7 Christian Leaders Arrested Protesting Trump's Budget Proposal on Capitol Hill
After a handful of faith leaders representing the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the United Church of Christ, the Progressive National Baptist Convention and other organizations spoke outside the Methodist building, those gathered prayed for Congress to reject Trump's budget proposal, saying that it "invests in war at the expense of poor and marginalized people."
Following the prayer, dozens of participants marched a short distance to the Hart Senate Office Building.
Once inside the building, the participants who were willing to risk being arrested for civil disobedience dropped to their knees in a circle and began praying and singing spiritual songs like "Wade in the Water" and "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest."...