even the most basic issues. One could easily believe the
only question is deciding how much to cut Social Security. . .
or Medicare. . . or food stamps. . . Pres. Obama is portrayed
as a big spender; yet he has increased the deficit less than
any president in 50 years. So what is missing here?
have the serious discussion we need concerning the real issues.
lpf@ecunet.org 206.349.2501, www.lutheranpeace.org
“Where we come from does not determine who we can become. What we look like places no limits on what we can achieve. We should all have the right to express ourselves, all have the right to be heard, all have the right to be what we can be: To reach for the sky and touch the stars. No matter who we are, no matter whether we are man or woman, or rich or poor:
My voice, my right. My voice counts.”
—Desmond Tutu, a key figure in the defeat of apartheid in South Africa, Nobel Prize Laureate, first black Archbishop of South Africa.
Links:
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UN sites:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Human Rights Day 2013
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
60 human rights instruments which together constitute an international standard of human rights.
Related sites:
Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Defence for Children International
World Day of Prayer and Action for Children
Lutheran resources:
Addressing Racism: Challenge for Peacemakers
Lutheran Human Relations Association
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
ELCA:
ELCA Ethnic Specific and Multicultural Ministries
Human Dignity and Human Rights
Human Rights and Family – Journal of Lutheran Ethics – February 2009 issue
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