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March 22. 2006
Rally one of Portland’s largest
(A P )— A peaceful but passion
ate parade o f protesters marched
through dow ntow n Portland Sun
day to denounce the war in Iraq as
it enters its fourth year.
The rally and inarch, named "End
the War, Begin the Peace," was co
sponsored by some 160 organiza
tions. Portland police estim ated the
turnout at about H).(XX) and re
ported one arrest on a minor charge.
It took the parade, with marchers
eight to ten abreast, nearly an hour
to pass.
“A year from now, which one o f
you will beaG old Star family m em
ber," asked Steven D eFord at a pre
march rally. His son, O regon N a
tional G uard Sgt. D avid Johnson,
37, was killed in Iraq by a roadside
bomb in Septem ber 2(X)4.
"If 64 percent of the United States
thinks this invasion is wrong, where
are they?" he said. "W hat if I had
done more? I live with that thought
every day.”
"It is time now for you to take
back your country,” he said.
The Rev. LeRoy Haynes Jr., a
veteran o f the Student Nonviolent
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Ctx>rdinat ing Com m ittee that arose
in the 1960s and the Black Panther
movement, said the Sept. 11 attacks
were extrem e terrorism but the war
in Iraq is "unjust and im m oral.” “
"W e will not give up our dem oc
racy to Bush and C heney,” he said.
"W e say no to an adm inistration
who asks our sons and daughters
to fight for dem ocracy in a foreign
nation w hile they steal it from us at
home."
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A hm ed K ham as told a cheering
crow d that the w ar "is the worst
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Children are among the thousands o f protesters at Sunday's march against the Iraq War. Hand
made signs with anti-Bush sentiments also dot the sea o f humanity flooding the downtown
streets.
We say no to an
administration who asks
our sons and daughters
to fight for democracy in
a foreign nation while they steal
it from us at home.
— Rev. LeRoy Haynes Jr., Allen Temple CME Church
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“Bones, not Bom bs,” read a sign
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New Beginnings is part o f a cul
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sands locally, along with global
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“For this tim e in history, God has
cal led certain leaders to lead m ove
m ents,” Cole said. “W e happen to
call them m ega churches.”
Church m em bers also m eet in
sm aller groups, around 200 groups
gather around the city each week.
New Beginnings is proud to be
P o rtla n d ’s la rg e st m u lti-ra c ia l
church in Portland
"W e believe G od created all
people,” C ole said. “ In order for us
to w orshipand really learn, we need
to em brace all nationalities.”
They also embrace Christianity’s
Jew ish roots, and support Rabbi
Joseph S hulam ’s m inistry in Isra el
Each year Shulam flies to Portland
to teach biblical roots in a Torah
class.
M akowski said to understand
the Bible, C hristians must under
stand the custom s and traditions
during the tim e o f Christ.
T he c h u rc h ’s g rand op en in g
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