church folks against war

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>  > Am I imagining things, or is most of the real opposition to this war coming
>  > from religious groups? At least there seems to be more than at any other
>  > time that I can remember.
>
>Anecdotally, here in Wis., outside of Milwaukee and Madison most of the
>visible grassroots opposition to the war comes from religious groups.  They
>certainly provide most of the infrastructure, i.e., meeting places.  The good
>thing about this is that many ordinary people who would ignore or dismiss out
>of hand critiques of the war coming from the left will listen to similar
>arguments emanating from the clergy.  I speak, of course, of Catholic and
>mainline Protestant denominations.  Not many fundies around here.
>
>Jacob Conrad

In the United States and many other nations where the avowedly 
secular are a minority, many people of faith, clergy as well as lay 
persons, have been part of "the (broadly defined) left," especially 
when it comes to "peace and social justice" issues (gender and 
sexuality are another matter).  What is noteworthy at present is that 
even religious leaders normally outside of such "religious left" 
circles as the National Council of Churches are speaking up.
-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>