Stop Trafficking of Girls and Boys
It's a basic fact of the moral universe that children should not be sold for sex, yet boys and girls are trafficked right here in the U.S. Sign our petition asking Village Voice Media -- Backpage.com's parent company -- to shut down the Adult section of Backpage.com.
Are you a member of the clergy? Click here to sign our special clergy petition.
Village Voice Media must immediately shut down the Adult section of Backpage.com so that no girls or boys are trafficked via the Web site, despite safeguards that have been implemented.
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Imam Shamsi Ali
Islamic Cultural Center of New York
Greg M. Epstein
Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Rev. Peter Laarman
Executive Director
Progressive Christians Uniting
The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper
Senior Minister
Judson Memorial Church
New York City
Abdullah T. Antepli
Muslim Chaplain
Duke University
Durham, NC
The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes
Minister Emeritus
The Riverside Church
New York City
Imam Khalid Latif
Executive Director and Chaplain
Islamic Center at New York University
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld
Executive Vice President
The Rabbinical Assembly
New York City
Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein
B’Nai Jeshurun
New York City
Rabbi Steve Gutow
President and CEO
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline J Lewis
Senior Minister
Middle Collegiate Church
Cantor Angela Buchdahl
Senior Cantor
Central Synagogue
New York City
Dr. Rajwant Singh
National Chairman
Sikh Council on Religion and Education
Rabbi Sharon Brous
Senior/Founding Rabbi
IKAR
Los Angeles
The Rev. Alison Harrington
Southside Presbyterian Church
Tucson, Arizona
Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon
B’Nai Jeshurun
New York City
Rabbi Felicia Sol
B’Nai Jeshurun
New York City
Sister Simone Campbell, SSS
Executive Director
NETWORK
The Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Hayner
President
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur, Georgia
The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III
Pastor
Trinity United Church of Christ
Chicago
The Rev. Jim Wallis
President and CEO
Sojourners
Bishop Minerva Carcano
Bishop of the Phoenix Episcopal Area
United Methodist Church
The Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson
President
Auburn Seminary
The Rev. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki
Past President
Buddhist Council of New York
The Rev. Peg Chemberlin
President
National Council of Churches
Executive Director
Minnesota Council of Churches
Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Executive Director
Rabbis for Human Rights-North America
The Rev. Stephen H. Phelps
Interim Senior Minister
The Riverside Church
New York City
Rabbi Gilah Dror
President
The Rabbinical Assembly
Valarie Kaur
Director
Groundswell
The Right Rev. V. Gene Robinson
Bishop of New Hampshire
The Episcopal Church
The Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder
Founder/Pastor
City of Refuge UCC
Executive Director/CEO
Ark of Refuge, Inc
San Francisco
The Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon
General Secretary
National Council of Churches
Rabbi David Saperstein
Director
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
