Mission Statement

As mothers, we create life. We nurture life. War is the antithesis of mothering. We embrace life and we work to ensure a stable environment for our children. We call upon the United States, along with the world community, to act courageously as guardians of the world our children will inherit.

We declare ourselves opposed to military action as a way of resolving differences. We call on other mothers, people of all religions, and elected officials of all nations to join us and heed the call for non-violence that is ringing across America and many other countries. We, as women acting to affect public life, will give our energy and resources to those who dedicate themselves to maintaining peace and good will toward all.

We make this demand for our children, husbands, partners, families, friends, ourselves and our nation. We make this demand for the mothers, families and children we do not know in Iraq, Palestine, Israel, or any place on earth where violent injustice may be perpetrated. We make this demand because warfare creates terror and destroys family life, throwing whole communities into exile and turning children into orphans. We make this demand because we understand the human consequences of war that destroy health, homes, and security of all victims involved.

In the name of patriotism and humanity we oppose the occuption by one country of any other sovereign community of people. We oppose all elected and appointed officials who support a war policy that does not take into account the moral imperatives of just peace, cooperation, assistance, and harmony in shaping public policy. The issue of costly aggression in the midst of a steadily dwindling economy will benefit no one except the companies who manufacture weapons and supplies. Dedicated to the suffering veterans of wars, and to the memories of our family members, cherished friends, and all who have already fallen in cruel battles and assaults during our lifetimes, Mothers Against War remains horrified that war is still considered an option "under God."

Nations and economies, like children, thrive only in a just peace. There is no greater issue. For the love of our country, our families, and innocents everywhere, let there be no war, anywhere, in our names. We will oppose all for whom justice, love, truth, and peace are not the highest of basic principles.

Mothers Against War
Promoting Peace as the Only Honorable Way of Life