In an inspired bit of theater, the Occupy Wall Street protesters on Sunday paraded a shiny effigy of the biblical golden calf modeled after the iconic Bowling Green bull statue.
"It's a false idol, just as much as the Wall Street bull has been a false idol for so many of us for so long," said protester Ed Needham.
The golden calf was marched around Zuccotti Square on day 23 of the Occupy Wall Street protest by priests and other clergy, who then held an interfaith prayer session.
They sang "We Shall Not Be Moved" and waved signs saying, "Jesus is with the 99%."
"We support the poor," said Lauren Giaccone, 25, who attends Union Theological Seminary uptown.
"The calf represents the idolatry of greed - what this country has come to hold up as a true value. But this country was founded on equality and justice for all," she said.
The sun-splashed square was packed. Larry Long, 76, a retired teacher from Brooklyn, held a sign quoting the Jewish Book of Wisdom: "What good has our boasted wealth brought us?"
His wife, Marj Long, 81, said they came to show it wasn't all "just a bunch of young rabble-rousers" who support the protest.
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