



"The family that prays together, stays together."

"If God had meant us to walk around naked, he never would have invented the wicker chair."





-Erma Bombeck









At approximately 10:00 AM on March 16, 2012, 44 year old Sara Butler, her two adult daughters, and her 14-year-old son all walked into Upper Darby High School in Pennsylvania. Ms. Butler demanded that another one of her children, who was currently attending class in school, be released to her.





The only problem with this was that she did not have legal custody of the child...and the reason that she did not have custody would soon become very apparent to anyone unfortunate enough to be in the high school's parking lot later that afternoon.





They returned to the school again at 11:07 with the same demand, and again were turned away. The family made one final trip to the school at 12:55, presumably after a enjoying a pleasant lunch together, and decided to kick things up a notch.





"I don't know about you, but that roast

beef n' cheddar's got me all types of jacked up!"









When the family arrived at the school, they abandoned their twice failed strategy of berating the school's front office personnel to illegally release a child into their custody. It was time to call on a higher power.





The family got out of their van, locked arms, and began to pray, chant, and sing church hymns.





Oh yeah, one other thing: They made this show of spiritual solidarity after completely disrobing so that they were completely naked and in full view of the school's students















When school officials attempted to break up nude prayer vigil/no pants party occurring on their school grounds, the family began When school officials attempted to break up nude prayer vigil/no pants party occurring on their school grounds, the family began running wildly around the parking lot while still praying, chanting, and singing.





Eventually, police arrived and arrested the group after a slight physical struggle (and probably a lot of awkward glances and hesitant grabbing amongst the officers).











In case you're interested, here is a video showing portions of the arrest and a few still frames of Sara Butler during the nude prayer protest. The images of the naked mother are grainy and blurred out, but once you see their potential, you may become a much bigger fan of censorship.





-Patrick Peyton