Six Iraq war protesters disrupted an Easter Mass on Sunday, shouting and squirting fake blood on themselves and parishioners in a packed auditorium.Three men and three women startled the crowd during Cardinal Francis George’s homily, yelling “Even the Pope calls for peace” as they were removed from the Mass by security guards and ushers.
One Mass attendee, Mike Wainscott of Chicago, yelled at the anti-war protesters.”Are you happy with yourselves?” he said. “There were kids in there. You scared little kids with your selfish act. Are you happy now?”
The group, which calls itself Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War, said in a statement after the arrests that they targeted the Holy Name Cathedral on Easter to reach a large audience, including Chicago’s most prominent Catholic citizens and the press, which usually covers the services.
Kevin Clark of International Solidarity Movement told the Chicago Tribune that he attended the Mass to serve as a witness for the protesters.
“If Cardinal George is a man of peace and is walking the walk and talking the talk, he should have confronted George Bush and demanded an immediate end to the war,” Clark said.
Mug shots of the “Catholic Girls”, three of whom are token males:
Too bad these litlle darlin’s don’t walk the walk with regard to their anti-war ideology. They should have targeted a Mosque for their little demonstration. MUSLIMS started this war, not Christians. I seem to recall every single one of the 19 9/11 attackers as being Islamic males from the Middle East. Not Catholics from Chicago.
OK, y’all are just way more disciplined than me but I just can’t control myself: BHAHAHAHAHAHAHA… Take a look at this group of WINNERS!!!
They should have called the police and thrown these guys in jail for a few days.
Let them see that it doesn’t matter whether you agree with, compensate (bribe), or otherwise appease murderous crooks, at the end of the day they are still going to go after your arse (literally).
Baring dropping these guys off in Mecca (what, I’m the enemy even though I’m anti-Bush…Good Morning!) it’s the closest thing to a reality check I can prescribe.