"NEW YORK (Reuters) - A historic Manhattan church has canceled its annual Halloween celebration due to an ongoing standoff with remnants of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Trinity Church, an Episcopalian congregation located where Wall Street meets Broadway, usually invites neighborhood children to watch classic silent films such as "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."
The church is breaking the tradition this year due to Occupy protesters and the homeless camping on the sidewalk outside, the latest casualty in an ongoing standoff.
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| Is it proper for churches to hold Halloween Celebrations? I'm gonna go out on a limb here & say ...Nah... |
After being evicted from a park near Wall Street last year, Occupy Wall Street activists sought permission to set up a camp on a vacant lot owned by the church.
Trinity had been an early ally of the movement, distributing blankets to protesters and opening its doors for the group's strategy meetings.
When the church denied the group's request, the relationship soured. Activists "took control" of the lot, protester Jack Boyle said. One activist opened a fence with bolt cutters and dozens of people poured in, resulting in arrests.
In response, a group of Occupy activists camped out in front of the church and vowed to stay until one of the men arrested was freed.
After the man was released, activists stayed and demanded the resignation of Trinity pastor James Cooper, who they said betrayed them by pressing charges.
The splinter group's makeshift encampment has attracted homeless people, some of whom are emotionally or mentally disturbed, according to police and church and community leaders." YahooNews
1- Who cares what the occupy protesters have to say-what is it to a Church as to what these who appeal to jealousy and hatred of those with more money have to say? Who cares about their coveting? Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any
thing that is thy neighbour's. Exodus 20:172- Why is a Church holding an annual "Halloween CELEBRATION? Showing scary movies? Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:22
