#2000verses: A Capitol Hill Witness Against Tax Bill

But I want to tell you this evening that it is not enough for us to talk about love, love is one of the pivotal points of the Christian face, faith. There is another side called justice. And justice is really love in calculation. Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love. - Martin Luther King Jr   From Sojourners Verse & Voice for Dec. 5, 2017

On Thursday morning (November 30), Capitol police arrested 12 Christian faith leaders Thursday morning in the Hart Senate office during a protest against the GOP tax plan. The faith leaders, eight ordained ministers and four staff members of Sojourners, gathered in the Hart Senate office building to participate in the #2000verses protest campaign. The campaign underscores the message that the Old Testament and New Testament contain more than 2,000 verses  reminding people of faith of their responsibility to the poor.  Sojourners posted s a video of the protest and the response by Capitol Hill police.

The eight ministers arrested were Jim Wallis, founder and editor of Sojourners magazine; Barbara Williams-Skinner of the Skinner Leadership Institute and National African American Clergy Network; Bishop W. Darin Moore of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Chair of the National Council of Churches; Rev. Aundreia Alexander, Esq.  of the National Council of Churches; Patrick Carolan, executive director of the Franciscan Action Network and co-founder of the Global Catholic Climate Movement; Carole Dortch-Wright of the Cathedral International Episcopal Office; Rev. Catherine Griggs of Cathedral International Episcopal Office, Senior Executive Assistant to Bishop Donald Hilliard; and Rev. Rose Marie Berger of Sojourners.

The four Sojourners staff members arrested are Jeff Hoagland, David F. Potter, Bob Sabath, and Feriel Ricks.

“People will die from a tax bill that reflects a reckless disregard for human life because millions will be thrown off health care; and struggling Americans of all races and backgrounds will be treated as collateral in a race to give the rich a tax cut they do not need,” said Williams-Skinner of the Skinner Leadership Institute and National African American Clergy Network. See full coverage in The Daily Caller newspaper