Remembering Baltimore’s most dedicated war protester | READER COMMENTARY

Kudos to The Baltimore Sun for the “tax day” commentary about Phil Berrigan and income tax resistance (“Tax Day and war resistance, Philip Berrigan style,” April 15).

With the threat of nuclear war looming out of control, Phil would be encouraging the withholding of tax dollars going to the military. Phil always voted with his whole body and soul. In the 35 years we worked with Phil, he was in jail for 11 of them. He was jailed repeatedly because he believed that nuclear weapons were the scourge of the earth.

To mine nuclear material for them, manufacture them, deploy them or use them is a curse against God, the human family and the earth itself.

— Brendan Walsh, Baltimore

The writer is co-founder of Viva House, the food pantry and soup kitchen in Southwest Baltimore.

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