{"id":3633,"date":"2007-09-26T02:21:36","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T08:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2017-05-21T03:48:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T09:48:38","slug":"christian-clergy-for-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/christian-clergy-for-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Clergy for Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Group of Christian Clergy Have Come Out for Impeachment.   According to their website&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nBasis<br \/>\nThe columnist Helen Thomas has recently referred to the &#8220;deafening silence&#8221; of the Church with regard to the enormities of the Bush administration. She refers to a sad fact which the Church must answer for. It is true that denominational heads, bishops, and pastors here and there have been vocal in their public opposition to the extraordinary brutality and injustice fostered by our executive branch, but their testimony only makes the general silence of parish clergy more obvious and troubling.<\/p>\n<p>This petition offers the opportunity to the ordained leaders of the Church to speak in their role as citizens. By signing this petition, no clergyperson can reasonably be charged with &#8220;preaching politics.&#8221; Nor can he or she be accused of &#8220;speaking for the Church.&#8221; We speak not from the authority of our office, but from the right and responsibility of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Goal<br \/>\nOur long term goal is to publish this petition, with the list of signatories grouped by denomination, in the New York Times. Our immediate goal is to use our accrued funds for occasional advertisements in various publications to raise the general awareness of this enterprise.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080516213842\/http:\/\/www.christianclergyforimpeachment.com\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Group of Christian Clergy Have Come Out for Impeachment. According to their website&#8230; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Basis The columnist Helen Thomas has recently referred to the &#8220;deafening silence&#8221; of the Church with regard to the enormities of the Bush administration. She refers to a sad fact which the Church must answer for. 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