U.S. religious groups want Obama to ban torture

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http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4AB6VR20081112


A coalition of more than 200 religious groups urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to sign an order, once he takes office, banning torture by any federal government entity.

"This is an opportunity where one official could ... with one stroke of a pen, really change history here," said Linda Gustitus, president of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture.

The group, which has been pressing the issue since 2006, also wants the U.S. Congress to establish a special committee to investigate the use of what the Bush administration has called "enhanced interrogation techniques" used on terrorism suspects detained after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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The coalition said it was mounting events on Wednesday at locations across the country, including a demonstration outside the White House, and was lobbying members of Congress on the issue. It was also dropping off its petition to Obama's representatives at his offices in Chicago.

The coalition said more than 240 religious groups have joined in the effort, including representatives of Roman Catholic, evangelical Christian, mainline Protestant, Unitarian, Quaker, Orthodox Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Sikh communities.
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this is a good thing

I'll be glad to stop writing 'america, a country that tortures'


a comment in ref. to the thread on the Catholics demanding Obama's time

(the religiously insane fail to understand the 'torture' some women would be under if they were forced to carry out an unwanted pregnancy.)