[popsicesHoupe]

Why Manhattan?

It's my old stomping grounds and I'm just wondering if anyone knows how they came up with that name.

Must be a common question - the FAQ page for the declaration lists that as the first question:

Why is the statement called the "Manhattan Declaration"?

The earliest draft of the statement was presented at a meeting of Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, and Evangelical religious leaders in Manhattan in late September, 2009. The document became known as the Manhattan Declaration. In Christ,
Michael

[immoceefe]

The Declaration really is a phenomenon more than anything. It reflects the struggle American Christians are having with an increasingly hostile culture. It is a step toward disengagement with what is really an anti-culture. We'll see more of this as time goes on. Not so much declarations, but conscious little steps that Christians will be taking, sometimes just in their conscious minds, sometimes more overtly, regarding how to create Christian community along with a willingness to bear some cost. But we have some precedent in home schooling where both Christians and non-Christians risked going to jail to educate their kids apart from the nihilistic public school system.

[scoundtrack]

What gives the game away for me is the mention of 'rights'. Rights are a human construct and imply that if you are denied rights you take action to enforce them. All very secular.

I think you touch the point here.