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A petition addressed to the
Episcopal Church of the United States of America
We, the undersigned, members and friends of the world-wide Anglican Communion, urge responsible authorities in the Episcopal Church of the United States to reject all proposals to remove church investments from companies that do business with, or in, the State of Israel. We direct this proposal not only to members of the hierarchy of the Episcopal Church, but to lay leaders as well.
We make this proposal for the following reasons:
- Divestment has been recommended to all churches belonging to the World Council of Churches, in a statement issued earlier this year (2005). It is therefore an idea that is likely to receive a respectful hearing among the leaders and many lay members of the ECUSA.
- However, divestment is a policy that places exclusive blame for the Arab-Israeli conflict on Israel, a conclusion that is entirely inconsistent with the actual history of this long and tragic conflict.
- Furthermore, by placing exclusive blame on Israel, the divestment campaign ignores the complex realities of the Middle East, and seems to justify the tactics of terrorists. This would only encourage the very violence that the church hopes to end, and the continued suffering of Arabs and Israelis for years to come.
- At a time when there is at last some sign of progress in the Middle East, the Episcopal Church is being urged to take one side in the conflict, rather than encouraging all sides to negotiate in good faith.
- We urge the Episcopal Church to affirm that, as Christians and as Americans, we are commited to a peaceful resolution of the claims of both sides in the Arab-Israeli conflict; that we support a two-state solution for the lands of the former Palestine Mandate; and that we reject all efforts to demonize and destroy the State of Israel.
Signed,
The Right Reverend Geralyn Wolf , Bishop of Rhode Island
The Right Reverend Edward S. Little, Bishop of Northern Indiana
To add your signature, fill out the form below:
Signatures (As of July 22, 2005)
| Name |
Parish |
| William F. Munn |
Gethsemane Marion, IN |
| Margaret E. Ullman |
St. Peter's, Philadelphia |
| James and Nancy Langler |
St. Augustines, Freeland, WA |
| (The Rev.) William A. Kolb |
Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church, Virginia Bech |
| Jack Carlsen |
Trinity, Flushing, MI |
| Timothy L. Elder |
Incarnation, Dallas |
| Glenn Krochmal |
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| andrea rosen lucci |
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| Richard L. Ullman |
St. Peter'sChurch, Philadelphia, PA |
| Rev. Andrew H. Zeman |
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| Lea Magruder |
St. Clement's El Paso |
| Sandra Rademaler |
St. Alban's Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| John J. O'Sullivan |
St. Anthony of Padua, Hackensack, NJ |
| Suzanne G. Bowles, Ph.D. |
St. Michael's, Wayne, NJ |
| The Rev. Frank Munoz |
US Navy Chaplain |
| Patricia West |
Church of St. Michael & St. George, St. Louis |
| J. Abbett |
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| dawn taylor |
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| Richard M. Gabrielson |
St. Andrew's, Vestal (ECUSA) |
| Richard Gabbert |
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| Harvey Naiman |
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| W N TAYLOR IV |
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| The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk |
Ep. Diocese of New York |
| Rev. Kenneth L. Alexander |
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| Anne Rowland |
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| Paul Shield |
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| Ellen Fishman |
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| The Revd Dolores F Wiens |
Calvary, Batavia, IL |
| The Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner |
Ascension Episcopal Church, Pueblo, CO |
| The Rev. Dr. C. Patrick Ormos |
St. Andrew's, Valparaiso, IN |
| Jessica Harris |
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| Michael Shaw |
withheld due to privacy concerns |
| Sylvia Little |
St. James Cathedral, South Bend, IN |
| James Bergin |
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| The Reverend Catharine S. Phillips |
St. Benedict, Bolingbrook, IL |
| Joseph Manville |
St. Michael's, Carlsbad, CA |
| Mel Platman |
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| Roger Deshaies |
St John's Episcopal Memphis Tenn |
| R. Scott Purdy |
St. Mark's - Geneva, IL |
| judith lewis |
Jewish |
| Renee Shield |
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| Christopher JOhnson |
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| Robert Carroll |
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| Kenneth Wolman |
St. James--Long Branch |
