Consistent Life




				(Note: articles prior to 2003 may refer to Consistent Life by our old name, the Seamless Garment Network.)
				March 2003: Consistent Life calls on the United States to immediately cease its war on Iraq.
				Newsletters:
				Summer 2006 Newsletter

				October, 2002: Consistent Life calls for a nonviolent resolution to the current standoff between the United States and Iraq.

				On the September 11 attacks and the aftermath:
				October 10, 2001 September 26, 2001 September 11, 2001

				Since its inception, Consistent Life has been opposed to capital punishment: In that spirit, we opposed the Federal executions of Timothy McVeigh and Juan Raul Garza.

				Consistent Life - On the Issues:
				The partial-birth abortion ban
				Assisted suicide
				The treatment of children in society
				The question of race
				The arms race
				The death penalty

				An open letter: To Frances Kissling of Catholics for a Free Choice concerning her criticisms of Consistent Life.

				April 5, 1999: Statement on the use of U.S. military force in Kosovo.

				March 14, 1998: Press release calling for an end to the UN/US economic sanctions and threats of military strikes against Iraq.


				Writings by CL members/supporters
				A Consistent Ethic of Life: An American-Catholic Dialogue (pdf) by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. The famous "Seamless Garment" speech. The Nightmares of Choice by Rachel MacNair. If Our Leaders Had Seen 9/11 as a Crime Against Humanity by Lowell O. Erdahl. The failure of war by Wendell Berry. The Dalai Lama's letter to the President of the United States of America regarding the events of September 11. Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House statement on the 9-11 attacks Achieving Peace in the Abortion War by Rachel MacNair. U.S. Shouldn't Fight Violence With Violence by Stephen Zunes.

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