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Please go here: http://citizenspeak.org/node/1274 to tell Mike Huckabee to affirm his opposition to torture.

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Subject: NEVER: Tell Mike Huckabee to Affirm Opposition to Torture

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As people of faith, our consciences are deeply troubled by recent revelations that decisions to torture prisoners were made at the highest level of government. No matter what political afilliation, people of faith must speak out against these violations of international human rights and our own sense of decency as a nation.

Mr. Huckabee, as a man of faith who just launched a PAC to support the values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we ask you these two simple questions:

1. Will you affirm the Christian faith and the American principles of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness by signing the Evangelical Declaration Against Torture?

2. Will you require the candidates supported by your PAC to take a stand against torture?

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Please go here now: http://citizenspeak.org/node/1274

A number of us progressive faith bloggers have started a campaign called NEVER: Religious Bloggers Against Torture.
The primary goal of the campaign to me is to get religious people much more engaged in speaking out against torture. We want to work in concert with existing efforts like the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, but I think religious bloggers also bring some unique to the table in terms of organizing online.

Annually, for the last twenty years Mordechai Vanunu has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. This year, Vanunu has been nominated by Bishop Desmond Tutu, who received the Nobel Prize in 1984, for his courageous and fearless opposition against the South African apartheid system.

On April 30, 2007 , in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, Mordechai Vanunu was convicted on 14 [out of 21] counts of violating a court order prohibiting him from speaking to foreign journalists in 2004.