Hundreds of clergy of various faiths joined protests Thursday against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, singing hymns, marching and ceremonially burning a copy of a 600-year-old document. Some held signs that read, "Clergy for Standing Rock." John Floberg, an Episcopalian minister from the Standing Rock Reservation who organized the event, called for "peaceful, prayerful, nonviolent and lawful activity here." Opponents of the pipeline project have been camped near the route in southern North Dakota for months in an effort to stop construction. ———This story has been corrected to show that John Floberg, an Episcopalian minister from Standing Rock, organized the interfaith event rather than the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Source: ABC News November 03, 2016 16:26 UTC