Churches want to ban the bomb: CEN 12.14.07 p 6. December 14, 2007
Posted by geoconger in Arms Control/Defense/Peace Issues, Church of England Newspaper, The Episcopal Church.trackback
The Episcopal Church in the United States has joined a coalition of 30 church, environmental and political advocacy groups in calling upon Congress to block funding for a new generation of thermo-nuclear weapons.In a Nov 29 open letter to the chairman of the congressional committees with oversight of nuclear weapons funding, the church leaders urged Congress “delete all funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) from the upcoming omnibus appropriations bill.”
The US government’s RRW programme seeks to replace the military’s current stockpile of nuclear warheads with a new generation of bombs that require less maintenance and are safer to test, monitor and store. Congress has asked that up to 2200 new thermo-nuclear bombs be manufactured to replace the remaining Cold War stockpiles.
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Absolutely Right thing that your Church and your 30 Church group doing I appreciate all the group members for doing a good thing for peace.