A little over a week ago, CitizenGO, along with the International Organization for the Family and the National Organization for Marriage, launched the #FreeSpeechBus in New York City during the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.
We planned to take the bus on a week-and-a-half long tour of the East Coast. The goal of this campaign was to draw attention to the imposition of gender ideology on school children and promote the right of parents to educate their children according to their values.
If you’ve been following our emails about the #FreeSpeechBus, you already know that the tour revealed the ugly intolerance of the gender ideology movement. Activists and protesters who disagreed with our simple, biological message engaged in violence and assault. The protesters also inflicted substantial property damage.
Yesterday, despite the protestors’ best attempts to sabatoge our tour, the #FreeSpeechBus made its final stop in Washington, D.C.
As we reflect back on the tour, it is clear that the #FreeSpeechBus highlighted the vicious intolerance shown to anyone who expresses dissent regarding the transgender agenda. Gender ideology advocates made it clear that they will stop at nothing to silence those who support the message of the #FreeSpeechBus.
The day after it was launched, the bus was attacked in front of the United Nations by three individuals who smashed six windows with a hammer, spray-painted the outside, and keyed the exterior. When the bus driver attempted to stop their attack, they assaulted and injured him.
After repairs were made to the bus, we continued our tour to Massachusetts. There, intolerant protesters again used violent and illegal methods to silence the message of the bus. At Harvard, a group broke a tail light, vandalized the bus with a sharpie message, and keyed the exterior. In Boston, protesters stood in front of the bus, not allowing it to move through traffic. Another protester threw hot coffee inside the bus on the bus driver. Click below to watch a video with clips showing the violence and intolerance we experienced in Boston (WARNING: language).
The next day, the bus visited New Haven, Connecticut. Towards the end of the day, one of our representatives got out of the bus to take photos. When he wasn’t looking, he was attacked from behind and punched repeatedly by a protester.
In Philadelphia, the mayor’s “Office of LGBT Affairs” proudly referred to themselves as “an accomplice” in organizing protests against the bus. These protests quickly turned violent, with gay activists and anarchists attacking the bus and the police officers who were trying to maintain order. At least one of the protestors was arrested, and bus organizers were prevented from speaking freely to the press. The Mayor’s office took pride in this act of intolerant bullying.
I could go on, but I think you get the point…
The same individuals and groups who want to fly the flag of tolerance and acceptance are far from tolerant when it comes to dissenting views.
This is their response when someone says something so commonsensical as: boys are boys and girls are girls. All we ask for is respect for our views and the opportunity to voice them in accordance with the First Amendment.
The attacks on the #FreeSpeechBus show that intolerance and hatred against those who disagree with gender ideology dogmas is increasing in the United States and worldwide. As a consequence, the fight for liberty, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech is more urgent than ever.
Thank you for your support of the #FreeSpeechBus. We could not have done this without your prayers and your donations.
CitizenGO will continue with this fight. The violence of the gender ideology extremists will not stop us.
Sincerely,
Caroline Craddock and the entire CitizenGO team
P.S. If you haven’t had a chance already, you can still sign our petition in support of the #FreeSpeechBus by following the link below.
www.freespeechbus.com
Please consider sharing this link with your family and friends after you sign.
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