June is Torture Awareness Month

Faith groups across the country are participating in Torture Awareness Month by displaying banners that make a clear statement: "Torture is Wrong." Leading the campaign is the National Religious Campaign Against Torture which believes that it is crucial for people of faith to stand up to the use of torture.

The Saint Louis Today reports places of worship that are participating in the campaign:

The black banner looked small, even modest, flapping in the wind against the old brick building. And though the banner's message — in white, lower-case letters — was modest, the issue it confronted was anything but:

"Torture is wrong."

The banner hung from the second floor of the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy, the regional headquarters of the Presbyterian Church (USA) on Tower Grove Avenue, across from the Missouri Botanical Garden. It is part of an effort by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture to encourage Americans of faith to voice opposition to what its president calls "U.S.-sponsored torture."

Giddings-Lovejoy is one of just three religious bodies in the area participating in the program. The Sisters of Loretto, a Catholic order, and Westminster Presbyterian Church (USA) are the other two.

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