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A Moral Declaration for America

On Our Shared Task of Building the Nation That’s Never Yet Been

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Editor’s Note: The following is a statement from Bishop William J. Barber II DMin of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy, Yale Divinity School Repairers of the Breach. See link below to a letter to the President about a Moral Declaration for America: On our shared task of building the nation that’s never yet been.

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Read and Sign/Add your name to – A Moral Declaration for America: On Our Shared Task of Building the Nation That’s Never Yet Been, an open letter to the President of the United States, to Congress, and to all the people of this Republic who claim to be on the side of love, truth, and justice. To read and sign, go to: theologyandpolicy.yale.edu/newdeclaration Center for Public Theology and Public Policy Yale Divinity SchoolRepairers of the Breach

The blame game will not save our democracy. Tomorrow, [July 4th] as the nation turns 247 years old, days after the Supreme Court delivered disastrous blows to our civil rights and democracy, we find ourselves amid an orchestrated moral crisis as a nation.

It is up to people of moral conscience to hold America accountable to itself. Finger-pointing at extremists is a wasteful exercise that wrongfully whittles this moment in our history down to a difference of opinion rather than a crisis of civilization. The language of left v. right is too puny for the moral crisis we are in.

We need a moral fusion movement and strong, bold, and expansive legislation now. This nation is ours to make over and over again for as long as justice takes. Read the full letter [A Moral Declaration for America: On Our Shared Task of Building the Nation That’s Never Yet Been] and sign at theologyandpolicy.yale.edu/newdeclaration Center for Public Theology and Public Policy Yale Divinity SchoolRepairers of the Breach.

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  1. Bishop Barber’s movement for justice and equality is commendable. However, the movement’s religious basis dilutes out the application to all of humanity. Religion has been weaponized and continues to be an impediment to progress for justice. Humans recognizing humanity should be the basis for justice and equality.

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