A small chance to be the nation we claim to be...

Click here to read the story of Rodi Alvarado, a Guatemalan woman who fled to the United States after being brutally physically and sexually tortured for 10 years by her husband, while Guatemalan authorities stood by and did nothing. Now Attorney General John Ashcroft must decide whether the United States will grant her asylum or send her back to her torturer and his enablers.

How can we claim to stand for freedom in the world if we are not willing to stand with women like Rodi Alvarado? This isn't Darfur, where we would need to risk American troops or even spend American money. This is a small chance for us to be the nation we claim we to be, and shame on us if we turn away.

Call Attorney General John Ashcroft today at 202-353-1555 and remind him that he has a duty as a Christian and as an American to stand between Rodi Alvarado and her persecutors by granting her asylum so she can stay in the United States and be free.