Cindy Sheehan arrested
T-Shirts Get Women Kicked Out of State of the Union
Cindy Sheehan Arrested; Wife of GOP Congressman Asked to LeaveWASHINGTON (Feb. 1) -- Cindy Sheehan, mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq, wasn't the only one ejected from the House of Representatives gallery for wearing a T-shirt with a war-related slogan that violated the rules.
Beverly Young, wife of Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., was removed from the gallery because she was wearing a T-shirt that read, "Support the Troops - Defending Our Freedom."
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"They said I was protesting," she told the St. Petersburg Times. "I said, "Read my shirt, it is not a protest.' They said, "We consider that a protest.' I said, "Then you are an idiot."'
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Americablog posts Cindy's side of the story.
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Interesting that Young is simply removed from the gallery - although she was being abusive and insulting (as opposed to Cindy), and Sheehan was roughed-up and arrested.
I also find it kinda funny that both t-shirts were calling for support of the troops (Cindy's said "2245 dead - how many more?") even though I'm sure that Young thought that she was saying something different.
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