Well, the merger of the religious right and the Bush administration is not really news now is it? Nonetheless, these stories about “Justice Sunday” are exemplars of the fundamentalist take over of Washington.
Association Press: Religious Conservatives Urged to Pray and Act about Supreme Court
Monday 15 August 2005 Nashville, Tenn. Religious conservatives have been urged to pray to God and call their senators about the upcoming confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts.
U-S House Majority Leader Tom DeLay joined former Georgia Senator Zell Miller and “Focus on the Family” Chairman James Dobson. They were among the speakers at a “Justice Sunday” rally in Nashville that was broadcast into churches nationwide.
None of the speakers explicitly called for Roberts’ confirmation. But Sugar Land Republican DeLay asserted that lawmaking is the job of lawmakers, not judges — no matter how high up or distinguished.
Miller urged people of faith to “cover this confirmation process with a blanket of prayer.” Dobson said he prays that Senate Democrats won’t be able to turn the hearings “into a circus.”
The speakers denounced Supreme Court rulings on religious expression, gay rights and abortion and expressed hope that Roberts would tip the court in a more conservative direction.
Nashville — The Christian conservative organizers of the weekend’s “Justice Sunday” telecast once talked about using it to rally support for the president’s Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts.
But when the cast of influential evangelical Protestants, conservative Catholics and Republican congressmen assembled at the Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville on Sunday evening, most speakers mentioned Roberts only in passing.
Instead, they took aim mainly at the power and decisions of the Supreme Court itself.
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