Laura began organizing this rally (www.standupforreligiousfreedom.com) about a month ago. With the help of friends, the Fort Worth diocese and social media, she managed to round up about
24 people a day! And we were blessed to be surrounded by
717 faithful and concerned American citizens. There were patriotic songs, prayers, wonderful speeches and homemade signs throughout the crowd. It would not have worked without the never-ending support of our close friends who are truly saints. It was truly a magical moment in our family history as well as the history of our nation and Church. We are very excited to see the Stand Up movement grow nationwide! We were only one of 140 cities that rallied today! We are confident and pray (hard) that the USCCB,
all Catholic dioceses and all religious Americans of any faith will continue to Stand Up for Religion Freedom in America.
Below are some photos of event day!
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| Lucy's fashion show in the driveway before we head to Albertson's for the balloons! |
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| Uncle Michael was in town on business and so we put him to work! He was on Claire, photography, audio and um misc./everything duty. As always, a saint and tremendously successful at all those duties! |
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| Molly needed a fiesty quote. This one fit her well and throughout the day received lots of chuckles, followed shortly by thoughtful nods like "Yeah. She's got a point!" |
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| Early Rally Preparations. Hugs throughout! |
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| Joined by AWESOME ladies that were FULL of the Holy Spirit! |
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| Joined by AWESOME families who recognize this important cause! |
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| And the crowd kept growing... and growing... |
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| And the signs kept coming... and coming... |
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| And, it took a while but LOOK! MAINSTREAM MEDIA SHOWED UP! The rally was (or will be) featured on GRN 910 (radio) live broadcast! TV NBC, CBS, FOX and newspaper Star Telegram! |
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| Laura and I are personally very grateful to the handful of clergy that supported the event by their attendance. Your presence was not overlooked and it filled the courtyard with even more of the Holy Spirit. |
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| The OConnors were running around! |
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| Young and Old were in attendance! Stella in her FRONT ROW seat! Rita is hiding behind the balloon capturing some video on her Ipad! |
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| Speaker #1 Michele Wetteland! An AMAZING MOTIVATING speech! |
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| Diane Schwind! Speaker #2. Another great speaker with fantastic points! |
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| Our ralliers, proudly marching on the steps of a Federal Building! |
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| And they cam from the right... |
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| And they came from the left... |
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| The Townsends were present and a HUGE help as always! |
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| The cute little blondies Ms. Stella and Ms. Reese stay cool with a bottle of water! |
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| Ava semi-babysittin' and semi-troublemakin' with the Cooke girls! ;-) |
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| Laura and an amazing group of women without whom, this Stand Up For Religious Freedom rally simply would not have happened! (Absent from photo but major shout outs also go to: Olivia, Tabitha and Angie) |
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I just found your blog while looking for press coverage of the rally. I had one with an ear infection so we stayed home. I'm also in Ft Worth (actually a bit West now). It's always nice to see like minded Moms! Thanks for posting about the event!
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