Posted on 02/21/2012 10:59:12 AM PST by Pope Pius XII
New York, NY, February 21, 2012 … A diverse coalition of major national religious organizations today issued an "Interfaith Statement of Principles," calling on the presidential candidates and all candidates for public office this election year to help ensure decency, honesty and fair play in elections by conducting campaigns that honor our nation's traditions of religious liberty and avoid sowing religious discord.
The statement – organized and drafted by the Anti-Defamation League, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the Interfaith Alliance – says candidates should feel comfortable explaining their religious convictions to voters. But the statement warns against placing an overt emphasis on religion, as "there is a point when an emphasis on religion becomes inappropriate and even unsettling in a religiously diverse society such as ours."
"Religion in Political Campaigns - An Interfaith Statement of Principles" has been endorsed by 14 national religious organizations, representing a diverse tapestry of America's majority and minority faiths. In honor of the values of religious freedom and pluralism championed by the Founding Fathers, the statement was formally released just following the 2012 observance of Presidents' Day.
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Lets see here attacking Obama’s faith no but attacking other candidates other than Dem’s O.K.?
This must be part of 0’s truth team?
this is about Rev Wright
I have heard of saints putting in appearances on earth, but I think this is the first time a past pope has freeped.
Seriously, these folks sound good, but aren’t some of them the same people who said not to worry about Obamacare’s push to take over health care plans of religious institutions and put certain arbitrary things in the plans whether or not the religious institutions want them there? And acted like they were tickled pink when Obama finally said the hot potato du jour was going to be paid for “by insurers” which sounds like some lying sleight of hand at worst, or a new tax burden at best.
It’s simple, Catholics and Christians in general are not serious about their faith. Unless the hierarchy repents and changes their ways, this kind of persecution is going to continue.
“Rev” Wright, just can’t bring myself to call him reverend, is about “black theology”.
It often takes difficult times to bring faith back to the fore. When things are easy and one can think one is doing it all himself rather than being the recipient of blessing, it is also easy to become lukewarm.
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