Posted on 04/27/2005 12:39:23 PM PDT by marylandrepub1
God's Politics: Frist Fights Filibuster on Judicial Nominees in "Justice Sunday"
AMY: Religious groups and Democrats said Frist should have played no role in the heavily promoted broadcast which they say inappropriately brought religion into a political debate. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York said the move, "Clearly argues that people of one viewpoint have God on their side and all others are faithless." Frists speech comes as a new Washington-Post-ABC News poll finds that Americans are opposed to changing the Senate rules by a 2-1 margin.
JIM WALLIS: It was pretty amazing. You know, I have looked through my Bible, and I can’t find filibuster anywhere. I really looked hard. But it's not there. A bit of historical perspective, after he was arrested once, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a very famous letter from a Birmingham jail to white clergy who opposed him, and it was about racial segregation and violence against black people. Never once did he say they weren't people of faith. He challenged their faith. He wanted them to go deeper with their faith, but he never said my opponents are not people of faith. That's what they're saying. Now, if King wouldn't say his opponents weren't people of faith over racial segregation and violence, how can the right do this over a filibuster? There's something crossing a lot of boundaries here.
JIM WALLIS: Well, I think it's fine for people to bring their moral conviction, even their religious conviction in the public life. King did that. I do that. The religious right does that, but when you say those who oppose us, who have a different view, are not people of faith, or Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson said during the campaign, you can only vote for George W. Bush. Now they're saying you must also agree with all of his judicial nominees. Now this is really the hijacking of religion. It's making it into a partisan wedge and a weapon to divide us, not a bridge to bring us together. This is really the abuse and misuse of religion. We're having these town meetings across the country disguised as book signings. And what I'm learning is people are tired of the monologue of the religious right. And the good news, having been to the East and the Mid-West and the South and even Texas and the West, is the monologue of the religious right is now over. And a new dialogue has finally begun.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/26/1355204
.the monologue of the religious right is now over. An
Democrats, dialogue?? If they really wanted a debate they wouldn't rely on these judges to run the country outside of the democratic process. Like Ann Coulter says, 'we just want to be able to vote on these issues, nothing more'.
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York said the ("Justice Sunday"), move "Clearly argues that people of one viewpoint have God on their side and all others are faithless." It was Chuck Schumer who told a nominee that he couldn't let him go up for a vote because of his (the nominee's) religious conviction. This is not discussed by these libs.
A truly savvy "faith consultant" warms up his audience by making flippant references to the Scriptures.
A bit of historical perspective, after he was arrested once, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a very famous letter from a Birmingham jail to white clergy who opposed him, and it was about racial segregation and violence against black people. Never once did he say they weren't people of faith.
However, the Democrats aren't opposing the judicial nominees because of their race. They are opposing them because of their religious principles.
Does this apply when democratic candidates like John Kerry go stumping in black churches as well?
I looked through the constitution, and I couldn't find the word "filibuster" anywhere.
So who is it that is trying to use religion for their cause?
A point the Rev. Wallis seems to have deliberately overlooked. Wonder why?
Where does Jim Wallis choose to lead a rally denouncing the "Republican-led" "religious war" intended to usher in a "theocracy" and to condemn conservative Christians for using a church for FRC's "Justice Sunday"?
Why a Presbyterian church, of course.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250365/1008
If the Democrats really want to preserve the "filibuser" then make them do it "old fashion way" as the Founding Fathers intended. Make Ted Kennedy speak 24/7.
The GOP should force them to "Put up or shut up"
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