Religious leaders vow civil disobedience
The Washington Times
More than 150 leaders across a spectrum of conservative Christianity on Friday released a 4,700-word document vowing civil disobedience if they are forced to take part in “anti-life acts” or bless gay marriages.
Called the “Manhattan Declaration,” the six-page, single-spaced document was drafted by Prison Fellowship founder Charles Colson, an evangelical, and Princeton University professor Robert P. George, a Roman Catholic, and included a bevy of Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox bishops, archbishops and cardinals as signatories along with dozens of clergy and laity.
Archbishop of Washington Donald W. Wuerl is one of the signatories.
“Throughout the centuries, Christianity has taught that civil disobedience is not only permitted, but sometimes required,” says the document which cited civil rights icon Martin Luther King and his willingness to go to jail for his beliefs.
“Because we honor justice and the common good,” it states, “we will not comply with any edict that purports to compel our institutions to participate in abortions, embryo-destructive research, assisted suicide or euthanasia or any other anti-life act; nor will we bend to any rule purporting to force us to bless immoral sexual partnerships, treat them as marriages or the equivalent, or refrain from proclaiming the truth, as we know it, about morality and immorality and marriage and the family.”
When pressed to say what sorts of civil disobedience the writers were proposing, its originators were vague on the details at Friday’s news conference during which the document was released.
Wild Thing’s comment……..
I have a question. Where have they been. It has been months of Townhalls, Tea Parties even the doctors and nurses joined in awhile back and just NOW these religilous leaders are getting in the act. I am glad but the thing is they sure waited long enough.
IMO and I am dead on serious about this. This health care bill should have every living being in our country ticked off and mad as hell IF THEY LOVE AMERICA.
Our grievances today against the Marxist government in Washington are at least as great as those of the American Colonists against the Tyranny of England.
I sure do love all of you here at Theodore’s World. You all love America soooooo much. You are all so awesome!!!!!
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Inhofe calls Democrat Healthcare Maneuver “Beyond Deceptive” This is from yesterday but he is good.
Where indeed have the religious leaders been on this for the last eight months?? It has been apparent from day one that this health care plan was going to involve government-funded abortions, yet we only hear from the religious leadership the day before the critical vote, when the battle is all but lost?
Congresscritters cannot be made to fear their constituency in a day; it takes months of relentless pounding to get and keep their attention.
What modern history fails to teach us is that before the Boston Tea Party took place and the colonies rose up in revolt, America’s preachers were preaching freedom from their pulpits. It was this preaching that caused the masses to believe the cause for freedom was a righteous and just cause.
Rick I agree so much. That is exactly what it
takes.
BobF., thank you sooooo much for that.
It is important to know about that!!!
I did not leave the Catholic Church for it has LEFT me!