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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 12:32 AM
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Interfaith Group Seeks End Of Torture Policy
POSTED: 10:33 am EDT June 8, 2006
UPDATED: 11:00 am EDT June 8, 2006

WASHINGTON -- American evangelical, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders are calling for an end to U.S. policies that allow torture of prisoners.

American evangelical, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders are calling for an end to U.S. policies that allow torture of prisoners.

Clergy signing the statement of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture include the Rev. Rick Warren, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Rev. Ted Haggard and Rabbi David Saperstein.

Other signers include former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel and the head of the Islamic Society of North America. <w / list of organizations>

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9340398/detail.html
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 12:39 AM
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1. I just joined and contributed to the Interfaith Alliance last month
They are a breath of fresh air when compared to the Bushbot Evangelical American Taliban with the likes of Dobson, Falwell, etc.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 02:46 AM
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2. Bravo
:applause:


It is nice to see people joining together to fight these deplorable practices.
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beam me up scottie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 02:49 AM
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3. Maat has posted
about the work this group is doing several times.

Commendable.
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