Religious Leaders Vow Civil Disobedience ; Declaration Opposes Forced Participation in Any 'Anti-Life Act'
The Washington Times › November 21, 2009
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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.See the full content of this document
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Religious Leaders Vow Civil Disobedience ; Declaration Opposes Forced Participation in Any 'Anti-Life Act'
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 ...See the full content of this document
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