Democracy for America: Robertson petition

[liberal N proud]

The Bible tells us "thou shall not kill." And we consider it a key value to live by. It's a shame that Rev. Pat Robertson, self-appointed leader of America's so-called Christian right, does not.

Robertson's fatwah, calling for the assassination of the president of Venezuela -- in the name of keeping access to a "huge pool of oil," among other excuses -- exposed the warped values of many religious radicals with the ear of the president of the United States.

From efforts to squelch the teaching of sound science in our schools, to the "Justice Sunday" rallies trying to impose religion on the courts, to the quixotic jihad against SpongeBob SquarePants, fundamentalist power grabs make the news and have a huge impact.

But they don't have the teachings of any religion we know of -- and they don't have us. That's why we're sending Robertson a message: "Thou shall not kill." Join your voice with ours, and we'll print your name in Robertson's local daily newspaper:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/robertson

Even Donald Rumsfeld -- a man we hardly ever agree with -- had the sense to play down the statement. "Certainly it's against the law," he told the press. "Our department doesn't do that type of thing."

But this calls for more than an offhand comment, because the allegiance that Republicans owe to Robertson and his Christian Coalition allies lets them influence the Bush agenda. Bush and company need to condemn Robertson's outrageous statement.

Rather than wait on the White House though, we'll set an example: we'll reject Robertson ourselves. Join Americans across the land in telling Robertson it's time he learned to love his neighbor as himself:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/robertson

Your feedback -- and your name -- will go into an ad in the Virginian-Pilot, the Norfolk area's leading newspaper. We'll put you on record with thousands of Americans rightly -- and righteously -- angry that Robertson keeps twisting our values to serve his petty political agenda.

"I don't want to listen to the fundamentalist preachers anymore," Howard Dean once told us. We don't have to.

Thank you,
Jim Dean
Chair, Democracy for America

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