Where are the pearl-clutchers now, who balked at protesters with rainbow flags and candles marching past the stately homes of Supreme Court justices after the leaked decision? The children of Howard County don’t have a phalanx of Kevlar-encrusted cops to protect them en route to Algebra II.
“As a parent, I texted our family chat and gave everyone a heads up, and told them to ignore the protesters. After school, we debriefed over pizza and both of our high-schoolers were unmoved by the shock tactics employed,” she wrote in a Facebook post describing the incident. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball weighed in when the first set of protests descended on schools earlier this month.“I’m disgusted by tactics of abortion opponents who are deliberately and needlessly subjecting our students to graphic images with the intent of shock,” Ball said in a statement posted on Facebook.