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Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the mainline Protestant denominations of the US, Canada and parts of the UK. She is the author of seven books and has received a grant from the Louisville Foundation to complete a book about the meaning of the Crucifixion.
One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City. Fleming and her husband celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2009 and have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is a native of Franklin, Virginia.
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Discerning God's Work In The World: Tips From The Times For PreachersSaturday, November 05, 2005The tying of hands: the torture debate (cont'd)Regarding the Senate resolution put forward by John McCain and others, asking for a clear prohibition of torture, it has been reported many times during the last two weeks that Cheney and Rumsfeld oppose the resolution because they “do not want their [i.e. the CIA's] hands to be tied.” Contrast this, from the respected (and by no means consistently liberal) Michael Ignatieff: “It is the very nature of a democracy that it not only does, but should, fight with one hand tied behind its back. It is also in the nature of democracy that it prevails against its enemies precisely because it does ” (from The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror).
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