A Call to Congress for the Impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney by Christian Clergy in America



We who subscribe to this petition do not do so as an act of defiance, but as those who exercise a means of government
provided for and protected by the Constitution of our nation. Nor do we subscribe to this petition as those who speak for any
Christian community other than the one formed by this initiative. Nor do we give testimony as those who represent the
Christian Church in any official capacity. Rather, in our subscription to this petition we do make our personal confession and
appeal as citizens whose vocation is the ordained ministry of the Church in its historic dimension.


                                                             Causes

That the Executive Branch of our government, in the persons of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney,

  1. by their unrestrained assertion of prerogative, and through the manipulation of administrative agencies, has
    perverted the function of our tripartite government, aggrandized power in the Executive Branch and curtailed the
    function of the Legislative Branch to make laws that constitute the public interest;
  2. through unlawful means, has betrayed the requirements of truthful administration;
  3. through means violent, inhumane, and deceitful has wrought fear, disorder, and destruction abroad and caused the
    contempt of the world to be brought against the United States, the agent of this havoc;
  4. in its insistence on dominance and security rather than peace, and by fostering a culture of weapons and violence,
    has caused death and crippling injury to many thousands of people, leaving vast misery and alienation in its
    pilgrimage of war;
  5. in its willful negligence of human life, human rights, human laws, and human resources has assaulted the basis of
    society --- the justice, freedom, and peace on which society depends for life and vitality;
  6. has betrayed the trust of its people and forfeited their confidence that it can govern ably in matters critical to the
    welfare of the world.


                                                           Conclusion

We grieve over the impoverished condition of our nation, and acknowledge that as citizens of democratic government, we
share the responsibility for this degradation even when we call, as we do, for articles of impeachment to be brought against
George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney.


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A CALL TO CONGRESS FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF
GEORGE W. BUSH and RICHARD B. CHENEY
by
CHRISTIAN CLERGY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA