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	<title>a believer's journal &#187; human_rights</title>
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		<title>ask the next president to ban torture</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/09/25/ask-the-next-president-to-ban-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three organizations (The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Evangelicals for Human Rights, and The Center for Victims of Torture) are spearheading a joint effort to urge the next president to issue an executive order banning the use of torture by any entity representing the United States. Such an act, in and of itself, could go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>jimmy carter speaks out on torture</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/03/10/jimmy-carter-speaks-out-on-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Jimmy Carter urges an unambiguous prohibition against the practice of torture. Until recent years the United States has been in the forefront of condemning torture and indefinite detention without trial as fundamental violations of human rights. The Geneva Conventions are held as the unquestioned standard for the treatment of prisoners of war. I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>just bullies</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/10/04/just-bullies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our nation&#8217;s psyche is shaped by two defining archetypes: the cowboy and the preacher; the macho hero and the principled idealist; the adventurer and the reformer; the Louisiana Purchase and the Bill of Rights; Christopher Columbus and Thomas Jefferson; John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart; Douglas MacArthur and Martin Luther King. The face we present to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>enemies of freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/09/19/enemies-of-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detainees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[habeas_corpus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can we win against the &#8220;enemies of freedom&#8221; while proving to be an enemy of freedom ourselves??? Senate Rejects Expanding Detainee Rights: The US Senate failed to break a Republican filibuster blocking a vote on an amendment to restore habeas corpus rights to terrorism suspects. Democratic senators were joined by six Republicans in voting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>some thoughts on terrorism</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/04/12/some-thoughts-on-terrorism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/04/12/some-thoughts-on-terrorism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some thoughts provoked by a lecture I heard last Monday evening delivered by Dr. Louise Richardson. Her latest book: What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat Dr. Richardson spoke of the importance of &#8220;following our own rules.&#8221; I agree. It is beyond foolish to jettison our highest principles &#8212; our esteem for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ten steps</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/21/ten-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worth checking out: Ten Steps to Restore the United States&#8217; Moral Authority: A Common Sense Agenda for the 110th Congress This document posted on the Human Rights Watch website provides a good summary of the ways the conduct of the war on terrorism has undermined the consistent application by the United States of basic principles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>speaking out against torture is not a &#8220;left&#8221;/&#8221;right&#8221; thing &#8230; it&#8217;s a following jesus thing!</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/13/speaking-out-against-torture-is-not-a-leftright-thing-it-is-a-following-jesus-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/13/speaking-out-against-torture-is-not-a-leftright-thing-it-is-a-following-jesus-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[follow_jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human_dignity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[interrogation_techniques]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed a declaration confirming their opposition as people of faith, as followers of Jesus, to the use of torture under any circumstances, even in a &#8220;war on terrorism.&#8221; The permissibiity of &#8220;enhanced interrogation techniques&#8221; is not a &#8220;left&#8221;/&#8221;right&#8221; issue. It is an issue of basic human rights, of basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>torture is a traditional value?</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/10/17/torture-is-a-traditional-value/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/10/17/torture-is-a-traditional-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rev. Louis Sheldon, chaiman of the Traditional Values Coalition, said this about Senator John McCain&#8217;s challenge to the Bush administration&#8217;s position on interrogation rules: This very definitely is going to put a chilling effect on the tremendous strides he has made in the conservative evangelical community. Because? Because no true advocate of traditional values, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a time and a place for torture?</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2005/10/27/a-time-and-a-place-for-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2005/10/27/a-time-and-a-place-for-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[abuse_of_power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrading_treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human_rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pursuit_of_happiness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over the McCain amendment continues. The amendment, attached to a defense appropriations bill, bans the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by any agent of the United States government against any person anywhere in the world. The White House, led by vice-president Dick Cheney, continues to lobby against the amendment, [...]]]></description>
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