2000 YEARS AGO TODAY

WHEREAS :

· Our loyalty to the God and Father of Jesus Christ takes precedence over any other loyalty; and

· Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was crucified in the image of freedom for all peoples of the planet Earth; an

· Our dream of the Gospel comes before the American dream; and

· Our allegiance is to Christ Jesus before we are sons and daughters of the American Revolution.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

· The National LSM Council be directed to develop a "Declaration of Interdependence" of all creatures of the Human Family; to contain and contrast items of dissent

· and agreement between the Gospel of Jesus Christ and accepted American values, and to be distributed to the local LSM groups.

FOLLOWUP

At the fall council meeting, it was decided to allow Stony Brock (NY) to draft a copy of a Declaration of Interdependence at a retreat in November 1975, to be submitted to Council in spring. By the Spring Council meeting, it was reported that the document was not completed yet, but could be done in time to print in the final newsletter of the year. It was very important to the writers that LSM members have the document before the July 4 Celebration of the Bicentennial. However, with shortage of funds and time, that last issue of the LSM newsletter was never made, and the Independence manuscript was never completed.