Lobby to the left.WASHINGTON -- Move over, Christian Coalition--there's a new lobby in town, and this time it's coming from the religious left. The Clergy Leadership Network, an interfaith group of liberal religious leaders, sprang into action in January. "Our sole mission is to get a national leadership change," said executive director Brenda Bartella Peterson in an interview with Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) French cooperative news agency. Based in Paris, it has roots in the Bureau Havas, created in 1832, which in 1835 became the Agence Havas, the world's first true news agency. (AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. ). The organization is focusing on hot-button issues Noun 1. hot-button issue - an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions gut issue issue - an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss like national security, economic policy, and international relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, in addition to civil rights, education, and the environment. The 27-member national committee, which is overwhelmingly Protestant, includes a Catholic nun, a Muslim leader, and a Jewish rabbi. |
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