Planned Parenthood versus Montana Personhood

Hear Their Cry
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John Lofton on his American View website had an interview with Cal Zastrow, who gave a report of a situation in the state of Montana. The following is a gleaning from the interview and from related TV and newspaper reports I was able to obtain on the Internet

On the day that Senator Barack Hussein Obama made news by winning the Montana Democratic Primary Election and clinching the Democratic Party nomination for President, another man was making news in Montana. He is 49 year old Phillip Depaul, who on the same day, Election Day, Tuesday June 3, had been petitioning on behalf of the Constitution Initiative (CI -100) to gain ballot access for the Montana Personhood Amendment,. Hoards of people including out-of-state pro-abortion activists infested Montana that day. Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups activists yelled and screamed at those who were trying to get signatures for the Personhood petition.They threatened, harassed, and intimidated the petitioners throughout the state to make it difficult for them to garner the signatures necessary to place the Personhood Amendment on the fall ballot. Included with the harassment were unsubstantiated complaints to the law enforcement officials and the Secretary of State.

Mr. Depaul claims that he did not approach anyone to sign the petition. He also contends that he was over 100' from the polling place entrances. A sheriff’s deputy came out to the public area telling him that he had to leave the area. Mr. Depaul, knowing that he had broken no laws being on public grounds, stood his ground and was arrested. He was charged with violating election laws and failure to disperse. It was covered by the media, TV and newspaper. A TV station, KFBB, erroneously reported online that Mr. Depaul, “. . . was apparently approaching voters in the parking lot at Expo Park before they entered the polling place, telling them whom they should vote for."

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He was held on an $1,100 bond in the Cascade County Jail. He was arraigned on June 4th. Mr. Depaul pleaded not guilty. He will fight the charges. See the news story and video.

You can contact and encourage Mr. Depaul by visiting the Montana Petition Drive for Personhood at www.Life2008.org.

MONTANA CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE CI -100

CI-100 amends the Montana Constitution's Declaration of Rights to provide that all persons have a paramount and fundamental right to life. It extends constitutional rights to all persons from the moment of conception. It adds a definition of "person" that includes all stages of development, including fertilization. The definition of "person" also includes all stages of life regardless of age, health, level of functioning or condition of dependency.