Good afternoon friend,



I am one of the 80% of religious people who support assisted dying. As a Rabbi,
my faith is a key element in my commitment to the campaign for choice. Whatever
anti-choice groups may claim, there is nothing sacred about suffering, nothing holy about agony.


Dignity in Dying has long had an alliance of interfaith religious leaders ready
to push back against damaging claims made by some religious opponents. Now, the
time has come to welcome members of the public whose commitment to changing the
law on assisted dying holds strong not despite their faith, but because of it.


The Religious Alliance for Dignity in Dying is now recruiting members of all
faiths
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vital issue. Together we can show society, including religious MPs and Peers,
that faith is entirely compatible with choice.



You may have seen the Sunday Times cover the launch
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religious people thought it was wrong for their leaders to lobby MPs to prevent
law change on assisted dying.



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We know who our opposition is. With a new Assisted Dying Bill in the House of
Lords, now is the time to take a stand and make sure that parliamentarians
aren’t taken in by claims that anti-choice people of faith speak for all of us.
We know that they don’t. Like the rest of the population, anti-choice religious people can have a vote - but not a veto . Respect for the diversity of opinion among religious people is essential, but
it should not come at the expense of rights for dying people.


Individuals from the Church of England, Church of Scotland, Church of Wales,
Catholicism, Baptism, Evangelism, Methodism, Unitarianism, United Reformed
Church, Quakerism, Liberal Judaism, Reform Judaism and Sunni Islam have already
come together to speak out on the injustice of the current law. If you’re a person of any faith, please, join us today and stand with dying people.
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As a member of the Religious Alliance for Dignity in Dying you could be asked to
contribute to the debate as a person of faith. You can:

* be the first to be asked to respond to media pieces about religion and
assisted dying
* discuss assisted dying with your religious leaders
* speak out in support of assisted dying in faith forums


Join the Religious Alliance for free →
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to change the law - now is the time to come together.

Join today
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support choice at the end of life.



Thank you,







Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain

Dignity in Dying



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