FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
DAVID BROWNLOW
DECEMBER 21, 2006
EX. DIR. (503) 307-3851
BELIEVERS
AGAINST THE WAR
ANTI-WAR
PROTEST PLANNED
Clackamas, OR – A mix of motives for
opposing the war: constitutional, ideological, practical, strategic, political
and moral. But, all those who plan to protest on December 23rd, at
2:00 pm, near the Clackamas Town Center, agree that it is time to start
withdrawing the troops.
This planned protest site
is the same location that David Brownlow and his soldier-family were denied
their 1st Amendment right of free speech and expression, and the
right to assemble at their Protest
earlier this
month.
This December 23rd protest intends to
urge the community and political leaders in Congress to
support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from
Iraq. While shoppers are busy about
their holiday business, we want to remind them that our sons and daughters are
trapped in a war zone 8,000 miles away from home. Protesters (many who have family members
who have been maimed, killed or are currently in eminent danger) believe that
staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the
price.
The peaceful protest will include members of
Military Families Speak
Out (MFSO), the Constitution Party of
Oregon, and the new Christian
anti-war group, BELIEVERS AGAINST THE WAR
(BAW).
Protesters will form along Sunnyside
Road as it goes over I-205, near the Clackamas Town Center, beginning at 2:00
p.m. on Saturday, December 23, 2006.
Suzanne Brownlow, BAW Communications
Director, said, “As Believers, we need to be the first (especially at this
Christian holiday) to speak for seeking peace with our neighbors. We are exercising our 1st
amendment rights of free speech and assembly to protest American occupation and
meddling in Iraq. Our soldiers who
are experiencing an especially escalating violence in Iraq are counting on us to
get them home!”
David Brownlow, BAW Executive Director, said, “Many of our churches have been spreading the falsehood that this war has a biblical justification. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. We want to let our evangelical friends know that it is OK to speak out against U.S. occupation of Iraq."
Anyone who opposes this war, for any reason, is welcome to join this protest.
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BELIEVERS AGAINST THE WAR
P.O. Box
2965
Clackamas,
OR 97015
(503)
307-3851