Six Christians, including a pastor and a priest, were arrested for praying peacefully outside the White House last week. According to World Net Daily,
Six people peacefully protested the Obama administration’s mandate requiring employers to provide contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-producing drugs by kneeling in prayer in front of the White House, and they quickly were arrested and whisked away by U.S. Park police.
“Occupy Wall Street protesters have been occupying federal property for months, but when we kneel in prayer, the police are called in and we are arrested,” said Father Wilde, one of the protesters.
The six people, including Wilde, of Priests for Life, and Rev. Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, organized the peaceful protest on the heels of a Priests for Life lawsuit filed against the Obama administration seeking to permanently block the implementation of the HHS mandate.
Wilde and the other protesters were cited for “failure to obey a lawful order” as they knelt in prayer in front of the White House. Each paid a $100 fine and was released from custody.
Wilde said. “We knew that was the risk when we gathered today, and we will do it again regardless of the risk. What people of faith – of every faith – need to do now is stand with us.”
Here is a video of the incident:
They were praying. They were not chanting obscene slogans. They were not rioting. They had not chained themselves to the White House fence. They were not camping out. They were not raping fellow protestors. They were not defecating on police cars. They were not committing acts of violence or destruction.
If they had done any of these things, would they have been arrested? Based upon the response to the Occupy Wall Street movement, probably not.
They were arrested for praying. That is it. The police can say that they had failed to obey a lawful order, but since when in America do the police have any Constitutional or legal authority to order someone to stop from praying? Since when is prayer not allowed in the White House or in its vicinity?
They were praying, and they were arrested.
(H/t Gateway Pundit)
Was there sound on this video? I could not get sound. Thanks for sharing. This needs to be made known to every American!
You are welcome. Sorry, but it appears that there is no sound.
Prists and ministers have also been arrested for molesting children under the rein of the current administration. I suppose you could say the Obama administration did that. A lot of people have been arrested for being in places that they should not be at the white house. Some of them with not so good intentions. If these prests and ministers were out there doing their job, what ever that may be, instead of contributing to the disturbance in areas that in the past have proved potentially harmful to public officials maybe this world would be a better place to live. If they believe in Jesus which I assume is the basic concept of their religion then maybe they should read the Bible and find out what Jesus said for them to do and then do it. Not creat more trouble in an already troubled world. In other words don’t be a part of the problem be a part of the solution.
Pure sophistry. Read your Bible and become part of the solution. Stop spouting nonsense.