www.byzcath.org Forums General Discussions Town Hall War Protest in Chicago Cathedral

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet or not so I decided to post it anyway.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-easterprotest1mar24,0,5791594.story

Though misdirected their passion is refreshing. I pray that some Godly people take them under their wings and direct their energies toward helping the Iraqi Christians who are being persecuted by the Muslim radicals.

CDL

Someone suggested that this group might be an Atheistic mocking and rather profane (slutty) group. I don't know. Perhaps I am naive. It would not be the first time. But who is going to help save this generation? We can't expect the priests to do all the work.

CDL

punks.

and dumb ones

Still, where are the adults who will help these punks grow up? Who's going to make them get a job and act responsibly? Who's going to sign them up for a missionary tour of duty or for the military? Where are the adults?

CDL

Unfortunately, this is just the latest despicable episode of people disrupting Churches to call attention to themselves.

We had the incident at St. Patrick's in New York, where a radio station asked people to have sex in the Cathedral and report it on the radio.

We had the recent gay rights group that came to the Church in San Francisco in drag to embrass the Archbishop.

There have been incidents in non-Catholic Churches as well, including acts of violence, as at the church in Colorado a month or so past.

People do seem to think they can do what they feel, not respecting the rights of people to gather in worship.

I think we need to call on the Congress to enhance the Civil Rights Laws to protect our right to gather and worship and to not be disrupted.

These hoodlums should be locked away for a long time, as they clearly have no respect for the rights of others. They are a threat to each and every one of us.

I read on another board that this group is related to the American Communist Party. I don't if that is true or not but it sounds plausible. I wonder if the Archbishop will visit them in prison and help bring them to Christ?

CDL

I do not find their "passion" at all "refreshing." These people are destructive idiots, plain and simple. I am sure they will get a wrist slap and perhaps a fine. We had some of these "passionate" idiots outside our office the other day. They threw red paint all over the sidewalks and a few police officers out doing their jobs got splattered with it. I have nothing against people who stage sit-ins, who strum guitars, who hold signs, or who engage in peaceful protest. But I draw the line at splattering people and destroying property. That takes one from being a protestor to being a criminal. And I do not find crime "refreshing."

No, the crime is not refreshing but once they are punished then what?

CDL