Religion Claims its Place in Occupy Wall Street

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By Jeanine Caunt
October 24, 2011

BOSTON (AP) — Downtown Dewey Square is crammed with tents and tarps of Occupy Boston protesters, but organizers made sure from the start of this weeks-old encampment that there was room for the holy. No shoes are allowed in the "Sacred Space" tent here, but you can bring just about any faith or spiritual tradition.

A day's schedule finds people balancing their chakras, a "compassion meditation" and a discussion of a biblical passage in Luke. Inside, a Buddha statue sits near a picture of Jesus, while a hand-lettered sign in the corner points toward Mecca.

Click hear to read the rest of the article, including Katharine's comments, in the Associated Press.

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My son and I are going to collect items for the March drive. We are going to make frleys and give them out to friends and family to enlist their help. We are also going to try to involve our youth group at church. This is a great home-school activity! Thank you for the idea.

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If you want a Harvard for thr 99%, get rid of Jewish networking and vafors in university admissions which is responsible for discriminatory admissions policies in favor of Jews at the expense of non-Jews. Since Harvard has quotas for Blacks, Asians, Hispanics and others, these groups are being protected (and rewarded due to receiving entry without earning it). White are being punished by Jewish favoritism. And you wonder why people do not like Jews? Jews have been discriminating against non-Jews for centuries, banding together in order to exploit gentiles. Wall Street, Washington, corporate America, academia, the media, the list goes on. People are sick of it and I have to believe it will not end well for the Jews. Justice will be served you criminals pieces of trash.

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