Evangelicals against torture and for the environment rile wingnut Dobson

[ProSense]

Evangelicals condemn torture

By RACHEL ZOLL, AP Religion Writer Mon Mar 12, 6:19 PM ET

The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed an anti-torture statement saying the United States has crossed "boundaries of what is legally and morally permissible" in its treatment of detainees and war prisoners in the fight against terror.

Human rights violations committed in the name of preventing terrorist attacks have made the country look hypocritical to the Muslim world, the document states. Christians have an obligation rooted in Scripture to help Americans "regain our moral clarity."

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The statement, "An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture: Protecting Human Rights in an Age of Terror," was drafted by 17 evangelical scholars, writers and activists who call themselves Evangelicals for Human Rights. The board of the National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella group, announced late Sunday that it had endorsed the document.

Several of the drafters have been advocates for a broader policy focus for Christian conservatives beyond abortion and marriage. One of the co-authors, the Rev. Rich Cizik, the NAE's Washington policy director, has drawn criticism from Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and others for his environmental activism.

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The NAE says it represents 45,000 evangelical churches. However, it does not include some of the best-known conservative Christian bodies, including the Southern Baptist Convention and Focus on the Family.

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Cizik's environmental activizm elicited this response from http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=418592&mesg_id=418592">Dobson.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Boy, Jesus will sure be pissed about this one.

I am sure he would side with Dobson and gang :sarcasm:

[MissMarple]

2. Dobson wrote them a letter....and they IGNORED it.

Li'l Jimmy has his knickers all in a twist. :rofl:

For Dobson their are only two focuses for evangelicals: "sanctity" of marriage and a total ban on abortion.

[MasonJar]

3. Kudos to them; they are on the side of what is right with the environment

and with the torture debacle. I am glad that the churches have banded together to speak out. I am sure that Dobson is another Elmer Gantry; he will not be finding his way into Heaven, at least not until he goes through multiple re-incarnations.