Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2019 / 03:58 pm (CNA).- While demonstrators chanted and played ceremonial drums, protesters at a rally led by Nathan Phillips attempted Jan. 19 to enter Washington, DC’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during a Saturday evening Mass.
The group of demonstrators was stopped by shrine security as it tried to enter the church during a Saturday evening Vigil Mass, according to a shrine security guard on duty during the Mass.
“It was really upsetting,” the guard told CNA.
“There were about 20 people trying to get in, we had to lock the doors and everything.”
The guard said the incident was a disappointment during a busy and joyful weekend for the shrine.
“We had hundreds and hundreds of people from all over the country come here to celebrate life, to celebrate each other together. That a protest tried to come inside during Mass was really the worst.”
The guard told CNA the situation was “tense.”
“I’m just really grateful that nothing too bad happened, they were really angry.”
A source close to the shrine’s leadership corroborated the security guard’s account, telling CNA that during the Mass, Phillips and the group tried to enter the church while playing drums and chanting, and were prohibited from entering the building by security personnel, who locked the main basilica doors with the congregation still inside.
The shrine’s spokeswoman would not initially confirm or deny that the group attempted to enter the Mass. She told CNA Jan. 22 that “a group did assemble on Saturday evening outside the the shrine” and that they “left without incident.”
On Jan. 23, however, the spokeswoman provided to CNA a statement confirming that during a 7:00 p.m. Mass celebrated at the basilica, “a group of approximately 50 individuals attempted to gain entrance to the basilica while chanting and hitting drums.”
“In respect and reverence for the Mass, the individuals were not permitted to enter the Basilica due to the disruption it would have caused during the solemn Mass. The individuals were asked to leave the property after it was determined they did not intend to share in the celebration of Mass.”
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the adults with that group letting one of the minors get in a stare down with that guy and not moving the kids out of the way.
I agree with your point about the chaperones, but don't play into the strategies of the Left by helping them attack the kids.
restrained. I blame the adults, this clown primarily and those with the group for letting this get that far.
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I’m saying the situation should have been diffused by cooler heads.
My oldest said they shout all sorts of vile things at you, but you are told to ignore it and everyone does.
Again, because of that attitude this March is well known for the restraint of the participants.
P.S. People like Cole think this is some type of MAGA counterprotest. It isn’t.
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Interesting that this March has been going off since 74, pretty much without major incident, until MAGA enters the scene. Sad.
Deranged.
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privileged white kids who use mockery of Native American's - and we should underline American's - to intimidate and belittle their cause. What about wanting America's better angels to be represented instead of these bullying teens as who we are? Nothing despicable about wanting a better example of America its youth, and denounce bad behavior when it's there. Most of you want to note Nathan Phillip's had troubled teen years and shouldn't be given some margin on them but want to call being harsh to these bullying teens as despicable. Did someone say "Hypocrites"?
Love to hear all the Harvard grads talk about privileged Kentucky high schoolers. Attack the kids, not the professional protestors and hate groups. Nice.
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I think you're confusing privileges.
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with this crap and send the liberals e message, by voting them all out?
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All alcohol related issues. When he was a teenager. Sounds like growing pains of a teen from a reservation.
criminal actions as a teenager, but you are more than willing to condemn a teenager whose supposed crime was wearing a MAGA cap?
Your hypocrisy knows no bounds. Own it.
He’s also an asshole who would disrupt a religious ceremony.
Can you imagine if a MAGA group tried to disrupt a Muslim service?
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How would he react if someone purposefully disputed his native prayer ceremonies?
They were turned away and the protest group was nonviolent.
Sounds to me like security did their job and the protesters did theirs in a nonviolent way
When Anti abortion protesters act in a violent way - they often do those who side with the anti abortionists call them doing the work of god. How is the native Indian March not given even the slightest margin for their nonviolent protest?
me a break. The left acts way more violently than the right and today have become far less intolerant of a different point of view.
I wish the Klan would cease to exist but at this point the are far less violent than many in the Black Live Matter and I hate the Klan.
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Funny how all you MAGA. Supporters want to scalp this guy.
You want to shut up some high school kids and justify both physical and online bullying of them because they were wearing MAGA hats. But sure, the criminal, instigating, lying adult should be allowed to be heard.
You're pathetic.
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be put in jail.
conviction for assault. Even though the conviction was 40 years ago, his present conduct shows his character hasn't changed.
Should always bear the brunt of those troubles. Especially in the face of good Christians and MAGA supporters.
argument is.
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Link: https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1088431238216642560
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He doesn't mind woman on woman sex scenes.
He accomplished more military service than W Bush and Trump combined in fact if you look at his military record he acted percisely in the same way as W Bush during his time in training. We should be voting him in as POTUS.
And to his claim for being in theater - he said he was in Vietnam Times.
which should have happened here.
initiated the confrontation. He can be seen walking at teens pounding his drum. They never went after him. He pulls
that shit on someone other than group of HS kids, or Mass attendees, he's going to get severe ass kicking. He picked his
victims. He's chickenshit
Anyone who would act that way with a bunch of teenagers is.
Those kind of assholes are there for every march, but the kids just ignore them. Seriously, this is the most peaceful march in D.C. notwithstanding tons of teenagers and jerks like this guy being there. It is well coordinated and well chaperoned. It should not have gotten to the point where there was a stareoff with a guy banging a drum or kids doing the tomahawk chop. The adults with group should have moved the kids out of the way and told the guy to back off them.
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Otherwise, I won't be afraid of you.
Spineless Kasich-type fool.
Someone like you would even pervert the purpose of this event.
You are in the wrong.
MAGA. means intimidation.
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He felt it is his white privilegedness that he feels guilty about.
He’s know as whitey at the teepee camp.
I know the marchers from my kids school are told not to have any interaction with people like that and the chaperones are supposed to enforce it.
The ironic thing is that this is always a very peaceful march because of the self control of the marchers even though there are tons of minors from Catholic high schools there.
Gonna have to fix that pronto...uh, Toronto.
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