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The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience is a manifesto issued by evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox Christian leaders to affirm support for the pro-life movement, traditional marriage (vs., for example, same-sex marriage), and one's right of freedom of religion (in particular, condoning civil disobedience against laws contradicting those understandings of life and marriage). It was drafted on October 20, 2009 and released November 20, 2009, having been signed by more than 150 American religious leaders.

The drafting committee includes evangelical leader Charles Colson, Princeton University professor Robert P. George, and Beeson Divinity School dean Timothy George. Notable signatories include New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Philadelphia Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali, Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl, and Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, along with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, president of Southern Seminary Al Mohler, president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Ligon Duncan, National Association of Evangelicals president Leith Anderson, and Orthodox Church in America primate Jonah (Paffhausen). Some evangelicals, such as John F. MacArthur, Alistair Begg, and James R. White have taken exception to the declaration on the grounds of its ecumenism. R.C. Sproul didn't sign the Declaration because in his view it "confuses common grace and special grace by combining them."


The Declaration states:

"...the lives of the unborn, the disabled, and the eldery are severely threatened; that the institution of marriage, already buffeted by promiscuity, infidelity and divorce, is in jeopardy of being redefined to accomodate fashionable ideologies; that freedom of religion and the rights of conscience are gravely jeopardized by those who would use the instruments of coercion to compel persons of faith to compromise their deepest convictions".


The Declaration's conclusion makes the following statement:

Because we honor justice and the common good, we will not comply with any edict that purports to compel our institutions to participate in abortions, embryo-destructive research, assisted suicide and euthanasia, or any other anti-life act; nor will we bend to any rule purporting to force us to bless immoral sexual partnerships, treat them as marriages or the equivalent, or refrain from proclaiming the truth, as we know it, about morality and immorality and marriage and the family. We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar’s. But under no circumstances will we render to Caesar what is God’s.


The Declaration's website encourages supporters to sign the declaration, and counts more than 400,000 signatories as of January 19, 2010.

See also

References

  1. "Christian leaders issue 'call of conscience'". Associated Press. November 20 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Mohler, Al (09/23/09). "Why I Signed the Manhattan Declaration". {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. Duncan, Ligon (December 2009). "The Manhattan Declaration: A Statement from Ligon Duncan".
  4. Goodstein, Laurie (November 20 2009). "Christian Leaders Unite on Political Issues". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. Boorstein, Michelle (November 21 2009). "Christian leaders take issue with laws". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. MacArthur, John (11/24/2009). "The Manhattan Declaration". Pulpit Magazine. Shepherds' Fellowship. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. Begg, Alistair (11/23/2009). "The Manhattan Declaration". Truth For Life. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. White, James R. (11/23/2009). "The Troubling Aspects of the Manhattan Declaration". Alpha & Omega Ministries. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. The Manhattan Declaration: Why didn’t you sign it, R.C.?
  10. Christian Order January 2010.
  11. "The Manhattan Declaration". Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  12. "The Manhattan Declaration". Retrieved 2010-01-12.

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