I Was the Covington Catholic Student. I Refuse to Capitulate

[Wolseley]

If the media decides to "innuendize" some minor incident you're involved in, it can destroy your life:

I remember a lot of things about that day. At the start, my friends from Covington Catholic High School and I were strolling around close to the Washington Monument when a middle-aged lady jogging past yelled at us: "I hope you never get a girl pregnant!"

We all looked at each other and knew we weren't in Catholic northern Kentucky anymore. It was such an unfamiliar experience to be accosted like that without being disrespectful first. That's when it popped into my mind that we were in a politically-charged area.

But we were 16. You're young and naïve, and you don't really understand just how emotional both sides are in issues like abortion.

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