Back during the Roy Moore 10 Commandments issue, I went to D.C. with a group of his and was threatened with arrest for simply putting my hand on the corner of the step leading up to the Supreme Court. I was told by the Capitol police that during a rally of this kind the Supreme Court and the plaza around it including the steps was a “prayer free” zone. I might add I was not praying out loud, but praying silently. My crime was touching the step. I didn’t protest although a couple of other ladies doing the same thing did.
I see Rev. Pat Mahoney in the pic at the article. We ate meals with him and Rev. Rob Schenck a few times. They are great warriors for the faith. Mahoney got arrested during that trip also at the Red Mass for the Supreme Court simply because he argued with the police because they moved the area we could stand from what the permit said was the area we could be.
It was a wonderful trip and boosted my Christian faith and also opened my eyes to the ways of the government and the media.
I had a similar experience at the Supreme Court.
In April, 2009, members of our church hired a bus and took a trip to DC where we prayed at the Capitol, the White House, the Supreme Court.The purpose was to pray for our leaders, our nation and for God’s protection(this was in the beginning of the Obama regime).
We started to join hands a the Supreme Court on the plaza level, and the guard raced down the steps to yell at us that we could not pray there.
Now let that sink it.We could not pray in a public place at a government building.
I protested to the guard that this was a public area and that prayer was not illegal. He told me it was not allowed and to move the group to the sidewalk.
We did,under the threat of arrest,move to the sidewalk and prayed right there, in full view of the same guard and all the tourists.
In fact, wherever we went, other tourists asked if they could join in prayer with us.