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Evangelicals slam torture in war on terrorism

By Ed Stoddard

DALLAS (Reuters) - A major U.S. association of evangelical Christians has
condemned torture by the U.S. military and reaffirmed its commitment to
environmental activism, positions that highlight broader splits in a
movement associated with conservative causes.

"United States law and military doctrine has banned the resort to torture or
cruel and degrading treatment. Tragically, documented cases of torture and
inhumane and cruel behavior have occurred at various sites in the war on
terror," the National Association of Evangelicals said in a statement.

"Current law opens procedural loopholes for more to continue," said the
statement endorsed by the association's board of directors at its annual
meeting in Eden, Minnesota, over the weekend. It was the first big NAE
meeting since its former president Ted Haggard stepped down in November over
a gay-sex scandal.

Evangelical Christians have been among the staunchest supporters of the U.S.
war in
Iraq and the broader war on terror and many rankle at criticism of the
American military which they see as unpatriotic and even un-Christian.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070312/pl_nm/evangelicals_torture_statement_dc_1

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