Why would I, a peaceful, usually law-abiding grandmother of four (not even a parking ticket) break the habit of a lifetime and become the "little old lady in tennis shoes"...
Civil Disobedience
Perhaps I can best explain why I knowingly chose to break the law by recalling a conversation I had with my 7-year-old daughter before she left for school on the morning of December 7.
The story of poverty must be told again and again until we all recognize a responsibility to search for solutions and develop a passion to work toward their implementation.
The law is our mutually created instrument to protect impartially the common good and individual rights from abuses by individuals, groups, or the state.
The political leaders in place at this time are constructing social policy and vision that is fundamentally destructive of human life and well-being, particularly of those most marginalized by our governmental system.
The Bible gives very clear instructions that Christians should be subject to government authorities (Romans 13:1-4).
As a social worker at Bread for the City and Zacchaeus Free Clinic, I have had many experiences with those who are suffering.
Guilty of conspiracy. Guilty of damaging government property. Guilty of trespass.
A friend, actually the first of many, once asked me a question: "Why do we choose civil disobedience over the more acceptable forms of protest?" The question seemed incorrect.