Coffin Never Placed On Congressman’s Lawn – Used in Rally to Symbolize ‘Loss of Lives’ By ‘Medical Rationing’ in Health Care Bill

Friday, March 26, 2010
By Joe Schoffstall


St. Louis Tea Party Patriots member Bill Hennessy, who used a coffin to symbolize "loss of lives" by "medical rationing" under the recently passed health care law. The coffin was used in a Mar. 21 prayer vigil outside the district office of Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) and outside his home in St. Louis, Mo. (Photo courtesy of Bill Hennessy.)


(CNSNews.com) - Contrary to reports that a coffin was placed on Rep. Russ Carnahan’s (D-Mo.) lawn on Mar. 21 while the House voted on the health care bill, the casket was never put on his property and was not used to signify a threat against him, according to the tea party activists who used it.

The coffin, in fact, was used as a prop at a prayer vigil on Mar. 21 to symbolize the “loss of freedom and the loss of lives due to government medical rationing,â€