Tim Townsend, religion editor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, wrote in his 4/6/09 coverage:
After the hourlong rally, Imam Muhamed Hasic of the Islamic Community Center in St. Louis said such grass-roots efforts based on interfaith organization were important “because hundreds of thousands in this state deserve to be treated better and this is where that help can begin.”
Bishop George Wayne Smith, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, agreed, saying it was up to “the faithful to care for the least of these.”
“Personally, I can do nothing other than that, and I will be asking Episcopalians in the pews to do the same,” he said. -more
Pam Dolan wrote in her Civil Religion column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The decisions that our state government makes during these next few weeks regarding the 2010 budget will have real and lasting consequences for everyone in the state, but no persons will be more directly affected than the poor, the disabled, children, and the elderly. In other words, those very people for whom we are most responsible, if we wish to be a just and compassionate society. -more
A set of photographs from the Rally on our diocesan flickr page, flickr.com/diocesemo
Attorney Robert Crowe blogged the Rally at St Louis Daily Photo Blog
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