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RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS, |
For Immediate Release
August 12, 2005
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Contact: Joe Conn, Rob Boston or Jeremy Leaming
www.au.org
RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS,
POLITICIZE CHURCHES, CHARGES AMERICANS UNITED
AU's Lynn Will Participate In Counter 'Faith & Freedom' Event in Tennessee
Religious Right leaders will gather Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., to
trash the federal courts and lobby for the confirmation of Bush
Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts and a radical re-make of the
nation's judiciary.
The highly politicized national broadcast, dubbed "Justice Sunday II,"
is a sequel to a similar gathering at a Kentucky mega-church last
spring. During that April 24 event, leading Religious Right politico
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, blasted federal judges
as "unelected and unaccountable and arrogant and imperious and
determined to redesign the culture according to their own biases and
values."
"And they're out of control," Dobson added.
The first "Justice Sunday," coordinated by the Family Research Council
(FRC), was a merger of politics and the pulpit. U.S. Sen. Majority
Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) joined the rally via video telecast. The
FRC is coordinating the Aug. 14 event as well.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State says the second
Religious Right rally is certain to be as shrill and politically
charged as the first.
"Dobson and his cohorts want federal courts beholden to their
religious dictates, not the U.S. Constitution," said the Rev. Barry W.
Lynn, executive director of Americans United. "The first event was
replete with hysterical accusations against the federal courts; the
second is certain to be just as offensive."
Lynn said "Justice Sunday II" should be canceled. FRC President Tony
Perkins, Lynn said, should follow Hollywood's lead.
"Movie makers know that when the original stinks, there's no point in
cranking out a sequel," Lynn observed. "Tony Perkins ought to learn
something from that."
To counter the Religious Right's second "Justice Sunday," Lynn will
participate in a "Freedom & Faith" event at Cathedral of Praise Church
at 3 p.m. EST in Nashville. Lynn will join local and national
religious leaders in arguing for the importance of a balanced judiciary.
The FRC's event will include appearances from Dobson, U.S. House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and former U.S. Sen. Zell Miller
(D-Ga.).
Another of the event's scheduled speakers, Bishop Harry R. Jackson of
Hope Christian Church in College Park, Md., said recently in a Focus
on the Family publication that Christians must be concerned with the
make-up of federal courts, because, "America will either remain a
Christian nation protected by the laws based on morality or it will be
come more morally lawless than ever before."
Lynn said such thinking is dangerously wrong. America, he said, is a
pluralistic country where people of all faiths are welcome.
"Our federal courts must not be taken over by the Religious Right,"
Lynn said. "That misguided movement is seeking control of all three
branches of government in an attempt to roll back civil rights and
civil liberties. The separation of church and state is at stake."
Americans United is a religious liberty watchdog group based in
Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans
about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding
religious freedom.
www.au.org
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12 Aug 2005 03:17:54 PM |
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a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy
bringeth men's minds about to religion.
<buckeye-ELO@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:j5upf1ti91vn4ke0jqbm6o7q424m9dhrb7@4ax.com...
For Immediate Release
August 12, 2005
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Contact: Joe Conn, Rob Boston or Jeremy Leaming
www.au.org
RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS,
POLITICIZE CHURCHES, CHARGES AMERICANS UNITED
AU's Lynn Will Participate In Counter 'Faith & Freedom' Event in Tennessee
Religious Right leaders will gather Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., to
trash the federal courts and lobby for the confirmation of Bush
Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts
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Hip Hip Hoooorrrrrayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS, |
12 Aug 2005 03:23:02 PM |
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"I don't believe in atheists" <Athiests@Fool.com> wrote in message
news:Rt7Le.76$WF4.6487@news.uswest.net...
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a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in
philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
<buckeye-ELO@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:j5upf1ti91vn4ke0jqbm6o7q424m9dhrb7@4ax.com...
For Immediate Release
August 12, 2005
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Contact: Joe Conn, Rob Boston or Jeremy Leaming
www.au.org
RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS,
POLITICIZE CHURCHES, CHARGES AMERICANS UNITED
AU's Lynn Will Participate In Counter 'Faith & Freedom' Event in
Tennessee
Religious Right leaders will gather Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., to
trash the federal courts and lobby for the confirmation of Bush
Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts
<snip>
Hip Hip Hoooorrrrrayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent satire! I don't expect such clever responses from the like of you.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS, |
12 Aug 2005 03:21:35 PM |
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In article <Rt7Le.76$WF4.6487@news.uswest.net> "I don't believe in atheists" <Athiests@Fool.com> writes:
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a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy
bringeth men's minds about to religion.
<buckeye-ELO@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:j5upf1ti91vn4ke0jqbm6o7q424m9dhrb7@4ax.com...
For Immediate Release
August 12, 2005
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Contact: Joe Conn, Rob Boston or Jeremy Leaming
www.au.org
RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS,
POLITICIZE CHURCHES, CHARGES AMERICANS UNITED
AU's Lynn Will Participate In Counter 'Faith & Freedom' Event in Tennessee
Religious Right leaders will gather Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., to
trash the federal courts and lobby for the confirmation of Bush
Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts
<snip>
Hip Hip Hoooorrrrrayyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!
Roberts might be a surprisingly fortuitious choice. After
all, judges who shift their views after being appointed
to the Supreme Court historically always move to the left, and
not to the right.
- cary
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| User: "Paul Duca" |
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| Title: Re: RELIGIOUS RIGHT'S 'JUSTICE SUNDAY II' TO BASH COURTS, |
14 Aug 2005 07:14:53 AM |
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in article Rt7Le.76$WF4.6487@news.uswest.net, I don't believe in atheists at
Athiests@Fool.com wrote on 8/12/05 4:17 PM:
Do you expect to get more money from this (being that your "lavish
office" is in fact the true altar at which you worship)?
Paul
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