Standing for What We Believe

Recently a group of prominent Christian leaders got together and wrote what has come to be called "The Manhattan Declaration." It is summarized as follows:

Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family.

We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are:

1.the sanctity of human life
2.the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife
3.the rights of conscience and religious liberty.

Inasmuch as these truths are foundational to human dignity and the well-being of society, they are inviolable and non-negotiable. Because they are increasingly under assault from powerful forces in our culture, we are compelled today to speak out forcefully in their defense, and to commit ourselves to honoring them fully no matter what pressures are brought upon us and our institutions to abandon or compromise them. We make this commitment not as partisans of any political group but as followers of Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

They are calling on Christians and those who hold to Christian values across the country to sign this declaration. You can read it in its entirety and sign it here: http://manhattandeclaration.org/.

It has been signed by many prominent Christian leaders such as James Dobson, Tim Keller, Kay Arthur and Chuck Colson. At the time I signed it, nearly 70,000 had already done so, and it is growing by the minute. Hopefully if enough people sign it, it will get the attention of our leaders and of those who would try to convince us that these values are outdated. Hopefully we will make a statement that there are still a lot of us out here that hold to these truths that have stood the test of time throughout history.