Pro-life protestors had planned to put a JumboTron outside the Alamo with abortion images on it, but the City of San Antonio shut down the protest Wednesday morning. Demonstrators said it's a violation of their First Amendment rights. <\/p>\n
Protestors have put up a JumboTron with abortion images in other cities already and Love of Truth ministries said they cleared a permit with the City of San Antonio to do so a month ago. It wasn't until Tuesday night that the City said the demonstration violates a sign ordinance. <\/p>\n
\"Part of the permit, which would have enabled them to put a JumboTron on the plaza, was revoked this morning,\" said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. <\/p>\n
\"If we were going to preform abortion today the city would allow that, cause that's legal, but showing it, somehow they're finding a way to find that against the law,\" said Mark Harrington, national director of Created Equal that was co-hosting the protest. <\/p>\n
Harrington said now his organization has two causes to fight for; the end of abortion and first amendment rights. <\/p>\n
\"Unpopular speech is the reason the First Amendment was written to begin with. It protects disturbing, unpopular, offensive speech,\" said Harrington. <\/p>\n
Several people visiting the Alamo Wednesday said they had differing opinions on whether the JumboTron should be allowed. <\/p>\n
\"When people don't have the choice whether to see those images or not, I don't think that's right,\" said Shannon Thomas who was at the Alamo Wednesday. <\/p>\n
\"I think they should be allowed to do what they were permitted for, and I think it's just the government trying to squelch anything that has to do with religion, or anything faith based,\" said Ava Tanner who was also visiting the Alamo. <\/p>\n
\"I don't necessarily agree with their tactics, but I do believe that to a certain extent it's protected by the First Amendment,\" said Lyndon Lee, another Alamo visitor. <\/p>\n
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