Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Background: The Peace House & Cindy Sheehan

Trying to hold to our apolitical ways, I offer this knowing full well the volatility of the Cindy Sheehan issue. Personally, I think war sucks and is very much not the nice way to resolve issues. I don't think anyone could argue with this statement (maybe just with my naivete...but I can handle that). Seems important for people to speak-up against war, and Cindy Sheehan's campaign has given their story some real legs.

Cindy Sheehan is being supported by the Crawford Peace House, a group and actual house that was organized and purchased for $65,000 sometime before the actual invasion of Iraq. The group had been running low on funds when they agreed to support Cindy Sheehan's campaign to speak with President Bush about the war. In fact, Cindy's first gift to the Peace House was a $250 check to help turn the phones back on.

Again, we do not support war, but we do not support anti-war political groups either. Politics are covered ad nauseam on the web. We just think that it's important for people to think about peace as an ideal that should define us rather than tear us apart; and we support peaceful alternatives. We also support everyone (soldiers and citizens alike) in the war torn areas of the world. Peace is a means to an end. And an end to war is what (I think) we all want. Let's bring our soldiers home; and let's welcome them back with arms and hearts wide open.

read the article in The Dallas Morning News

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