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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Aug 18, 2014, 11:13 AM Aug 2014

Church Adopts 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Prayer Position For Ferguson

Yasmine Hafiz

"Hands up, don't shoot" has become a rallying cry for those demanding justice for the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown at the hands of the Ferguson, Missouri, police. The gesture of surrender is also an affirmation of humanity and innocence.

Rev. Adriene Thorne, Executive Minister at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City, New York, explained that the motion of outstretched hands with palms facing outwards is also an ancient prayer posture.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/church-hands-up-prayer-orans_n_5687792.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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