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Occupy Wall Street Invades Duarte Square, Protests Church That Owns It
New York Magazine / The Associated Press ^
| December 17, 2011
| Andre Tartar
Posted on 12/17/2011 4:09:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters today streamed toward the corner of Canal Street and the Avenue of the Americas to re-occupy Duarte Square, right next to New York's offices. The gravel square, dotted with planters and chairs and normally open to the public, is actually owned by Trinity Wall Street Episcopalian church, a onetime supporter of the original Zuccotti Park encampment providing meeting spaces, electricity, bathrooms, as well as supplies that now seems more adversary after denying an Occupy request for access to Duarte Square. "Wrong, unsafe, unhealthy and potentially injurious," was how church officials described the proposed occupation....
(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...
TOPICS: Current Events; Mainline Protestant; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: episcopalians; occupy; occupywallstreet; ows
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.~Hosea 8:7
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They were asking for it by supporting OWS
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:11:17 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So, when OWS protests you, does that mean they want you to die?
What exactly is it that they expect you to do?
Hand everything you own over to them?
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:12:26 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
To: GeronL
They were asking for it by supporting OWSThey didn't think it through. That happens often with folks who don't the brains God gave them. The FEEL instead of think.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:29:08 PM PST
by
RWB Patriot
("My ability is a value that must be purchased and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The gravel square, ..., is actually owned by Trinity Wall Street Episcopalian church, a onetime supporter of the original Zuccotti Park encampment...Chickens. Home. Roost.
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posted on
12/17/2011 4:37:34 PM PST
by
Clock King
(Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
To: GeronL
Just as Ann Coulter called it...
The “MOB” has no reason...just attack anyone and everything..untill they destroy all GOOD.
Occupy is a disease.
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posted on
12/17/2011 5:11:37 PM PST
by
LtKerst
(Lt Kerst)
To: Clock King
Chickens. Home. Roost.
Cut off chicken’s head
Pluck feathers
Fry up
good eatin’
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posted on
12/17/2011 5:17:56 PM PST
by
Morgana
(Rent this Space....Cheap)
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