] Even though the majority of Americans support President
] George Bush's invasion of Iraq, peace activists reject
] claims that they are unpatriotic and vow to continue
] speaking out, no mater how unpopular it becomes.
]
] "If you are for peace, you speak for peace no matter
] what," says Rev. M. William Howard Jr., pastor of Bethany
] Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., and a member of the Jesse
] Jackson delegation that obtained the release of Navy Lt.
] Robert Goodman from Syria. "Some say when one speaks for
] peace as the troops are deployed shows that you have no
] regard for their lives. I think that is completely crazy.
] I feel especially inspired to speak out even more
] strongly against the war."
]
] Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit branch of
] the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
] People, says the war is about more than "shock and awe"
] bombing raids or capturing the capital of Iraq.