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	Clifton Kirkpatrick signs on to the national declaration to eradicate domestic violence
	April 5, 2006 — Forty-two national religious leaders from around the country declared violence against women as intolerable and pledged their commitment to its eradication. Clifton Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of the PC(USA), signed the declaration and committed the PC(USA) to join other faith communities in this effort. The national declaration by religious leaders to address violence against women will be distributed to every battered women's program in the United States. When people of faith join with other community leaders to address domestic violence, ancient roadblocks turn into resources that save lives and bring healing. Please join other people of faith in signing the Declaration. Go to Faith Trust Institute to add your name.


	National declaration by religious and spiritual leaders to address violence against women
	We proclaim with one voice as national spiritual and religious leaders that violence against women exists in all communities, including our own, and is morally, spiritually and universally intolerable. We acknowledge that our sacred texts, traditions and values have too often been misused to perpetuate and condone abuse. We commit ourselves to working toward the day when all women will be safe and abuse will be no more. We draw upon our healing texts and practices to help make our families and societies whole. Our religious and spiritual traditions compel us to work for justice and the eradication of violence against women. We call upon people of all religious and spiritual traditions to join us.



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Clifton Kirkpatrick signs on to the national declaration to eradicate domestic violence

National declaration by religious and spiritual leaders to address violence against women