Pro-Environment, Anti-Torture
A story from the religion news service highlights the National Association of Evangelicals' continued affirmation of environmental work and a new document in opposition to torture.
The National Association of Evangelicals [NAE] has affirmed its stance on caring for the environment -- indirectly rebuffing complaints that a staffer was too environmentally friendly -- and endorsed a statement condemning torture. [...] Instead of addressing the request related to Cizik, the board members reaffirmed an earlier document on "an evangelical call to public engagement," which embraces care for the creation. They also affirmed a document titled "An Evangelical Declaration Against Torture: Protesting Human Rights in an Age of Terror."
Many have made the case that these are great moral issues that we must work to address. The entire statement by the NAE, available at Raw Story, concludes:
[...] we renounce the resort to torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees, call for the extension of procedural protections and human rights to all detainees, seek clear government-wide embrace of the Geneva Conventions, including those articles banning torture and cruel treatment of prisoners, and urge the reversal of any U.S. government law, policy, or practice that violates the moral standards outlined in this declaration.
With the NAE representing roughly 45,000 churches across America, this is a important event.
