Joshua DuBois, Office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama, 202-228-6144
NCC News: Dan Webster, 212-870-2258, dwebster@councilofchurches.org
Associated with the National Council of Churches who hired Greg Craig as the attorney who help to send Elian Gonzales back to Castro’s Cuba.
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“We are writing to deplore this despicable tactic,” said the Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, and eight other leaders. “We have had enough of the slash and burn politics calculated to divide us as children of God,” said the leaders today in an open letter to the religious community.
“I’ve been saying for awhile now that we must not let fear, fundamentalism and Fox News set our nation’s agenda,” said NCC’s Edgar separately. “Now it appears Fox News is using a political candidate to further foment a fear of fundamentalism in hopes of dividing Americans and pitting people of faith against one another. Faithful Americans must stand up and say no to such sinful behavior,” Edgar said.
Dr. Robert W. Edgar
General Secretary
National Council of Churches USA