On Saturday, 26-year-old Nathaniel Gatchell was ran down and killed by Anissa Northup, who was intoxicated at the time, as he crossed Broadway. Here’s two of her Facebook posts from March of this year.

Prayers to the Gatchell family.

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Allen County Right to Life will host the 37th Annual Rally and March for Life at 12 Noon, Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Scottish Rite Center. The Rally will feature comments from Third District US Congressman Marlin Stutzman and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller along with other pro-life elected officials. The keynote address will be delivered by Father John Raphael. He is the principal of St. Augustine High School, in New Orleans. Father Raphael is known nationally for the powerful speech he gave at the pro-life rally held at the University of Notre Dame the day President Barack Obama gave the commencement address and received an honorary degree. Convinced of the need for active witness for the protection and defense of the sanctity of life as a college student and seminarian, Fr. Raphael has dedicated himself to bringing more African Americans into the pro-life movement. Read the rest of this entry »

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Guest post by Mark Souder

Not all town hall meetings draw a big crowd.  Dan Coats, then a congressman representing the district anchored by Fort Wayne, Indiana, had publicized a town meeting in New Haven.  We (I was a staffer for Dan at the time) were extra concerned about the turnout and how the meeting would go because David Maraniss of the Washington Post was along to cover the town halls.  This was the early 1980s, before David had become a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, but was clearly emerging as a top reporter.  As we entered the high school gym we were warned that the crowd might be small.  It was.  There was no one.  We waited awhile, then left for a local establishment for coffee.  I was busily spinning that it demonstrated how pleased people were with Dan because no one came to complain. Read the rest of this entry »

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