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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....

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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
1 posted on 12/17/2011 4:10:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They were asking for it by supporting OWS


2 posted on 12/17/2011 4:11:17 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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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?

3 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)
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To: GeronL
They were asking for it by supporting OWS

They didn't think it through. That happens often with folks who don't the brains God gave them. The FEEL instead of think.

4 posted on 12/17/2011 4:16:38 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes


5 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.")
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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.

6 posted on 12/17/2011 4:37:34 PM PST by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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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.


7 posted on 12/17/2011 5:11:37 PM PST by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: Clock King

Chickens. Home. Roost.

Cut off chicken’s head

Pluck feathers

Fry up

good eatin’


8 posted on 12/17/2011 5:17:56 PM PST by Morgana (Rent this Space....Cheap)
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