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July 2nd, 2012
10:10 PM ET
Busing nuns cover 2,700 miles to rally in D.C. against Ryan budgetBy Anna-Lysa Gayle and Jeffrey Elizabeth Copeland, CNN Washington (CNN) - A group of nuns who took to the road 2,700 miles ago reached Washington Monday carrying the same message they began with: "Reasonable revenue for responsible programs." Standing in front of the United Methodist Building near the U.S. Capitol, the "Nuns on the Bus," as they have billed themselves, rallied an excited crowd with stories from the road and a call to action for future protests to protect social programs. Starting in Iowa, the nuns traveled through nine different states in a trip ended right outside the Capitol building. "Under the guise of this austerity and responsibility, they're (representatives who support the budget proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan) only thinking of us after all they gut the very programs that help Catholic sisters house the homeless, feed the hungry, give children a chance," Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, told the crowd.
July 2nd, 2012
04:33 AM ET
Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Monday, July 2
By Laura Koran, CNN Here's the Belief Blog’s morning rundown of the top faith-angle stories from around the United States and around the world. Click the headlines for the full stories. From the Blog: CNN: Why a president’s faith may not matter CNN: Despite fights about its merits, idea of American exceptionalism a powerful force through history |
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