Aptos, California, [November 10, 2008] — The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County has passed a resolution against torture as part of the November 12 National Day of Witness for a Presidential Order to Ban Torture.

“Ten years ago, I would have thought that a resolution against torture wasn’t necessary, because torture was so clearly Un-American,” says Deborah Pembrook, chair of the Social Action Committee at the fellowship. “I’ve been appalled to see the revelations of abuses over the last few years. People of faith need to speak out. Torture is a moral issue so dear to our country that it calls for immediate action by President-Elect Obama. An executive order banning torture would send a clear message that recent acceptance of torture was an aberration in American history.”

The local fellowship is joining a national interfaith effort to end torture. The National Religious Campaign Against Torture is a coalition of 300 churches and houses of worship of all faiths that have signed a statement of conscious that Torture is a Moral Issue.

The National Religious Campaign Against Torture is dedicating November 12th as a day of action to call President-Elect Barack Obama to immediately issue an Executive Order banning torture as one of his first official actions.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County is religious community that strives to foster spiritual growth and promote social justice. Worship services are offered every Sunday at 10 AM.

More information is available at 831-684-0506 and info@uufscc.org.