Washington, D.C. (14 October 2008) – Rock for Life added former boy-band-heartthrob and hip-hop-celebrity Justin Timberlake to its boycott list Oct. 14. Timberlake and his girlfriend, actress Jessica Biel, defended abortion access at a rally in Las Vegas Oct. 11.
"Nobody should be able to say what you can do with your body," Biel told cheering crowds at Last Chance for Change – a rally endorsing presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. "I give Jess the right to choose where we go to eat all the time," Timberlake added.
"Timberlake and Biel's defense of abortion is one of the most incoherent arguments I've ever heard," said Erik Whittington, national director of Rock for Life, a project of American Life League. "I would expect that rationale from a child brainwashed by their abortion-advocating parents. No wonder most Americans ignore Hollywood politics."
Rock for Life added Timberlake to the boycott list not only for this support for abortion, but also for the twisted logic used to justify his stance.
"What an outrageous excuse for advocating the slaughter of over 3,500 babies a day by abortion in the U.S. alone," Whittington said. "Where you go to dinner is a legitimate choice, but abortion leaves no choice for your dead child."
Rock for Life, a project of American Life League, is directed by Erik Whittington and works with hundreds of bands and thousands of pro-life youth who advocate for life using music to engage, educate and equip our culture. Its motto is "LIFE. Not for judgment, not for control, but for a better world."
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death. For more information or media inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- Rock for Life: http://www.rockforlife.org/
- E Online: Justin and Jessica Swing (13 October 2008) http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b63565_justin_jessica_swing_obama.html
- Metro: Justin and Jess Get Political (14 October 2008) http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?Justin_and_Jess_get_political&in_article_id=355812&in_page_id=7&in_a_source=
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