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To Ask Congress to Close Guantanamo
Date this position was adopted by UUSC:
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Civil Liberties
UUSC signed on to a faith letter addressed to Senators Reid and
McConnell and Representatives Pelosi and Boehner asking them close the
detention center at Guantanamo.
Purpose
The
purpose of this action was to urge Congress to close the Guantanamo detention
center, as we believe the following: "Guantanamo is the symbol of our country's violation of our deepest
values. Regardless of how it is operated now compared to how it was
operated in earlier years, it stands in the minds of hundreds of millions of
people in our nation and around the globe as a place where America broke faith
with itself and used torture as an interrogation technique. Torture is
immoral, illegal, and never justifiable — without exception."
