Hundreds Arrested At White House Christian Anti-War Protest

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Hundreds Arrested At White House Christian Anti-War Protest

Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the NCC, was among those arrested in an act of civil disobedience to call for an end to the war in Iraq



ARAH KARUSH
AP
Saturday, March 17, 2007

WASHINGTON — Thousands of Christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service Friday night at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

Afterward, participants marched with battery-operated faux candles through snow and wind toward the White House, where police began arresting protesters shortly before midnight. Protest guidelines require demonstrators to continue moving while on the White House sidewalk.

"We gave them three warnings, and they broke the guidelines," said Lt. Scott Fear. "There's an area on the White House sidewalk where you have to keep moving."

About 100 people crossed the street from Lafayette Park _ where thousands of protesters were gathered _ to demonstrate on the White House sidewalk late Friday. Police began cuffing them and putting them on buses to be taken for processing.

Fear said 222 people had been arrested by Saturday morning. The first 100 were charged with disobeying a lawful order, and the others with crossing a police line. All of them were fined $100.

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The ecumenical coalition that organized the event, Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, distributed 3,200 tickets for the service in the cathedral, with two smaller churches hosting overflow crowds. The cathedral appeared to be packed, although sleet and snow prevented some from attending.

Continued @ http://www.faithfulamerica.org/article.php?id=168

Monday, March 19, 2007
Duane Shank: More Than 200 Arrested in Christian Peace Witness

With much hard work and prayer - and despite frigid temperatures with rain and sleet - the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq was a moving and inspiring event. More than 3,000 people gathered at the Washington National Cathedral and then walked in a candlelight procession nearly four miles to Lafayette Park across from the White House, where more than 500 additional people (who had watched the service in an overflow location at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church) joined them. While the main group of people continued walking around the White House with candles, more than 200 crossed Pennsylvania Avenue to pray on the sidewalk and were arrested.

An Associated Press story was printed in more than 200 publications around the country, and there was a good AP video, Christians pray, march for peace. Other news services included United Press International and Cox News. The Washington Post and National Public Radio ran pieces on Saturday morning. The New York Times included two sentences in a longer story about Saturday’s protest at the Pentagon. And the service was covered by CNN and in D.C. - thanks to Katie Barge of Faith in Public Life for YouTubing these! Watch them here:

CNN: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6kBam1xeFvE

Fox 5: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z9nquHHJVR0

http://www.beliefnet.com/blogs/godspolitics/2007/03/duane-shank-more-than-200-arrested-in.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Let there be peace on earth

and let it begin with me.....thanks to those who went to spread light where there is darkness.

[RevCheesehead]

2. Bob Edgar is one of my heroes.

And I don't have many. :thumbsup:O8)

[Patsy Stone]

3. Peace

Never out of style.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

4. kick

[tinfoilinfor2005]

5. Do they pass the $100 bills collected from the fines to Halliburton CEO's

so they can light their cigars?
:mad:

[Canuckistanian]

6. K and a Fifth n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

7. ^^^

:kick: for Christian Peace Witness for Iraq