TORTURE IS A MORAL ISSUE

A Statement of Conscience Against Torture

Sense-of-the-Assembly Resolution 0721--passed by the 2007 General Assembly meeting in Fort Worth--called torture immoral, endorsed the statement below, and urged Disciples to work for the elimination of torture.

Please join the 30 heads of communion, the more than 80 communities of faith and faith-based organizations, and over 18,000 people who have already endorsed this statement:

Torture violates the basic dignity of the human person that all religions, in their highest ideals, 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.

Nothing less is at stake in the torture abuse crisis than the soul of our nation. What does it signify if torture is condemned in word but allowed in deed? Let America abolish torture now -- without exceptions.

Please Endorse the Statement Today:


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