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Talking Points
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Where do you stand on the war in Iraq?
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The Long Island Chapter has taken a strong stand against
military intervention in Iraq and is working with other groups to try to
convince the administration in Washington to exercise its moral and
diplomatic influence for the purpose of obtaining a peaceful resolution
to the current crisis. War is the ultimate assault on the purpose
of obtaining a peaceful resolution to the current crisis. War is
the ultimate assault on human rights as well as on human life and should
be a last resort in response to an imminent and unavoidable
threat. We do not believe that an adequate case has been made for
war.
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Where do you stand on the USA Patriot Act, the Bureau
of Homeland Security and related aspects of the war on terror?
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The Interfaith Alliance abhors terror of every and any
kind and looks forward to the day when the perpetrators of such acts are
brought to trial in a court constituted according to the principles and
procedures mandated by the constitution of the United States. We
are gravely concerned, however, by the manipulation of the sorrow and
fear of the American people to push through legislation like the USA
Patriot Act, an assault on the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of
Rights. We oppose the creation of large, invasive government
bureaucracies with vague and far reaching powers and mandates, and we
oppose as well the internment of Muslim Americans and people of Middle
Eastern descent without the protections of due process guaranteed by the
Bill of Rights. We affirm and support constructive efforts to
reform and reverse these policies.
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Where do you stand on vouchers?
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The Interfaith Alliance believes strongly that our public
education system is the foundation of a successful society. To
this end, we are bringing together parents, teachers, school officials,
religious leaders, and people of faith in the community to discuss ways
to strengthen our nation's public education system. We are opposed
to those efforts that would weaken the public education system and are
opposed to the use of religion as a justification for destroying and
abandoning the institution of public education.
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Where do you stand on "prayer in schools"?
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We oppose all efforts to weaken religious liberty and
religious freedom. Therefore, we strongly object to efforts
designed to establish state-sponsored prayer or state-sanctioned
religious activity. We support the rights that children presently
have to pray in our schools. We regret the fact that these rights
are often misunderstood and mistakenly denied. We encourage all
teachers and administrators to better understand the law on this matter,
and we affirm the efforts of government officials to better inform
parents, teachers, administrators, and children of their Constitutional
rights of "free exercise." |
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