Black churches: thou shalt not kill for Bush
From an article in the Baptist Standard found via Left I on the News:
However, the presidents of the four Baptist groups issued a joint statement that opposed many of Bush?s stances. The statement grew from consensus on the issues reached by the conference participants, the leaders said.
The statement opposed the war in Iraq, government funds for scholarships to parochial and other private schools, and Bush?s nomination of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.
It said the war was ?a costly and unnecessary military action begun on grossly inaccurate, misconstrued or distorted intelligence against a nation that did not pose an immediate or realistic threat to the national security of our nation.? It also said the Bush administration should focus more on problems at home. ?Democracy in the United States deserves at least as much attention as democracy abroad,? the statement read.