This Is #WhyWeMarch

Last Wednesday marked the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion in the United States of America.  The government may have called in a snow day that day, but hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers still marched on in support of the unborn.

This year's March for Life was the second March in which I was in attendance.  I could stick with the clichés and call it an 'awesome experience,' but that certainly would be a cheap description.  Last year, my first rally, I saw a generation rise to the occasion.  I saw this same generation this past Wednesday. We call ourselves 'The Pro Life Generation.'  The youth have flooded this event with the mindset that "they survived Roe v. Wade, but Roe v. Wade won't survive them."  They even brought the element of social networking into the March for Life, using the hashtag #WhyWeMarch to help spread the pro life message through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (I encourage you to check out this hashtag on Instagram... a TON of awesome pictures of The March).

Now, The Pro Life Generation means business. It isn't a bunch of teens and young adults who fight for life because their moms and dads told them it's the right thing to do.  It also isn't a phase that 'us kids' go through when we are trying to find out who we are, or a movement that will be looked upon in 20 years when we are older that will be seen as cheesy and out of style.  The Pro Life Generation is a lifestyle, a culture, that lives to defend the defenseless, recognize our gift of life, and restore this culture of life to our nation and the world.  Our mission statement is simple, and reads something like this: "Life and love, unconditionally."

As I watched our generation of young lifesavers walk, I realized what the Pro Life Generation was truly all about.  We walked in a POLAR VORTEX through the streets of our nation's capital on a day when US leaders thought it was too dangerous to go to work.

THAT is a strong message.

We didn't walk through that weather because we blindly believed in the rights of the unborn from what we were told,  we MARCHED down Constitution Avenue on a mission to save and defend the defenseless.  The cold didn't matter.  There was something bigger than ourselves happening that day, and even if we saved one life through our example, it was more than worth it.

The Pro Life Generation left DC that day and began spread the fire in our hearts throughout the nation, using the breath of life as our fuel.

Dr. James Dobson summed it up pretty well at the rally:

“Look at the young people who are here! You are the hope of the future, and together, we’re going to win this fight!

Here is a video that I took of the March when it first got going, just to give you a feel for what it was like for those of you who were unable to attend.  Please ignore my squinting face halfway through.