No Torture. No Exceptions.

Let Senator [Name] know why you are writing him: to urge a Reject Torture plank in the [name] Party platform
Why torture is an important issue to you:

Ideas:
- It betrays our American values
- It is morally wrong, and violates universal human dignity
- It endangers our troops
- It spreads hatred of America, and damages our credibility abroad
- It undermines our ability to promote freedom and democracy
Why torture should be an important issue to Senator [Name]:

Senator McCain:

As a pilot in the Vietnam War, he was himself captured and tortured.
Until recently, he has been one of the Senate’s outspoken leaders against torture
Torture is alien to America’s military tradition, of which he is a proud member
The Republican Party’s opposition to torture began when the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, locked in a brutal war for survival of the nation, issued laws of war rejecting torture.

As a teacher of Constitutional Law, who says he reveres the Constitution, he knows torture violates fundamental human rights
An advocate of international cooperation in addressing global problems, he knows that democratic states reluctantly ally with a state that tortures
Torture has been a defining legacy of the past eight years — he has vowed to lead the nation in a new direction
The Democratic Party’s opposition to torture was planted after the brutalities of World War II with Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, which brought into being the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Conclude by urging Senator [Name] to lead the [name] Party to adopt a platform plank that says “No Torture. No Exceptions.”
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