I count it among one of my greatest privileges that I was able to attend, with my family, the 2009 March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.  An estimated 250,000 people gathered on the National Mall to protest the annual government-sanctioned slaughter of 1.2 million children.

There were young

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and old.

Old

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There were black,

Black

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Hispanic,

Hispanic

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and white.

White

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From Maryland

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2009 March for Life

to Massachusetts.

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2009 March for Life

From Germany

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2009 March for Life

to Italy.

2009 March for Life

2009 March for Life

From the religious,

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2009 March for Life

to the secular,

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2009 March for Life

to the agnostic.

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2009 March for Life

From those who celebrate a life saved from abortion

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2009 March for Life

to those who mourn a life lost from abortion.

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2009 March for Life

From those who mourn the loss of a dream

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2009 March for Life

to those who mourn the loss of a child.

2009 March for Life

2009 March for Life

All differences meaningless, we stood as one.

2009 March for Life

2009 March for Life

May we all be united in this one cause.  And may it permeate our families from this generation

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2009 March for Life

to the next,

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2009 March for Life

until this awful scourge shall pass.

2009 March for Life

2009 March for Life