"War must not be pursued as an 'economic policy,' nor as a vendetta of unfinished business. In this new millennium, the children of America must not be sacrificed on the altar of militarism. As spiritual leaders, we cannot keep silent as the integrity of what it means to be a democracy is increasingly compromised. Although the wheels of propaganda are turning incessantly through the media, we believe that the path our nation is pursuing will lead to catastrophe for America and the nations of the world."
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a letter to Rice, the dreadful National Security Advisor, expressing their "grave reservations" about the administration's course.
Alone like corn pone among the major American denominations, the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention gave a rebel yell for the courageous idea of hitting the other guy first, international law be damned!
The Southern Baptists split from their northern brethren over the issue of slavery - they believed it was God's design. Reminded that Great Britain's Baptist Union opposed a U.S. first strike as an "appallingly dangerous course to take," convention spokesperson Richard Land said, "The U.S. should not sit idly by waiting for her allies in Europe to indicate their support." Land added, gratuitously, "No offence intended, but we have had to extricate the Europeans from conflagrations of their own making twice in the last century." Confederates never forget.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a letter to Rice, the dreadful National Security Advisor, expressing their "grave reservations" about the administration's course.
Alone like corn pone among the major American denominations, the 16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention gave a rebel yell for the courageous idea of hitting the other guy first, international law be damned!
The Southern Baptists split from their northern brethren over the issue of slavery - they believed it was God's design. Reminded that Great Britain's Baptist Union opposed a U.S. first strike as an "appallingly dangerous course to take," convention spokesperson Richard Land said, "The U.S. should not sit idly by waiting for her allies in Europe to indicate their support." Land added, gratuitously, "No offence intended, but we have had to extricate the Europeans from conflagrations of their own making twice in the last century." Confederates never forget.