Will you speak out against the nuclear weapons build-up?
From Faithful Security
As religious Americans, we stand up for peace. We also feel called to protect human life and care for creation. When we hear that the U.S. wants to get back in the nuclear weapons business, we must share the reasons why the U.S. needs to break faith with nuclear weapons - once and for all.
The Department of Energy recently released a Notice of Intent for the massive renovation of the nuclear weapons complex. Under the DOE's plan, "Complex 2030," the U.S. would have the ability to produce up to 125 nuclear weapons per year – a level comparable to what we had during the Cold War.
The Complex 2030 plan is:
Hazardous to creation. Under Complex 2030, DOE proposes a Consolidated Plutonium Production Center which would include a bomb plant capable of producing up to 125 plutonium pits (bomb core) per year. Plutonium pit production creates a threat to public health and to creation. The US is planning to proceed with a major overhaul of the US nuclear weapons complex, when they have yet to clean up the mess from past production of nuclear weapons.
Poor stewardship. The renovation of the nuclear weapons complex is expected to cost upwards of $150 billion dollars. It is immoral to spend our resources on unnecessary weapons when there are so many other human needs left unmet.
Hypocritical. North Korea has just tested a nuclear weapon, and Iran is pursuing a nuclear program. By building up its nuclear arsenal right now, the U.S. is advocating the hypocritical "Do as I say, not as I do" policy.
Unnecessary. In addition to posing a huge threat to human life, nuclear weapons are a Cold War relic and are strategically useless. We should partner with other nations to eliminate nuclear weapons—not build more!
It's not every day that the U.S. government invites us to tell them exactly what we think of the nuclear weapons complex. But now you have a chance to tell officials from the Department of Energy that instead of building up nuclear arsenals, we need to break faith with nuclear weapons.
Submit a comment to the Department of Energy through the online form at Faithful Security's website:
http://ga3.org/campaign/complex2030/idbdxxi2l5k6n6w
peace be with you,
lovejody
As religious Americans, we stand up for peace. We also feel called to protect human life and care for creation. When we hear that the U.S. wants to get back in the nuclear weapons business, we must share the reasons why the U.S. needs to break faith with nuclear weapons - once and for all.
The Department of Energy recently released a Notice of Intent for the massive renovation of the nuclear weapons complex. Under the DOE's plan, "Complex 2030," the U.S. would have the ability to produce up to 125 nuclear weapons per year – a level comparable to what we had during the Cold War.
The Complex 2030 plan is:
Hazardous to creation. Under Complex 2030, DOE proposes a Consolidated Plutonium Production Center which would include a bomb plant capable of producing up to 125 plutonium pits (bomb core) per year. Plutonium pit production creates a threat to public health and to creation. The US is planning to proceed with a major overhaul of the US nuclear weapons complex, when they have yet to clean up the mess from past production of nuclear weapons.
Poor stewardship. The renovation of the nuclear weapons complex is expected to cost upwards of $150 billion dollars. It is immoral to spend our resources on unnecessary weapons when there are so many other human needs left unmet.
Hypocritical. North Korea has just tested a nuclear weapon, and Iran is pursuing a nuclear program. By building up its nuclear arsenal right now, the U.S. is advocating the hypocritical "Do as I say, not as I do" policy.
Unnecessary. In addition to posing a huge threat to human life, nuclear weapons are a Cold War relic and are strategically useless. We should partner with other nations to eliminate nuclear weapons—not build more!
It's not every day that the U.S. government invites us to tell them exactly what we think of the nuclear weapons complex. But now you have a chance to tell officials from the Department of Energy that instead of building up nuclear arsenals, we need to break faith with nuclear weapons.
Submit a comment to the Department of Energy through the online form at Faithful Security's website:
http://ga3.org/campaign/complex2030/idbdxxi2l5k6n6w
peace be with you,
lovejody
posted by Jody @ 1:09 PM
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