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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Peace rally in Snellville? Huh?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Snellville seems like an odd place to hold a peace protest against the Iraq war.
First, the politics don’t quite match up.
Snellville is a staunchly conservative bastion. Most folks there still stand by President Bush. Many of its inhabitants might match late liberal columnist Molly Ivins’ definition of a “Shiite Baptist.”
Second, rallying against the war in Iraq while in Snellville seems a little like passing out rain slickers in a desert. Snellville City Hall is not known as a peaceable kingdom.
The elected politicians who run the city are constantly sniping at each other for reasons that might seem picayune to many outsiders.
Nevertheless, on Friday the Gwinnett/DeKalb Citizens for Peace will take to the streets to urge Congress to put a “moratorium” on Iraq war funding. The rally is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m.
For more information, go to www.georgiapeace.org or www.iraqmoratorium.org.
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