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The danger
of another nuclear holocaust is growing.
Last year,
former secretary of defense William Perry said, "I
have never been more fearful of a nuclear detonation than now. .
. . There is a greater than 50 per cent probability of a nuclear
strike on U.S. targets within a decade."
Nuclear weapons cause indiscriminate mass destruction. They are
tools for terror, and they're only good for terrorists. By their
very nature, they violate the moral principles of justice, discrimination,
and proportionality.
As people of faith, we choose life over death. We cannot allow the
destruction caused from nuclear weapons to happen again.
That is why on this 60th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, religious people from a variety of traditions have
come together to form a new group committed to abolishing nuclear
weapons.
Over the coming months, we will build coordinated local, regional,
and national educational and outreach efforts; pressure the U.S.
government to develop detailed blueprints toward abolition; and
mobilize individuals in the religious community to take action to
oppose legislation such as the funding of the "nuclear bunker
buster."
Whether
you are a religious leader or a lay person, a student or a professor,
an activist or a scholar, a community member or a legislator, we
urge you to join us as we make our vision a reality, and work toward
a world free of nuclear weapons.
Click
here to read
“An
Appeal to the Religious Communities of America.”
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