The Manhattan Declaration

[Mary]

I recognise and realise the dangers of "ecumenical ventures" but having read this document, I can only admire them for making a stand against what we as Christians know is wrong. I did not see in this document anything that calls us as Christians to compromise our belief that Jesus is the Son of God, or to deny or confuse the Trinity, or to follow multiple paths to God. The document clearly expresses the sanctity of life and of marriage, and also clarifies that marriage as instituted by God is more than a 'love match' and more than an economic arrangement. The document expresses value for all life at any stage and Christian responsibility to maintain and protect life. Should the anti-slavery Christians have stayed out of that battle because it was "politics"? The point is that these issues are not separate political issues, but ones that actually affect, or will soon affect our daily lives. This is what they say at the end:
"We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar’s. But under no circumstances will we render to Caesar what is God’s."
I think they have a point.