McHenry County Fair Board Avoids Bad Publicity Engendered by Lake County Fair’s Initial Refusal to Allow Pro-Life Booths with Gestation Models
Last year Pro-Life forces had a powerful presence at the McHenry County Fair.
A new group called Peter’s Net had large models of gestation.
Models presented by Peter’s Net.
The models were so eye-catching that a commercial booth across the aisle which seemed to be trying to snag teen emails in exchange for a chance at a scholarship (reminding me of the odds at getting the top prize in most carnival games) complained to the point of getting another space.
I guess life is more interesting that college.
A larger booth consisting of several spaces also had models of developing babies.
These models were at another, larger Pro-Life exhibit.
When I got home from vacation, I read an article by Robert McCoppin in the Chicago Tribune.
Robert McCoppin’s Chicago Tribune article about the Lake County Fair Board’s attempt to kick Pro-Life booths out of the Fairgrounds. Intervention by attorney Peter Breen, who spoke at the McHenry County Pro-Life Pig Roast changed the Board’s decision.
He told of the problems Peter’s Net and Lake County Right to Life had in getting booths at the Lake County Fair.
A shortage of vendor space, don’t you know?
Even though the Lake County Right to Life organization had been there thirty-seven years!
The newcomer, Peter’s Net, had only been participating three years.
No intention of political censorship, of course, said President Kelli Kepler-Yarc.
The McHenry County Fair Board dodged this publicity bullet after initially attempting to take the same action as the Lake County Fair Board.
With Pro-Lifers in the ascendency, it seems allies of Pro-Choicers are afraid of facing Pro-Lifers in the public forum.
It should be noted that Pro-Choice folks had a booth sponsored by the McHenry County Citizens for Choice.
The McHenry County Citizens for Choice had this booth last year at the McHenry County Fair.
