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Pro-life sign hit again

Vandals have once again hit a pro-life billboard on the Westside.

This is the third time in a month the controversial billboard, which compares views of abortion and animal cruelty, has been vandalized.

"Obviously the billboard's message has struck a nerve. In our community, an untold number of people have been complicit or complacent in a past abortion," said Kelowna Right-to-Life Society spokesman Marlon Bartram.

"They are hurting deeply. Unfortunately, at times they can act out in destructive ways directed at anyone or anything that triggers their repressed pain and grief. This is one possible explanation for the re-occurring vandalism of our property."

This latest attack comes just a day after black swastikas were cleaned off the sign from a previous attack.

While the attack occurred outside city boundaries, the local society solicited support from Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran.

"I don't condone vandalism and I feel that any acts of vandalism are a tarnish on our community, including the damage to your billboard along Highway 97," said Basran.

Bartram added the society has cleaned up the latest vandalism, and at the same time, installed video surveillance cameras.

"It is a sad statement on the value society places on freedom of speech when we need security measures to protect this most fundamental right, yet here we are," added Bartram.



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