| Simon McIlwaine |
ST PAUL'S LONDON |
| Terence L Wilson |
Light of Christ Church (Diocese of Recife) Milwaukee WI |
| C Pianzola |
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| Cathie Thomas |
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| Philip Snyder |
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| Mary R. Townsend |
Grace Church, Newton, MA |
| John T. Townsend |
Prof. Emer. Episc. Div. School |
| The Rev'd Jerry Kramer |
Annunciation, Diocese of Louisiana |
| Rev. Stephen J. Emery |
Trinity Waterford, Diocese of Huron, Anglican Church of Canada |
| Rev. Stephen J. Emery |
Trinity Waterford, Diocese of Huron, Anglican Church of Canada |
| Noah Townsend |
St. Matthew's - Westerville, OH |
| bonnie savage |
former member of Good Shepherd, Athens, Ohio |
| Henry V. Taber |
St. John's, St. Louis |
| Caroline Kovar |
St. Anne's of Reston, VA |
| The Reverend Canon Brian Cox |
Christ the King Parish, Santa Barbara, California |
| Christopher Johnson |
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| Amy Kalkbrenner |
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| The Rev. Lawrance Glenn |
St. Mary of the Snows, Diocese of Fond du Lac |
| Eric Arllen |
Christ Episcopal Church (Charlottesville, VA) |
| Alice Dick |
St. James' Los Angeles |
| Ron Bettney |
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| Pauline Bettney |
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| Mark A. Richardson |
Los Angeles |
| Peter Edman |
Church of the Apostles, Fairfax VA |
| Eleanor Cawthorne |
St Timothy by the Humber |
| murray lamond |
st mary's amityville ny |
| E.D. Getchell,Jr. |
All Saints Richmond, Va. |
| Fr. John Dale Cornelius |
Holy Cross, Burleson, Texas |
| Brian Nash |
Christ Church of Atlanta (Anglican Church of Bolivia) |
| Braden Clark |
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| Andrew Figueroa |
Hope Anglican Fellowship |
| Jack White |
The Church of Christ the King |
| The Rev. Fergy Wilson |
St. James, Kingston, ON Canada |
| Greg Griffith |
St. Philip |
| James Workman |
St.Michael's, Easley, SC |
| Randall K. Bowen |
St. Andrews Burke Virginia |
| W. Beau Wagner |
Trinity, Whitehall, NY |
| Celia Deutsch |
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| Michael Heitz |
Church of the Messiah |
| Deborah Conley |
St. Martin-in-tjhe-fields, Philadelphia, PA |
| Carol Hinson |
Christ Church |
| Erik Nelson |
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| CANON CHARLES AMUZIE |
ST. ATHANASIUS', BRUNSWICK, GA |
| Rev. Dr. Gerald R. McDermott |
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| Matthew Crow |
Christ Church of the Ascension |
| The Rev Briane Turley, PhD |
St Michael's Kingwood, WV |
| Constance D'ALESSANDRO |
Good Sheperd, Tequesta, FL |
| Geoffrey Peckham |
St Paul's, K Street, Washington, DC |
| David Burhenn |
St. Nicholas, Encino, California |
| Rev Maurice Lee |
Glen Carbon Diocese of Springfield |
| John Rudolph |
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| The Rev. Paul D. Rietmann |
St Luke's, Tacoma, WA |
| Dall Forsythe |
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Epsicopal Diocese of Albany |
| Sibyl R. Smirl |
St. Mary's, Galena, KS |
| The Rev Dr Malcolm F Murchison |
Emmanuel, Orlando |
| Christopher Wells |
St. Paul's Mishawaka, Indiana |
| Ruth Ann McClain |
St. Peter's Anglican Church, Memphis, TN |
| The Rev. Canon John E. Lawrence |
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| Elaine deJongh |
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| Phil Enarson |
St John Evangelist |
| ARTHUR WOJCIEHOWSKI |
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| Townsend Waddill |
St. John's Episcopal Church |
| Very Rev David B. Collins |
Former President, House of Deputies |
| Norris Battin |
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| Richard M. Gabrielson |
St. Andrew's, Vestal (ECUSA) |
| Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D |
Catholic Theological Union |
| The Rev'd John W. Bassett |
All Saints' Round Lake, NY 12850 |
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| Richard W. Carlin |
St James; Tigard OR |
| Peter Lillington |
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| Benjamin Leiby |
Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia |
| Beth M. Tolfree |
All Saints Episcopal Church, Bakersfield, CA |
| Timothy L. Elder |
Incarnation, Dallas |
| The Rev. David M. Allen |
St. Francis, Dallas, TX |
| Steve Bray |
St. James' Glastonbury Connecticut |
| The Rev. Joel Grigg |
St. Matthew's, Unadilla NY |
| S.A. Taylor |
Nova Scotia |
| Fr. Philip Bennett |
St. Stephen's, Eutaw, AL |
| Dr. Hugh Comer |
St. Luke |
| Douglas Bilodeau |
Trinity, Bloomington, IN |
| Amelia Whaley |
St. Andrews, Mt. Pleasant |
| Shannon Wood Williams |
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| Mark Parr |
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| Philip Snyder |
St. James, Dallas |
