Planned Parenthood s table was manned by two young women with butch haircuts and multi-piercings handing out colorful condoms. The Unitarians were pushing their humanist version of social justice. The Girl Scouts were proudly denying any concern over that unfortunate issue dogging the Boy Scouts. ERA Yes, the slightly newer one, Lesbian Rights, plus bumper stickers for Gore and Ted Kennedy. One that caught my eye was God favors no group.
Religions do that.
It was with some relief that I spotted the Daughters of the American Revolution. A battered women s shelter, Abby s House of Worcester, was there. A conservative Christian women s organization, Concerned Women for America, which is three times larger than NOW, had applied for exhibit space and never received an answer from the conference organizers. On to the panel discussions. First, to the violence against women presentation.