Civil Disobediance for a Moral Budget*

On Wednesday December 14, 2005, 114 religious leaders were arrested in front of the Cannon House Office Building while kneeling in prayer to protest the immoral budget and tax agenda which slashes spending on the poor to finance tax breaks for the rich. Led by Jim Wallis of Call to Renewal, national faith leaders, clergy and faith-based providers of services to the poor held a press conference.

After the press conference, the leaders knelt and prayed, blocking the entrance to the Cannon House Office Building. The Capitol Police began arresting the participants after giving three warnings to move from the entrance.

There is a small article on Sojourner's website and a link to some other articles as well.

I have posted one of the articel below as well as some pictures (you can see Troy in a couple of them).