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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2006 Dec 4 p. 1 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2006 Dec 4 p. 1, 3 | ||
Birth date: 1930 | Birth date: 1930 | ||
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<center><font size="+2">'''Peace-tax campaign leader dies'''</font></center> | |||
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">'''By MCC Washington Office and MWR staff'''</span> | |||
WASHINGTON — Marian Franz, a witness for peace in the halls of power as leader of a movement to extend conscientious objection to the payment of war taxes, died Nov. 17 after a two-year struggle with cancer. She was 76. | |||
[[Image:Franz_marian_classen_2006.jpg|200px|right]] Franz directed the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund for 24 years, beginning in 1982. As a lobbyist, she called upon members of Congress to pass legislation allowing conscientious objectors to pay all of their taxes without funding the military. | |||
She stepped down from the directorship in January to dedicate herself full-time to fighting an aggressive, recurring cancer. | |||
Establishment of a peace-tax fund remains unfulfilled, but Franz believed no witness for peace and conscience is ever lost. | |||
"Marian was a tireless voice for religious freedom and the rights of people of conscience," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. "Her energy and persistence in advocating for the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund was a reflection of her deep commitment to our democracy and to the cause of peace." | |||
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.,called Franz, "a longtime and effective advocate for peace and human rights. She believed in the dignity of every human being, and that's how she treated everyone she met." | |||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 26 April 2011
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Dec 4 p. 1, 3
Birth date: 1930
text of obituary:
By MCC Washington Office and MWR staff
WASHINGTON — Marian Franz, a witness for peace in the halls of power as leader of a movement to extend conscientious objection to the payment of war taxes, died Nov. 17 after a two-year struggle with cancer. She was 76.
Franz directed the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund for 24 years, beginning in 1982. As a lobbyist, she called upon members of Congress to pass legislation allowing conscientious objectors to pay all of their taxes without funding the military.
She stepped down from the directorship in January to dedicate herself full-time to fighting an aggressive, recurring cancer.
Establishment of a peace-tax fund remains unfulfilled, but Franz believed no witness for peace and conscience is ever lost.
"Marian was a tireless voice for religious freedom and the rights of people of conscience," said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. "Her energy and persistence in advocating for the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund was a reflection of her deep commitment to our democracy and to the cause of peace."
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.,called Franz, "a longtime and effective advocate for peace and human rights. She believed in the dignity of every human being, and that's how she treated everyone she met."