban homeowners who have been removing baby trees. Several Families for Families members even tried to handcuff themselves to saplings at the home of Harris Charles, but ended up pulling some ssaplings out of the ground.

"I love trees, too," said homeowner Harris Charles. "But if I allow these to grow, then they will interfere with my fence, my porch and I will have no yard to speak of."

In a related development, a hardware store manager in Indiana has refused to sell weed-pullers.

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