United Methodist Church Condemns Iraq War
Kudos to Street Prophets members Rain and mondaymedia for posting this over there. But given my particular situation of being a passionate volunteer for Rev. Barry Welsh in his campaign to unseat the radical neocon Mike Pence (IN-6), AND having many family members who are Methodist, I post this here on kos because THIS STORY NEEDS TO BE PUBLICIZED.
From the Methodist's statement:
As people of faith, we raise our voice in protest against the tragedy of the unjust war in Iraq," the statement read. "Thousands of lives have been lost and hundreds of billions of dollars wasted in a war the United States initiated and should never have fought.... We grieve for all those whose lives have been lost or destroyed in this needless and avoidable tragedy. Military families have suffered undue hardship from prolonged troop rotations in Iraq and loss of loved ones. It is time to bring them home.
There is also a heated debate going on at
The Nation, who seems to be the only major news to cover this story. The comments run the full gamut from rational political/religious debate, to fire and brimstone....