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Churches urge USA Congress to ratify START nuclear arms reduction treaty

The START treaty would resume mutual inspections of U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, while limiting both nations to 1,550 warheads and 700 launchers each.

Evangelicals, Roman Catholic bishops urge New START ratification – CNN, 7 Dec 10, Two key religious organizations in the United States called on Congress Tuesday to ratify the new nuclear arms reduction treaty signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted for ratification of the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) in September, but a vote from the full Senate has not materialized.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals want to see the treaty ratified…….

The START treaty would resume mutual inspections of U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, while limiting both nations to 1,550 warheads and 700 launchers each.

The bishops and the evangelicals join a growing list urging action on the treaty. Five big guns of Republican foreign policy – former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, James Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger and Colin Powell – urged their fellow Republicans, in a Washington Post editorial, to support the treaty which they say is “is clearly in our national interest.”

The treaty needs 67 Senate votes for ratification, and Democrats and a handful of Republicans have been cautiously optimistic that the votes are there. But conservative Republicans have stalled, asking for more time and information before they commit to a vote……

Evangelicals, Roman Catholic bishops urge New START ratification – CNN Belief Blog – CNN.com Blogs

December 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general