Anti-Obama Protestors Arrested for Praying 10/03/12
Ironic. A group of protestors asking for religious freedoms were arrested outside of the White House for exercising their rights.
From Accuracy in Media: Just before the first presidential debate, pro-lifers are speaking out on the critical issue of religious liberty and getting arrested as part of a new strategy of active “resistance” to the Obama Administration’s pro-abortion and pro-homosexual policies.
Speaking at a “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rally in Washington, D.C., Catholic Priest Marcel Guarnizo urged the Catholic hierarchy to take the fight to the Obama Administration and publicly denounce Catholic politicians who promote abortion and homosexual marriage. He singled out Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley for criticism.
He spoke in front of a “Real health care protects life” banner.
The rally is part of
a national series of events being held in over 105 cities across the nation to speak out against the Obama Administration’s order or “
mandate” from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that all employers, including religious institutions, provide birth control and abortion-related services.
The mandate’s narrow “religious exemption” would not apply to religious schools, hospitals and charities.
In an attempt to attract major media attention, some speakers and demonstrators were arrested in front of the White House in symbolic defiance of the HHS Mandate. It is legal to demonstrate as long as one continues to move but it is illegal to stop, kneel, and pray. “Dozens of people have already been arrested over the weekend for kneeling and praying in front of the White House,”
noted WorldNetDaily.
Read more at
http://www.reagancoalition.com/articles/2012/20121003003-obama-protestors.html#obJilkdTu6Oif8Pl.99
