Church Folks for a Better America


A Time Comes When Silence Is Betrayal

Church Folks for a Better America
A project of the Peace Action Education Fund, educational arm of the
Coalition for Peace Action, 40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542

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National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Torture violates the basic dignity of the human person that all religions hold dear. It degrades everyone involved --policy-makers, perpetrators and victims. It contradicts our nation's most cherished ideals. Any policies that permit torture and inhumane treatment are shocking and morally intolerable.

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T h e   D o v e  A d   P r o j e c t   [ here ]

(August-November 2004)

The ad appeared in more than 6 million newspaper copies before the 2004 elections.

T h e  A n t i - G o n z a l e s  I n i t i a t i v e  [ here ]

(December 2004/January 2005)

Our "Open Letter," signed by moe than 225 religious leaders,

received wide coverage and was quoted on the Senate floor.

New! Sermon by Fleming Rutledge, "Naked to His Enemies"

Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed (Ps. 10:12).

 

Church Folks for a Better America

Interview with The Nation magazine

February 2005  [ here ]

Torture: An American Scar

George Hunsinger

Baltimore Sun 

January 31, 2005 [ here ]


The Torture Papers:
The Road to Abu Ghraib

(Cambridge University Press, 2005) [ here ]

Thoroughly documents repeated and shocking perversions of justice.

Three related articles by the editors: [ here ]  [ here ]  [ here ]

NYT review:  [ here ]

Outsourcing Torture
Jane Mayer
    The New Yorker
    14 February 2005 [ here ]

 

Torture Threatens the Rule of Law in America

Sanford Levinson

Deadaleus, Summer 2004  [ here ]

Torture and Truth

Mark Danner, December 12, 2004  [ here ]

Christians Must Oppose Torture

Letter to the Editor  York PA Daily Record (Dec. 19):  [ here ]

Torture abuse scandal

War Crimes

Washington Post Editorial, December 23, 2004

Update:   January 1, 2005   [ here ]

 

It is time for full accountability. And time to face reality about the war.

 

 

 

 
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