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Evangelicals Against Torture

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in The War On Terrorism

One group has come out against it, and I’m hoping there will be more to come.

From Raw Story:

The National Association of Evangelicals, representing roughly 45,000 churches across the U.S. endorsed on Tuesday a declaration against torture put together by Evangelicals for Human Rights – an organization of 17 evangelical scholars – in a striking break from the Bush Administration’s policy.

“Tragically, documented cases of torture and inhumane and cruel behaviour have occurred at various sites in the war on terror, and current law opens procedural loopholes for more to continue,” the evangelicals’ statement declares.

“There is a perception out there in the Middle East that we’re willing to accept any action in order to fight this war against terrorism,” the NAE’s Rev. Rich Cizik told AP. “We are the conservatives – let there be no mistake on that – who wholeheartedly support the war against terror, but that does not mean by any means necessary.”

Chalk one up for common sense.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 16th, 2007 and is filed under The War On Terrorism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Evangelicals Against Torture”

  1. bob in fl Says:
    March 16th, 2007 at 11:31 am

    OK. This is good news.

    Now when will they refuse to support those that condone torture?

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