Activists Swarm Supreme Court Despite Snow
As snow falls in Washington, DC, dueling rallies are taking place outside the Supreme Court today as the justices prepare to hear arguments in the contraceptive mandate case involving Hobby Lobby.
Supporters of Hobby Lobby are leading chants like "Religious freedom is everyone's business" and "Real healthcare respects life." They even have a bagpiper playing songs like "Amazing Grace."
Scene outside snowy SCOTUS where we expect a ruling on @HobbyLobbyCase. Yes those are bagpipes. cc: @ABCPolitics pic.twitter.com/NDljTVNVgf
- Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) March 25, 2014
On the Hobby Lobby side, chants of "religious freedom is everyone's business" and "faith, family, freedom" pic.twitter.com/blFWZbp7dF - Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) March 25, 2014
On the other side is a much larger group organized by Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America and other groups supporting the contraception mandate. They are leading chants like, "Hey, Hey, birth control is here to stay" and "pro-family, pro-birth control."
One of the more creative signs outside the Supreme Court today pic.twitter.com/SOu9etq5L4 - Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) March 25, 2014
"This is what. Democracy looks like," crowd chants #HobbyLobby pic.twitter.com/suTcfkXXws - Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) March 25, 2014
Lots of interesting characters at SCOTUS, including this birth control costume #HobbyLobby pic.twitter.com/0d66MGUHBx
- Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) March 25, 2014