Yes, I have a rosary and am willing to use it.

 Uh oh: I'm in trouble.

Via Instapundit: AS A FRIEND SAYS, THEIR RELIGION IS DETESTING YOURS:

This article in the Atlantic (by a Canadian writer according to VC) says if you say the rosary you are a dangerous person.

actually he is right: A million Filipinos saying the rosary and singing hymns while marching down the EDSA were the reason Marcos Sr. was peacefully overthrown in 1986

The revolt commenced when Marcos' Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and the Armed Forces Vice-Chief of Staff command of Fidel V. Ramos, both withdrew their support from the government and called upon the resignation of then President Marcos. They responsibly barricaded Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo and had their troops ready to combat against possible armed attack organized by Marcos and his troops.

The Catholic Church represented by Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin along with the priests and nuns called for the support of all Filipinos who believed in democracy. Radyo Veritas aired the message of Cardinal Sin that summoned thousands of Filipinos to march the street of EDSA. It was an empowering demonstration that aimed to succeed peacefully with the intervention of faith. Nuns kneeled in front of tanks with rosaries in their hands and uttering their prayers.

the march was to stop Marcos backing troops from arresting General Ramos (later President Ramos, who was a Protestant by the way) .

the sceptical rewriters of history who love to debunk legends (especially legends that have a religious theme) say that Marcos' goons would never have their tanks shoot nuns..., but their retelling of the story ignores that the peaceful demonstration kept the tanks from starting a civil war with the soldiers under the command of General Ramos.

But there is a legend that it was Mary who appeared, and told the soldiers "Do not  shoot my people".

Later, when Cardinal Sin was asked if this lady was the Virgin or one of the nuns in the demonstration, he quipped: I don't know. But I do know none of the nuns in the demonstration were good looking"

(Filipino humor).

The point is that religion has long been a way for the common people to opposed tyranny: and alas often these uprising turn violent. 

But do prayers make a difference?

there have been many peaceful politcal changes that some Catholics attribute to prayer: From the fall of the Iron curtain 

and prayer to Mary was seen as helping to  defeat the Dutch in the battle of La Naval of Manila to the Battle of Lepanto.

As for General Ramos, who has recently died: he was a veteran and later became a beloved president

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