A call to the people of the United States to regard racial discrimination “as an evil” which should not be tolerated was issued here today by a group of 36 prominent Protestant, Catholic and Jewish religious leaders in connection with the observance of Race Relations Sunday on February 11. The group spoke on behalf of the Commission on Religious Organizations of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Emphasizing that “the church and the synagogue must in word and in deed make clear the importance of racial justice,” the statement said: “As members of different faiths we are cognizant of the divisions among us. Some of our differences are matters of conscience to which we must adhere; some are strong convictions from which we will not be lightly turned. We record our belief, however, that these differences need not be the source of conflict that sometimes they have occasioned and that as we work together on the basis of fundamental moral principles toward common civic goals, we shall gain in mutual respect and good will.”
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