| Arthur M. Freyre |
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| Bruce Todd Granger |
Church of the Holy Family |
| Jim Warnock |
Gethsemane Episcopal Church |
| Mary Moody |
Ch of the Nativity, Episcopal; Pittsburgh, PA |
| Michael Ware |
Mediator Meridian |
| Judith Lown |
Grace Episcopal, San Marcos, CA |
| The Rev. Canon Neal Michell |
Episcopal Diocese of Dallas |
| Milton Orgeron |
St. Philip's, Donelson, TN |
| Richard Waye, Priest |
St. John's Wabasca |
| R. Eric Sawyer |
St. John the Divine, Houston, TX |
| The Rev. V. Creighton Evans, Jr. |
All Souls Episcopal Church |
| William L. Hancock Jr. |
Church of the Good Shepherd - Reading, MA |
| Susan R. Martinez |
All Saints' Anglican Church, Long Beach, California |
| Elizabeth Weber Levy |
St. James Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Faith J. Hooper McDonnell |
Church of the Apostles, Fairfax, VA |
| The Rev. David J. Tilley |
Holy Spirit, Baton Rouge |
| Christopher Molter |
St Mary of the Angels, Orlando FL |
| Merion Johnson |
Christ Church, Midland |
| Jonathon Moyers |
Grace Church in Clarksville, Missouri |
| Diana Newton Wood |
Holy Trinity Marlborough, MA |
| Alan P. Biddle |
Church of the Good Shepherd |
| Shari DeSilva, M.D. |
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| Joe Barnett |
St Johns |
| Ian Montgomery |
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| James P. Mylod |
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| Kresha Warnock |
Gethsemane -- Marion,IN |
| Brad Drell |
Lay Deputy, GC2006, Western Louisiana |
| Karen Boyle |
Chapel of St. Andrew, Boca Raton, FL |
| The Rev. Matt Kennedy |
The Church of the Good Shepherd |
| Emily Ross |
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| Susan Dutton Freund |
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| Jennifer Singh |
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| judah charnoff |
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| Larry Rued |
First Presbyterian Church, Bradenton, FL |
| Bella S. |
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| Louise Wolfe |
I am not Christian |
| Steven Covert |
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| Diane Covert |
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| Ralph Cory |
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| Charles Stuart |
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| Denette Abers |
Christian Renewal Church |
| Harvey Silverman |
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| Al Komins |
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| S Buchbinder |
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| Shelley Charnoff |
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| Ruth Gershman |
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| Rod Elliott |
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| David Kerner |
Congregation Ahavas Torah |
| Laura Berger |
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| Ariel and Mike Lurye |
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| Jason Tedjasukmana |
Jakarta |
| Piter H. Winata |
Jakarta |
| David Roth |
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| George Willams |
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| Penelope W. Kilburn |
Saint Anthony on the Desert |
| Penn Sorell |
St. John's Wahington CT |
| Reid Sorell |
St. John's Washington CT |
| Michael Sorell MD |
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| Michael Sorell MD |
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| Caroline B. Reid |
St. John's Washington CT |
| The Rev. Dr. Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. |
St. Stephen's, Providence |
| victor zak |
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| Corey Mathews |
St. James's, Cambridge, MA |
| Earl H. Foote |
St. Stephen & the Incarnation, Washington, D.C. |
| David Elazar |
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| toly |
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| Robert F. Kirschner, Sr. |
Church of Our Saviour |
| Rodney Long |
St. John's Norwood, Chevy Chase, Maryland |
| Diana Muir |
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| fritz rench |
all saints, pawleys island, sc, usa |
| Peg and Geoff Cheadle |
Wash. Ntl. Cathedral |
| Thomas E. & Heritage W. Carnell |
St. Andrew & St. Margaret of Scotland |
| Sharon Meisel |
Christ the Redemeer |
| MICHELLE LIDOR |
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| Dulany Gibson |
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church (OCA) |
| Rev.Harald Haugan |
All Souls, Jax, Fla. |
| James A. Harrison |
Trinity Church Boston |
| Christopher Holleman |
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Arlington, Diocese of VA |
| Lee Kaplan |
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| Dennis Hale |
Grace Episcopal, Medford, Mass. |
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