LETTERS

Sunday, January 9, 2005

Clergy should promote dialogue on vigil issues

I am writing in regard to the opinion piece entitled "Local ministers urge pickets to quit Saturday protests at Beth Israel." Rather than demand that those who vigil quit the protest, local ministers could encourage - just as the article suggests - "open, candid, respectful dialogue on difficult issues." Why use clergy solidarity to repudiate rather than to facilitate, negotiate and mediate?

The Rev. Paul Versluis III, Ann Arbor




LETTERS Sunday, January 9, 2005 Clergy should promote dialogue on vigil issues I am writing in regard to the opinion piece entitled "Local ministers urge pickets to quit Saturday protests at Beth Israel." Rather than demand that those who vigil quit the protest, local ministers could encourage - just as the article suggests - "open, candid, respectful dialogue on difficult issues." Why use clergy solidarity to repudiate rather than to facilitate, negotiate and mediate? The Rev. Paul Versluis III, Ann Arbor © 2005 Ann Arbor News. Used with permission Copyright 2005 Michigan Live. All Rights Reserved.