US clergy unite on a common message Thou Shalt Be Civil

Ecumenical News International News Highlights
21 December 2009

US clergy unite on a common message Thou Shalt Be Civil

New Orleans (ENI/RNS). It's turned ugly out there in the public square - on
television, at public meetings, on the Internet. Whether it's health care
reform specifically, or politics generally, people seem to demonise each
other, shout each other down and gleefully circulate vicious email messages
distorting the other side, Religion News Service reports. So much so that
Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy here recently found common ground about
one, clear thing. They've decided to give their congregations a message: Get
ahold of yourself! [755 words, ENI-0998]

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