November 1 - Campaign for an End to U.S.-Sponsored Torture

Peace Messenger News, Connections & Commentary
www.adventistpeace.org Vol. 6, No. 14		November 1, 2008 Speaking the truth in love
Generating Suppport for a Presidential Order Ending U.S.-Sponsored Torture. While popular attention has been riveted on the presidential horse race, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) is implementing a strategy for beyond November 4. NRCAT is generating support for a “Declaration of Principles for a Presidential Executive Order on Prisoner Treatment, Torture and Cruelty,” which calls for an Executive Order by the President of the United States to put an unequivocal end to all U.S.-sponsored torture, secret prisons and renditions for torture. On November 12 -- a National Day of Witness Against Torture -- delegations of religious leaders will meet with Members of Congress or their staff in local district offices throughout the nation and seek their support in urging the newly-elected President to issue an Executive Order banning torture as one of his first official actions. A solemn procession and public witness at the White House in Washington, DC on November 12. The Adventist Peace Fellowship is one of the religious organizations that has endorsed the NRCAT "Declaration of Principles" for this initiative. Visit the NRCAT web site for information on how individuals, congregations and other groups can participate. Fletcher, NC Church Shows Anti-Torture Film. The Fletcher Seventh-day Adventist Church in North Carolina reports participation in an earlier NRCAT project, in which congregations were provided with free copies of the documentary "The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" for public showing: Peacemaking Activism on Adventist Campuses. The October 23 issue of Adventist Review reports on a wide range of peacemaking activism at Union College and at Andrews, Oakwood, and Walla Walla Universities....more Our Religion of Guns. "Americans worship guns," writes John Ffeffer in World Beat, the ezine of Foreign Policy in Focus. "We stockpile nuclear weapons, we spend hundreds of billions of dollars on conventional weapons, and we keep handguns under our pillows. Not me, you might say: never touched a gun, never will. But you can still be part of the religion without visiting the church....more		Also in this Issue Fletcher, NC Church Shows Anti-Torture Film Peacemaking Activism at Adventist Campuses *Our Religion of War