US religious leaders join together in support of marriage and religious liberty
Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON, January 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Leaders of some of the largest religious communities in the United States have joined together in an open letter to all Americans to voice their shared concern for marriage and religious freedom. The letter, titled “Marriage and Religious Freedom: Fundamental Goods That Stand or Fall Together,” was released January 12. It can be found at . Signatories include leaders from Anglican, Baptist , Catholic, Evangelical, Jewish, Lutheran , Mormon, and Pentecostal communities in the United States. Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan , archbishop of New York and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops , was one of the four signing Catholic bishops. “Marriage and religious liberty are at a crisis point in the United States,” he said. “This letter is a sign of hope. Not only are tens of millions of believing citizens represented in the letter’s signatories, but the letter itself te