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NEWS RELEASE
14 April 2008
Contact Trinity Nuclear Abolitionists: 505 242 0497



LANL SECURITY ALLOWS ABOLITIONISTS
TO PRAY FOR CONVERSION FROM NUCLEARISM


Representatives from the Albuquerque-based Trinity Nuclear Abolitionists are expanding their monthly vigil at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) today. The event begins at noon on April 14th, and ends at noon on April 15th. Trinity Nuclear Abolitionists (TNA) has verbal permission from head of security Donna Martinez for "daylight hours" only. The lengthy prayer is scheduled for the corner of Diamond Drive and West Jemez Rd. During that time in the regularly allowed zone in front of the main sign, fliers will be available for any visitors. LASO/ProForce security personnel are expected to negotiate with (TNA) over the continuance of the vigil throughout the night before Tax Day 2008 (April 15th).

TNA has two purposes for being at LANL today. The primary purpose is to prayerfully encourage the nonviolent, safe, clean disarmament of weapons of mass destruction, along with the clean-up of LANL, under the guidance of LANS. The second is to visibly celebrate the war-tax boycott organized by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. "This maybe the first time people have held a 24-hour public prayer for abolition here on alleged Laboratory property. Such prayer-actions are necessary for spiritual health and public health. Our nuclear New Mexico urgently needs different uses of federal income tax allocations." said Marcus Page of TNA.

This is the 9th monthly vigil for peace conducted by TNA, and the longest one so far. TNA is committed to the cause of sanity, safety, decency, beauty, love and peace--all in opposition to LANL's work. TNA consistently calls for an end to all nuclear weapons research, development, testing, refurbishing, and production. Aware of the tax money allocated for nuclearism TNA is part of the worldwide nuclear abolition movement working for social justice and spiritual integrity.