US President George W. Bush's own church has called for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and is urging direct action to end the war.
Writes Mark Schoeff Jr: United Methodist Church leaders helped launch a week of protest and civil disobedience against the war in Iraq by signing a declaration of peace in the capital, urging President Bush to pull US troops out of the country.
The Declaration of Peace, signed on 21 September 2006, is described as a call for nonviolent action to end the war in Iraq. The Washington DC event was one of 350 staged nationwide to promote the peace initiative.
More than 500 groups, almost half of them faith organizations, are involved in the declaration of peace effort, which recently retired Bishop Susan Morrison said includes "acts of moral witness to seek a new course for our country."
I am always pleased to see more and more people allowing the scales to fall from their eyes to see the truth that is right in front of them.
I wonder if Bush will now be shopping for a new church that agrees with his position.
Good luck with that George!
No, actually this was just a protest of 100 United Methodists against the war, among them a retired bishop. Only the Council of Bishops or the General Conference can claim to speak for the whole United Methodist Church. So to say that Bush's church has called for a withdraw is substantially inaccurate.
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