Evangelical leaders call for broader approach to public policy; Land, Dobson lend support - (BP): "In addition to opposing abortion, euthanasia and same-sex “marriage,” the document urges care for the poor, the disabled, the persecuted, the elderly, minorities and refugees both in the United States and overseas. It calls for churches to “model good race relations.”
The statement encourages governments to use their militaries only under “just-war” criteria and after pursuing peace nonviolently. “Just-war” theory is a classical Christian approach to the use of force that requires certain standards, such as a just cause and its utilization as a last resort."
Except for the statement on gay marriage, I am pretty close to this statement. Here is the next big question. How do these statements, including the phrase "to use their militaries only under "just-war"
criteria and after pursuing peace nonviolently stand in the same room with the Bush administration? How do people who sign on to this sheet pledging to help the poor and the environment vote for people like GWB and Tom Delay?
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