{"id":1096,"date":"2012-02-28T17:17:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T23:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2012-02-28T17:17:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T23:17:41","slug":"use-your-words-not-your-bombs-elca-action-alert-in-favor-of-diplomacy-not-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/use-your-words-not-your-bombs-elca-action-alert-in-favor-of-diplomacy-not-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Use your words, not your bombs:  ELCA action alert in favor of diplomacy not war with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The ELCA has issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/02\/MENET-2012-27-2-Action-Alert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">action alert <\/a><\/strong>to advocate for using diplomacy and not military action with Iran.\u00a0 It asks\u00a0advocates to\u00a0tell their congressional leaders to endorse\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/02\/PNW-ellisons-letter-iran.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Ellison-Jones House letter <\/a>,\u00a0a positive message to the President in support of diplomacy with Iran.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The deadline for House members to sign\u00a0 is March 1<\/strong>, so time is of the essence in contacting your Representative.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/bdquery\/z?d112:s.res.380:\" target=\"_blank\">Senate resolution 380<\/a>, on the other hand, is a dangerous one that in essence lowers the threshold for war with Iran.\u00a0 There isn&#8217;t a deadline for action on this one, but Senators need to hear from constituents who oppose it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please take action and spread the word to others as well.<\/p>\n<p>For interesting developments on Iran, read these articles:\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16029\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=GYOiPreY\" target=\"_blank\">Israel wouldn&#8217;t warn US of strike on Iran<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-11709428\" target=\"_blank\">Q and A on a Nuclear Iran from the BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ELCA has issued an action alert to advocate for using diplomacy and not military action with Iran.\u00a0 It asks\u00a0advocates to\u00a0tell their congressional leaders to endorse\u00a0\u00a0The Ellison-Jones House letter ,\u00a0a positive message to the President in support of diplomacy with Iran.\u00a0\u00a0The deadline for House members to sign\u00a0 is March 1, so time is of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8040,8081],"tags":[8123],"class_list":["post-1096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-regional-developments","tag-iran"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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