5 arrested for praying the rosary in Worcester

duncan's picture

"This morning at the federal courthouse in Worcester, after attending mass and with about a dozen supporters outside, Mike Benedetti, Ken Hannaford-Ricardi, Sandra McSweeney, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy, and Roger Stanley entered the pre-lobby, knelt, prayed for an end to the war in Iraq, and said a rosary. People came and went from the courthouse, though additional participants weren

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Matt's picture

Re: 5 arrested for praying the rosary in Worcester

I love it! Though I am an atheist, I applaud the civil disobedience. So few in this country are fighting to end this horrific debacle in Iraq, and Afghanistan (and about 150 other countries), though so many claim to oppose it.

Land of the free.
Free to supress expression
Free to supress personal rights
Free to maraud with military all over the globe
Free to strong-arm other nations into accepting US occupation and "democracy"
Free to control the media
Free to seize power in corrupt elections

My thanks to the sacrifices of the protesters!

delnieve's picture

Re: 5 arrested for praying the rosary in Worcester

Thanks for the kind words.

Is there a special trick to embedding YouTube videos in these non-forum comments?

duncan's picture

Re: 5 arrested for praying the rosary in Worcester

just use the embed code and make sure that "enable html tags" is ticked off.

delnieve's picture

Re: 5 arrested for praying the rosary in Worcester

I have an "enable html tags" option for forum comments, but not comments on front page stories. Where should I be looking? Is this maybe an admin-only option?

duncan's picture

Re: 5 arrested for praying the rosary in Worcester

Interesting. I will work on this. I should be able to turn on html as well as TinyEditor for commenting.

Yetitibbs's picture

Re: 5 arrested for praying the rosary in Worcester

Mike-
I am very proud of you and fellow protesters.