Five Denominations, NCC Join to Declare FY2006 Proposed Budget "Unjust"

[Village Idiot]

Washington, D.C., March 8, 2005 - Five major U.S. denominations today joined their voices to declare that the fiscal year 2006 budget proposed by the Bush Administration is unjust. All five are National Council of Churches USA members, and the NCC joined them at a news conference here to say, "For the most part this is a budget that ignores the needs of the poor, children and the elderly."
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The National Council of Churches USA stands in solidarity with five of our member denominations - The Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church - in declaring that the fiscal year 2006 budget proposed by the Bush Administration is unjust. For the most part this is a budget that ignores the needs of the poor, children and the elderly.



http://www.ncccusa.org/news/050308federalbudget.html


I haven't seen this posted here before - I am pretty amazed that Democrats have not made political "hay" with this, though...the National Council of CHURCHES, for Pete's sake, OPPOSING Republicans AND BUSH???

PRICELESS!

[forgethell]

1. I wonder if

anybody is going to complain that churches have no business in politics???

Just a thought, but it diminishes the effectiveness of our arguments about conservative churches if we turn out to be hypocrites too.

[southlandshari]

2. I think you make a good point

And the NCC and its member denominations have been taking progressive stands on many - though not all - issues for years, but there is indeed a disconnect between liberal church action and Democratics, especially when compared to the complete fusion of fundamentalist and conservative churchs and Republican platforms.

I'm not making a statement on whether or not this is good or bad, and certainly not saying we should emulate the Republicans. But - for those who do believe that the Democrats would be well served by reaching out to Christians that DO support liberal ideals and policy - here is a golden opportunity!