Local Group Plans Trip To D.C. For 'Restoring Sanity' Rally
Local Group Plans Trip To D.C. For 'Restoring Sanity' Rally
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Local Group Plans Trip To D.C. For 'Restoring Sanity' RallyLocal people have plans to attend "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's "Rally To Restore Sanity" in Washington, D.C.
The rally is Oct. 30 at the National Mall. The group will leave Oct. 29 and return Oct. 31, and attend the three-hour rally that is from noon to 3 p.m.
Josh Bartman, northern Indiana Young Democrats organizer, wanted to attend the rally and connected through Facebook with local people who were interested in going.
As of Monday morning, there were seven confirmed people going, and room for others.
"I don't think it was an accident that this rally was planned the weekend before election day because it will allow us to show the largest block of voters that it's OK to speak their mind and be polite about it," Bartman said.
Bartman said he hopes everyone has their own reason for attending the rally, and has a positive message they can share with others.
He said he wants to go to promote religious understanding.
"Too often people of different faiths are equally passionate about their faith, and ignorant about other people's faith, and I think that causes a lot of problems," Bartman said.
Bartman and his sister, Bree, and brother, Ethan, will go to D.C. for the rally.
The Bartmans previously took a family vacation for President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Bree said she is going with her siblings to support them, and show people they need to support each other for the greater good.
"I think hate is a big issue in our country, and I don't think it matters if you are out there doing bad things because of hate or name calling, it is still hate and as Americans we need to tone it down and love each other," Bree said.
Lee Ann Brown, Warsaw, will go to D.C. for the first time. Her husband, Arthur, also will attend the rally.
"There are extreme ideas from both sides of what politics and government is doing, and 70 percent of people are moderate and just trying to get by every day," Brown said.
James Yeager, Syracuse, said he has gone to D.C. before when he was in middle school for a family vacation when Bill Clinton was president.
Yeager said he wants to bring a message about religious tolerance.
He said it bothered him when there were talks of burning the Quran, and he thought about how many of the troops that could be attacked because of the burning.
Jonathon Wilson, Bristol, has gone to D.C. before for a Promise Keepers Million Man March 10 years ago.
He said he is attending the Oct. 30 rally because he feels it is the right thing to do.
"I want to give a voice to the majority, not the squeakiest wheel," Wilson said.
For more information about how to attend the rally with people going locally, visit the Facebook page Rally To Restore Sanity Indiana Third District Caravan.
