Action Alert: Endorse a Declaration of Principles for a Presidential Executive Order Banning Torture
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TORTURE IS A MORAL ISSUE
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ENDORSE A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOR
A PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING TORTURE
Dear NRCAT Supporters:
NRCAT, in alliance with Evangelicals for Human Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture, launched an effort today that calls upon the President to issue an executive order banning torture based on six core principles embodied in a Declaration of Principles. We are calling this effort the "Campaign to Ban Torture." Prominent faith leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh communities, as well top officials from every Administration since the 1970s, have joined together to endorse the Declaration of Principles. You can click here to view the list of endorsees.
The success of this effort depends upon thousands of people of faith and other opponents of torture joining together to endorse the Declaration of Principles. Your endorsement will help end U.S.-sponsored torture. We urge you to endorse the Declaration. You can click here to do so.
We also ask that you:
- Urge five friends to endorse;
- Urge members of your congregations to endorse;
- Urge the governing body of your congregation, the regional body of your denomination or faith group and your local interfaith or ecumenical body to endorse.
You can click here for resources and suggestions for enhancing this effort. You can also click here to read today's New York Times article about the Campaign.
With the combined efforts of people of faith and military and national security leaders, we hope to develop a national consensus that the President should issue an executive order banning torture.
Thank you for taking action to help end U.S.-sponsored torture.
Sincerely,
Linda Gustitus, President, NRCAT Board of Directors
Rev. Richard Killmer, Executive Director
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