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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I would like to see more coverage of the "condemnation from fellow religious leaders".
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From
this NY Times article:
"Political and religious leaders continued to denounce Mr. Robertson today. The World Evangelical Alliance issued a statement saying, "Robertson does not speak for evangelical Christians. We believe in justice and the protection of human rights of all people, including the life of President Chavez."
On Tuesday, Mr. Robertson's comments were denounced by both the State Department and by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld."
And from
this one:
The Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the National Clergy Council, released a statement saying Mr. Robertson should "immediately apologize, retract his statement and clarify what the Bible and Christianity teaches about the permissibility of taking human life outside of law."
The Rev. Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals said he and "most evangelical leaders" would disassociate themselves from such "unfortunate and particularly irresponsible" comments.", "The Rev. Jesse Jackson called for the Federal Communications Commission to investigate", and ""ABC Family strongly rejects the views expressed by Pat Robertson."
I included Rumsfeld and the State Department because they seemed noteworthy. I think at this point it is safe to say that there has been some outrage expressed by the Christian community leaders. And remember, this is 10 minutes of looking on one website. I'm sure there's more. Anyone disagree?