St Hyde D. Martyr, ne Mauro Didier Avila, an Arts & Technology student majoring in 2D and 3D animation at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) explains why he participated in the seventh annual ‘Walk for Life’ pro-life protest against Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22 in downtown Dallas.
Written by Rebecca Gomez
Photographed by Alex Chi
Hyde posing with a doll brought by another protestor.
Conversion to Christianity
It was like the biblical story of Saul being converted to Paul on the road to Damascus.
I had always respected God and religion but when I finally hit rock bottom in my personal life I realized that my rules didn’t work anymore.
Once I became sober and accepted God I finally felt happy.
I made an 850-plus-mile pilgrimage to Mexico City to thank God and the Mother of God for my happiness and for successfully completing my associate’s degree. I ran every mile, evangelizing along the way.
I ran because it was a long trip and running made the distance go by quicker.
Communion at the Walk
Why I attended the Walk for Life
I feel abortion is not right and I feel I was supposed to be there to represent people who weren’t there.
I know that God is really crying about this and we, as religious people, have to unite and pray for everybody who wasn’t there.
It’s not that hard to have a baby and ‘adoption is an option’–that is one of the mottoes of some of the people at the Walk.
The strength the love of a child gives you-and I have experienced through my daughter-it gives you a whole different view on life.
I think that girls who are considering an abortion are scared because they don’t know what is going to happen when their child is born. But if they go through with the pregnancy they will experience that strength and love.
One of many signs displayed by protestors at the Walk
The atmosphere of the Walk
It was very peaceful–even the weather was beautiful.
I just felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and that I was exactly where I was supposed to be.
It was not about the people in attendance, it was about God. We were all there to say to God ‘Father, we are sorry for the people who don’t know you but we’re here to back our prayers up.’
A child protestor
Children at the Walk
I did not take my eight-year-old daughter to the Walk, but I would have.
The children don’t understand what the Walk was about but they were there to demonstrate that we’re all in this together-to demonstrate the act of love within a family.
‘American Holocaust’
A bulletin for the Walk said that 53 million children have been aborted–it’s a worldwide Holocaust that’s legal.
When I compare abortion to the Holocaust I mean in the sense of ‘who are you to chose if I live or die’ and the numbers-the cold-blooded numbers.
The Holocaust was harder and darker and I am not comparing whether or not one is worse-I’m trying to describe the numbers and the extent.
6 million murdered in the Holocaust, but 53 million aborted children-that is a huge leap in numbers.
Evangelizing
I have to tune people into the source of my happiness and strength-which is the Bible.
I don’t have money to give to everyone to help them live a full life so I offer my services.
People can contact me through my Facebook (the link is available at the beginning of this article) or my Myspace: myspace.com/thesainthyde, to discuss abortion or God or any issue.
May I add that I love being a dad.
Hyde interviewing a fellow protestor at the Walk
editors note(s):
Hyde has an online show that will feature his participation in the Walk for Life that he encourages people to either google or search Youtube for. The Overture would have linked to the show but it was not ready for broadcast at press time.
The organization that created Walk for Life was contacted for commentary on this story but did not respond.
The Dallas Holocaust Museum reports the casualties of the Holocaust as approximately 6 million Jewish victims, approximately 35 million victims accused of crimes other than being Jewish and approximately 20 million uniformed soldier deaths.
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