Manhattan Declaration

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The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of the Christian Conscience is a manifesto by Evangelical, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian leaders in support of the rights to life movement , for the right to religious freedom (especially the tolerance of civil disobedience to laws contrary to their basic understanding of life and marriage) as well as their opposition to other understandings of marriage apart from purely heterosexual couple relationships (currently this is more pronounced in contrast to same-sex marriage , since legal development is faster here than in polygamy , which currently enjoys little political support). It was written on October 20, 2009 and published on November 20, 2009, after being signed by more than 150 American religious leaders.

The editorial board included evangelical leaders such as Charles Colson and Professor Robert P. George , both of Princeton University , and Dean Timothy George of Beeson Divinity School. Also worthy of mention as signatories are the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia Justin Francis Rigali , John J. Myers , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl . Next signed Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council , Focus on the Family founder James Dobson , R. Albert Mohler, Jr. , president of Southern Seminary, President Ligon Duncan of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, President Leith Anderson of the National Association of Evangelicals and the primacy of the Orthodox Church in America Jonah ( James Paffhausen ). The list of signatories also includes Peter Akinola , then Archbishop of the Church of Nigeria, and Thomas C. Oden of the Institute on Religion and Democracy .

"The prominent Republican politician Mike Huckabee even compared the declaration with Luther's 95 theses". Vatican Radio says, with the final sentence of the declaration: “We do not allow ourselves to be intimidated or silenced by any earthly power when it comes to our conscience. We will give Caesar what Caesar belongs, but we will by no means give Caesar what belongs to God! ” Could“ get the electoral movement experts in Obama's team to turn on the calculators again ”and in the debate about health care reform with US President Barack Obama make a voice.

Some evangelicals , such as John F. MacArthur , Alistair Begg , and James R. White, have refrained from signing because of the ecumenical background of the declaration.

When the declaration is online, visitors have the opportunity to also sign. In the first week 160,000 people signed and in December 2009 there were more than a quarter of a million signers. The users of a special Apple iPhone app were also asked to sign the declaration; later this app was removed from the app store.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian leaders issue 'call of conscience' , Associated Press . November 20, 2009. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved on November 24, 2009. 
  2. ^ New York Times: The Conservative-Christian Big Thinker
  3. ^ Laurie Goodstein: Christian Leaders Unite on Political Issues . In: The New York Times , November 20, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  4. ↑ Michelle Boorstein, Hamil R. Harris: Christian leaders take issue with laws . In: The Washington Post , November 21, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009. 
  5. ↑ PRO media magazine: Wake-up call to the Christians: "Manhattan Declaration" of November 25, 2009, seen on December 9, 2009.
  6. ↑ Radia Vatican: USA: Ecumenical Manifesto for Life, November 29, 2009, viewed December 9, 2009.
  7. ^ John MacArthur: The Manhattan Declaration. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. In: Shepherds' Fellowship (Ed.): Pulpit Magazine . November 24, 2009.
  8. ↑ Alistair Begg: The Manhattan Declaration . Truth For Life. November 23, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  9. ↑ James R. White: The Troubling Aspects of the Manhattan Declaration . Alpha & Omega Ministries. November 23, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  10. ↑ Peter Schmid: USA: 160,000 sign the “Manhattan Declaration” in one week of November 28, 2009, as seen December 9, 2009.
  11. ^ The Manhattan Declaration . Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  12. ↑ http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=13211
  13. ↑ Jessica Geen: Apple removes 'anti-gay' iPhone app. Pink News, November 26, 2010, archived from the original on November 27, 2010 ; accessed on November 27, 2010 (English): “Apple gave it a 4+ rating, meaning that it contains“ no objectionable content ”but gay rights website Change.org called on supporters to“ send a strong message to Apple that supporting homophobia and efforts to restrict choice is bad business "."