Pledge For Peace

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Pledge For Peace

Blake Huggins has given a wonderful speech at Oklahoma City University in opposition to the war. It is worth a read. I'm giving him a virtual standing ovation as I join in his pledge.

"And so today we gather. ‘We the people’ gather to raise our voice against this glaring injustice and we stand in protest of this heinous atrocity. We stand united for the cause of peace and we stand in solidarity not only with our troops, but with the Iraqi people, who, as we speak are suffering under our occupation. We stand with those that have gone before us as a prophetic witness to ask, 'How many more must be killed for a lie? How many more lives must be lost before our government takes responsibility admits they were wrong? How many more must be murdered before we admit that there never was a smoking gun to become a mushroom cloud? How much more death will we allow? How much more blood will be on our hands before we take responsibility?'
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And we must remain fervently indignant, unwavering in our commitment to prophetic truth, unwavering in our solidarity with the oppressed and the suffering, and unwavering in our hopeful affirmation peace with justice, and reconciliation through healing. We believe that another world is indeed possible. And right here, right now, today, in this moment, we pledge to make that world a reality."
- Blake Huggins, blakehuggins.com (2008)

1 comments:

blake said...

thanks for the link and the support!