Letter to the Editor
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Moral Opposition to Minimum Sentences
The Washington Post, June 29, 2005; Page A20
Regarding the June 22 news story "Minimum Sentences Urged; Gonzales
Responds to Rulings Against Mandatory Guidelines":
Considering how often the Bush administration refers to moral values,
it should consider that most major religious groups oppose mandatory
sentencing, including the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the
National Council of Churches, the United Methodist Church, Chuck Colson's
Prison Fellowship Ministries, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Episcopal
Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, all four major
black Baptist denominations, the United Church of Christ, the Union
for Reform Judaism and the Unitarian Universalist Association. No
denominations are known to favor mandatory sentencing.
The moral position on this issue is clear.
CHARLES THOMAS
Executive Director
Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative
Silver Spring
Interfaith
Drug Policy
Initiative, P.O. Box 6299, Washington,
D.C. 20015
Phone: 301-933-7681 Fax:301-933-7682 |
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