NOT JUST ANTIWAR…
Leftist Protesters Attack Catholic Worshippers at Easter Mass in Chicago
The Progressives squirted fake blood around on the Catholics attending Easter Mass this morning!!
They waited until the Homily (sermon in the middle of the mass) to disrupt the Easter Sunday church service.
Anti-war protesters are led out of the auditorium after disrupting Easter services at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago on Sunday, March 23, 2008. (Tribune photo by Stacey Wescott / March 23, 2008)
Carl in Jerusalem has video of this outrageous attack on the Catholic Church.
Antiwar protesters disrupted an Easter Mass celebration in Chicago today SCREAMING and SPRAYING fake blood at church-goers!
FOX News reported:
CHICAGO — Six Iraq war protesters disrupted an Easter Mass on Sunday, shouting and squirting fake blood on themselves and parishioners in a packed auditorium.
Three men and three women startled the crowd during Cardinal Francis George’s homily, yelling “Even the Pope calls for peace” as they were removed from the Mass by security guards and ushers.
One Mass attendee, Mike Wainscott of Chicago, yelled at the anti-war protesters.
“Are you happy with yourselves?” he said. “There were kids in there. You scared little kids with your selfish act. Are you happy now?”
The group, which calls itself Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War, said in a statement after the arrests that they targeted the Holy Name Cathedral on Easter to reach a large audience, including Chicago’s most prominent Catholic citizens and the press, which usually covers the services.
Kevin Clark of International Solidarity Movement told the Chicago Tribune that he attended the Mass to serve as a witness for the protesters.
“If Cardinal George is a man of peace and is walking the walk and talking the talk, he should have confronted George Bush and demanded an immediate end to the war,” Clark said.
** The International Solidarity Movement is a Palestinian organisation that calls on civilians from around the world to participate in acts of non-violent protests against the Israeli military in the West Bank and previously the Gaza Strip(?)
…Palestinian Group???
Charles Johnson describes ISM as a left-wing pro-terrorist group that spawned Rachel Corrie.
Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War claim they are a humorous, political street threatre group composed of college students and young adults. The group was formed in October of 2006 and meets twice per month.
The Tribune reported:
The protesters were all charged with felony criminal damage to property and two counts of simple battery for squirting the blood around the auditorium and onto worshipers’ clothes, authorities said. Chicago police identified the six arrested as Donte D. Smith, 18; Ephran Ramirez Jr., 22; Ryane Ziemba, 25; Mercedes Phinaih, 18; Regan Maher, 25; and Angela Haban, 20.
More… Mugshots from Tuscon Cox Network and NBC5:
Ryane Ziemba
Donte Smith
Ephron Ramirez, Jr.
Angela Haban
Mercedes Phinaih
Regan Maher
My God! What is wrong with these people?
The six protesters will appear in bond court at 9 a.m. Monday on their felony charges. They will appear in misdemeanor court on March 31 at 9 a.m.
UPDATE: (Monday) The protesters were arraigned today.
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