I think I understand why you want America's faiths to join, but I cannot agree with you. I feel that problems will arise for those "outside" of the venture. It seems to me to be a "us-vs-them" mentality. I personally would rather see individual religions kept prominent.
Well, like I said, I too have questions. Then again, there has to be a space in which we could cooperate and it might as well be the space defined by this Joint Declaration. -T.