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ACC Joins Keshet "Pledge to Save Lives"

October 15, 2010

October 12, 2010. Chicago, IL. Upon the recommendation of the ACC Social
Action Committee, with the Officer Team and in accordance with the ACC's
2007 Resolution in Support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Civil
and Religious Rights, the ACC endorses and signs onto the petition from
Keshet, an organization who advocates for the rights of the GLBT
community.

Read more about the campaign, "Do Not Stand Idly By: A Jewish
Community Pledge to Save Lives," and see the list of organizations who
have signed the pledge.

"As members of a tradition that sees each person as created in the divine
image, we respond with anguish and outrage at the spate of suicides
brought on by homophobic bullying and intolerance."