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Minute on Iraq
We of Baltimore Yearly
Meeting, Religious Society of Friends are deeply troubled by the drive to make
war on Iraq. We oppose the Bush Administration’s plans to take military
actions against the Iraqi leadership and are concerned about the tragic
consequences of such action, not only for the Iraqi people but also for the
United States and the world as a whole. We believe that all wars sow a bitter
seed and that the Iraqi people, United States citizens and all the people of the
world will reap a bitter harvest. Jesus challenged us to aspire to a higher
standard than an "eye for an eye." We are not to smite our enemies,
but to love them and we feel obliged, even in the face of evil to follow that
admonition. We ask our leaders to use the great power of the United States in an
exemplary fashion to sow the seeds of peace and justice – a harder choice, but
the right one.
Approved by Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Interim Meeting
Marjorie F. Scott, Clerk of Interim
Meeting
Baltimore, Homewood Meeting House
Baltimore, Maryland
October 26, 2002
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