Mercy Junction Justice and Peace Center invites anyone with a pre-existing condition -- or anyone who loves someone with a pre-existing condtion -- to join us Friday evening at 6 pm to protest the U.S. House of Represenatives recent passage of an immoral bill that would deny healthcare to millions of Americans. The bill repeals the Affordable Care Act and rolls back protections for people with pre-existing conditions, which could increase health care costs for an estimated 130 million Americans.
The purpose of the protest is to let Rep. Chuck Fleischmann know how angry we are about his voting to strip us of medical care; and to let Sen. Bob Corker and Sen. Lamar Alexander know we are watching and we are expecting our senators not to make the same immoral decision to deny access to healthcare to millions of people.
Participants are asked to bring a sign that identifies their pre-existing condition. We will also have posterboard and markers so you can make a sign at the protest. At 6:15 we will march from the meeting place on the sidewalk in front of the Hamilton County Courthouse, 625 Georgia Ave., to the sidewalk facing the EPB building at Miller Park. This will be an hour before Nightfall starts and should make our protest very visible to many people.
At Miller Park, Pastor Brian Merritt will conduct a service of Healing and Wholeness for the broken United States healthcare system. Brian will also offer prayer, laying on of hands and annointing with oil for individuals' personal healing and wholeness for anyone who wishes to participate in the service.