2009 Celebration of Life Dinner
On November 7, pro-lifers from across Tennessee gathered at Hotel Preston in Nashville for the Celebration of Life Dinner. Nashville’s own drive-time radio personality, LaVern ‘U-Turn LaVern’ Vivio, served as emcee and pro-life State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver gave a beautiful, heart-felt rendition of The National Anthem.
Guest speaker, Lila Rose, a student activist at UCLA and founder of Live Action, shared her experience at Planned Parenthood’s Memphis facility earlier this year with her undercover video documenting an abortion worker counseling a client to avert state laws requiring parental consent, statutory rape, and mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse.
As a result, the Tennessee Legislature voted overwhelmingly to remove Planned Parenthood’s preferential treatment in the awarding of tax dollars and to require that first priority be given to local public health agencies which do not promote or perform abortion.
Long time volunteer Marvin Lix was honored with the Lifetime Advocate Award while Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey and Representative Joey Hensley received Legislator of the Year Awards.
Many thanks to every one who contributed and participated to make this year’s dinner our most successful ever.
