The National Association of Evangelicals, recently in the news due to a dust-up over their position on global warming, has endorsed a good statement on the use of torture.

I think it’s salutary that the NAE is defining itself independently of certain old-guard evangelical leaders who identify the Christian agenda with the politically conservative one. Any time Christians become beholden to a single party they’re in danger of losing their capacity for independent criticism of the powers that be. Even though I probably don’t agree with some of their positions, the NAE seems like they’re trying to walk that line.