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[TBP]

This was sent via email to a mass list by someone I know. It's a great FReep opportunity.

A Community of Conscience is gathering across our country! In a witness to the nation it will convene at the Riverside Church in New York City, on April 4, 2005. The date reclaims the great antiwar sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence!"

For too long, attacks on freedom and justice by religious voices from the right have gone effectively unanswered. Greed, fear and imperialism have been endorsed. Beginning now, progressive religious communities are organizing. Their respected leaders are speaking out. Others are joining in. Please add your voice!

Service and Rally April 4, Riverside Church, New York City

On Monday, April 4, at The Riverside Church in New York City, as the climax of initiatives across the country, an open gathering will come together in a service and rally of public witness. First proposed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow on behalf of Clergy and Laity Network, it has now been embraced by an inclusive body of co-sponsors.

Led by interfaith leaders, antiwar and social justice voices, young and old, it will claim for our time the faith and courage voiced in Dr. King's prophetic sermon. It was delivered from the pulpit of Riverside Church on April 4, 1967. Insert "Iraq," change a few words, and his antiwar heritage and social justice commitments speak strikingly to our day. This service marks a new beginning in the public witness of A Community of Conscience, including progressive religious and ethical communities.

In anticipation of April 4 at Riverside, one million committed Americans of conscience are being drawn together to write a Declaration to the Nation. It is made possible through Internet technology. So, get this Write-In invitation to everyone:

Join a virtual "Write-in Rally"

Send a declaration to the nation against the Iraq War and affirm God's future for us all.

One million Americans committed to peace and justice will share their ideas, faith and vision online. The write-in uses a friendly new collaborative writing system. You can participate from any Internet computer anywhere. You can focus your passion and concern over the Iraq War, share your insights, and create fresh new ways of speaking for peace and justice in our time, all while participating from your own computer space. You will need to register March 20-27 at www.faithvoices.org. You can also receive further details from that site.

"Break the Silence" Bus Tour

>From Riverside on April 4, the "Break the Silence" Bus Tour kicks off. A national bus tour, it represents taking the peace and justice message back home. It provides a rolling forum for hundreds of thousands of caring Americans who want to speak out against the Iraq War and its conduct, and to speak out as well for economic, civil and social justice in our own land.

The "Break the Silence" bus tour will leave from New York April 4 and initially visit Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. Then it will head south to Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta. It will be stopping for rallies along the way. Suggestions for route stops are welcome. To learn more about "Break the Silence" bus rides and how you can make them happen, click here: www.drivedemocracy.org.

Public Witness

Simultaneously CALC-I (Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq) will be launching its prophetic public witness. Starting on March 20 with a dramatic gathering in New York, it will bring a spiritual voice to condemn the continuing Iraq violence. CALC-I will be taking peace and social justice teachings to every local faith community where its witness is welcome. It looks ahead to initiating a "sanctuary movement" of pastoral care for those who resist participation in the Iraq War.

Contribute and Learn More

To contribute and learn more about this emerging progressive interfaith movement, click on: www.drivedemocracy.org. More information is available from Clergy and Laity Network (CLN): www.clnnlc.org. To find CALC-I's antiwar agenda and to learn about its social justice witness, use: www.unitedforpeace.org. And for direct information about the Write-In, contact: www.faithvoices.org.

Co-sponsors include the National Council of Churches, United for Peace and Justice, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq (CALC-I), Fellowship of Reconciliation, Unitarian Universalist Association, The Shalom Center, Faith Voices for the Common Good, Drive Democracy, Disciples Justice Action Network, Progressive Christians United, Baptist Peace Fellowship, Christians for Justice Action, Rainbow-PUSH Coalition, World Sikh Council America Region, and FaithfulAmerica, Peace and Justice Committee of the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, CA, and a growing number of religious and social justice bodies. The Riverside Church is graciously serving as the April 4 host church. Clergy and Laity Network (CLN), also a co-sponsor, serves as coordinator. A growing list of co-sponsors is being regularly updated on the Clergy and Laity Network website: www.clnnlc.org.

Thank you for your proud support of Clergy and Laity Network. With your voice and encouragement we will continue to strive for a just and peaceful world, grounded in a progressive social vision and inclusive faith and in keeping with God's guiding Spirit.

[TBP]

This gathering needs to be FReeped. All FReepers in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut Tristate Area, here is your opportunity to show your support for our country and our troops and your disgust with these red diaper doper babies.

Let's show them the real America!

[Wuli]

Scratch deep enough into the groups that began organizing for this and I have no doubt you'll find some real live Bolsheviks; and no I am not making a label, I mean actual Bolsheviks; like the ANSWER folks.

[LibFreeOrDie]

How pitiful and lame can these groups get? The Iraqi elections happened. Even the liberal Dems and the MSM grudgingly acknowledge the positive trends in the Middle East. These groups are so, like, over!

[Texaggie79]

[Larry Lucido]

"Break the Silence" Bus Tour

What silence? They never shut up long enough to breathe.

[Humidston]

>>They never shut up long enough to breathe.<<

ROFLOL!

[CyberAnt]

Yep - and the Tides Foundation (that lovely anti-American organization owned and financed by the "shove it" person).

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Insert "Iraq," change a few words, and his antiwar heritage and social justice commitments speak strikingly to our day. This service marks a new beginning in the public witness of A Community of Conscience, including progressive religious and ethical communities.

Cut-and-paste.

Typical leftist.

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

[evereststar]

There are many religious men who are "as filthy rags in the sight of God." What makes your list of churches correct and the religious right churches wrong? I find it interesting that you criticize the religious right when they support the fight against terrorism and the push for freedom throughout the world. Maybe your list of churches is, in fact, what the world is suffering from.

[TBP]

Probably a whole lot of Commies, RDDBs, and other Soviet types. That is why it needs to be FReeped.