Religions > Atheism > American Atheists Action Alert -- Stop Dobsongate, demand SJC probe!
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"Larry Mundinger" |
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08 Oct 2005 04:01:07 PM |
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American Atheists Action Alert -- Stop Dobsongate, demand SJC probe! |
American Atheists Action Alert
October 8, 2005
STOP DOBSON-GATE! SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE,
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW "CONFIDENTIAL"
INFO ABOUT HARRIET MIERS WHITE HOUSE
SHARED WITH RELIGIOUS RIGHT
PREACHERS, INTEREST GROUPS!
http://www.atheists.org/action/alert-08-oct-2005.html
This story must not be buried! Urge SJC members to press Bush
White House to release documents!
In order to mobilize support for the nomination of Harriet Miers to
the Supreme Court, the White House shared "confidential" information
with key leaders of the religious right, including James Dobson,
influential head of "Focus on the Family" and Rev. Tim Haggard,
President of the National Association of Evangelicals (see:
http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/court39.htm). Dobson later boasted
to reporters that he was made "privy" to the "confidential" information
after originally questioning his support for Miers in favor of an even
more strident nominee.
As a result, some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee may be
considering a subpoena for Dobson when the confirmation hearings begin
on Capitol Hill. A key Democrat (who is unfortunately not on the SJC)
Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado has stated: "It seems to me, all of the
(information) the White House knows about Harriet Miers should be made
available to the Senate and the American people.
"If they're making information available to Dr. Dobson -- whom I
respect and disagree with from time to time -- I believe that
information should be shared equally with a U.S. senator."
Salazar revealed that his sources indicated that Dobson met with Karl
Rove, key strategist and political advisor for President Bush.
According to the Pueblo Chieftain newspaper (October 7, 2005), the
White House waived executive privilege if it did indeed share
confidential background information with Dobson and other religious
right leaders such as Rev. Haggard.
Karl Rove is already in political hot water in a case involving the
leak of a former CIA agent's identity to reporters.
There may be other people who received "confidential" information from
the White House to shore-up support for the Miers nomination. A piece
in the Washington Post to appear on Sunday, October 9, 2005 identifies
members of a so-called "Loyalist Army" who support the nomination,
including radio show host and blogger Hugh Hewitt; faith-based planner
Marvin Olasky; Dobson; and Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law
and Justice. Did they, too, receive "confidential" information that
the White House wants to keep secret from the media, the Senate
Judiciary Committee and the American people?
We need to know!
Contact Key Senators, Especially Members of
The Senate Judiciary Committee
* Thank Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado for raising the important issue of
"Dobsongate" and the possible misuse of information by the White House!
Encourage his efforts to have this "confidential" background material
provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Visit
http://www.atheists.org/action/alert-08-oct-2005.html .
* Urge members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to thoroughly
investigate the leak by Karl Rove and other possible White House
operatives to Dobson, Haggard, and any other religious right leaders!
Check out our TIPS ON CONTACTING CONGRESS. Be sure to ask for a
written response to your concerns! We will share it on the web site at
http://www.atheists.org/action/alert-08-oct-2005.html
* Keep this story alive! Write letters to the editor of local papers,
and "spread the word" on blogs, discussion forums and web sites! Let's
make sure the Dobsongate scandal doesn't become a victim of America's
Issue Attention Deficit Disorder, and move off the media radar replaced
by stories about Paris Hilton or some other "non-issue"!
* Updates will be posted through AANEWS (http://www.atheists.org/aanews
and at http://www.atheists.org/action/alert-08-oct-2005.html
* Spread this action alert! Visit
http://www.atheists.org/action/alert-08-oct-2005.html
(AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights
for Atheists; works for the total separation of church and state; and
addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.)
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Larry Mundinger (aa#451) American Atheists Internet Representative
<irep @ atheists.org> <http://www.atheists.org/>
<http://www.americanatheist.org/> <http://www.atheistviewpoint.tv/>
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