Family Research Council: "Justice Sunday" against Filibuster

[Skinner]

Get a load of this flyer. The folks over at the Family Research Council have joined the GOP against the filibuster. Note how they compare themselves to the civil rights movement. Real nice.



http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=AD05D01

FRC Action Simulcast To Target Filibusters

Join FRC Action on Sunday, April 24, as we host a nationwide, live simulcast to engage values voters in the all-important issue of reining in our out-of-control courts.

This exciting event will be held at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. and will be broadcast in churches throughout the nation. Speakers include Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Al Mohler, and Chuck Colson.

http://www.frc.org

[BurtWorm]

1. He should have to choose between a T-shirt and a polo shirt.

;)

And he shouldn't have chosen the goop he combed his hair with, either.

[jmowreader]

19. And whoever tweezed his eyebrows needs to be beaten

The right one is twice as thick as the left.

[mitchum]

31. LMAO!!!

[BOSSHOG]

2. He doesn't have to choose

He can have faith in Christ and commit himself to public service. He just can't force his faith on the general public. Its really quite an easy thing to understand. Millions of Americans do it everyday.

These lunatics do not know how they will be harmed if they succeed in reaching their goal of overriding the constitution.

[ProudDad]

13. Heck, they only have to look at the Taliban

or the Spanish Inquisition or any of the other Theocracies around.

[Mandate My Ass]

3. You have to give them credit

using the Sabbath to spread lies and propaganda and incite violence against the judiciary and liberals.

As the liberal, anti-Christian dogma of the left has been repudiated in almost every recent election, the courts have become the last great bastion for liberalism.

For years activist courts, aided by liberal interest groups like the ACLU, have been quietly working under the veil of the judiciary, like thieves in the night, to rob us of our Christian heritage and our religious freedoms. Federal judges have systematically grabbed power, usurping the constitutional authority that resides in the other two branches of government and, ultimately, in the American people.

---snip---

This liberal minority does not respect the will of the people: they want judge-made law because our elected officials will not give them the social anarchy they demand.

The Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist of Tennessee, is committed to returning Constitutional order to the Senate by requiring an up-or-down vote on these nominees. To do this, he urgently needs the help of every "values voter." Without doubt, this will be the most important vote cast in the United States Senate in this term. If this effort fails, the best we can hope for are likely to be mediocre judges who meet the approval of Ted Kennedy, Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

[ProudDad]

14. Shit if it wasn't for "Judge Made Law"

There'd still be white and colored drinking fountains in Atlanta, GA...

What unbelievable bullshit....

[me b zola]

23. Constitutional law v. God's law

That is the argument. We need to address that argument head-on, let the people know what is at stake. If we start with that premise, the wing-nuts will eventually paint their argument with a brush that smacks of the Taliban.

Repeat after me:

Constitutional law v. God's law.

Now try this:

Religious McCarthyism.


Repeat often.

[FreedomAngel82]

27. When people talk like that

I just mention one word. Salem. Let them think about it.

[SharonAnn]

44. Constitutional Law vs Southern Baptist Law, or Roman Catholic Law, or

Latter Day Saints Law, or 7th Day Adventist's Law, or Church of God Law, or ?????

When the word "Christian" or "God" is used, people think it means their understanding of Christian or God. When you use the name of a particular denomination or sect, they may begin to see that they don't agree.

[Toots]

25. And believe me they are still pissed about that

That is a perfect example of what they mean. It really takes an activist to read the constitution to mean blacks have the same rights as a white man...

[LynneSin]

4. Here's a preview of their rally

[keithjx]

5. That's a really crappy photoshopping job,

and the whole concept is just fuct.
KJ

[LynneSin]

6. Wait!! According to the bible - isn't Sunday a day of rest

Shouldn't these people be at home doing Sabbath things and not protesting??

[oasis]

7. Chuck "Watergate" Colson is one of the speakers. Staying close to power.

[solinvictus]

8. "Remember the Sabbath and Keep it Holy."

Isn't that one of the Commandments? And you're going to break it for political purposes?

[JHB]

40. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor...

...is another one they're breaking. And we know from the parable of the Good Samaritan that Jesus denined "neighbor" pretty damn broadly.

[Jacobin]

9. Good grief

These fucking ayatollahs will stop at nothing. All the judges in my little town are for the most part a bunch of bible thumping hypocrit asshats.

The want MORE of them on the bench?

Keeerist this makes me sick

[Generic Other]

10. Is that the condensed version of the Bible?

It looks kind of abridged?

[jmowreader]

20. It's the King George Version

All Smiting, All The Time.

[Generic Other]

24. Oh, the Illustrated big letter edition

Gotcha!

:thumbsup:

[ProudDad]

11. These are the same folks who used the "N" word

I lived in the South during Jim Crow and it was the white "Christian" churches that preached the most virulent form of racism.

It was Christian "good old boys" who went out from the church and planted the bombs that killed four little girls in Birmingham. It was good white Christians who put on robes and lynched any black man who dared to look them in the eye.

What appalling gall!!!!

It makes me sick!!!

[ProudDad]

12. Wouldn't it be wonderful if

they use the nuclear option and 6 Republicans with a concience voted against their right-wing nominee?

I know, I'm only dreaming...

[mourningdove92]

15. Go here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1726239

there is a link to the email contact site for FRC.

Several of us have already contacted them with our displeasure.

[AlCzervik]

16. More judges for Jesus!

they have lost their collective minds and i think this will backfire on them. Frist isn't Bush, he can't grease the wheels in 08 the way chimpoleon can.

[UrbScotty]

18. You mean judges AGAINST Jesus?

Hatred isn't a Christian value, you know.

[AlCzervik]

21. but the aim is for more judges for Jesus instead of the current

crop of republican appointed non-secular at work judges.

[FreedomAngel82]

30. It's not supposed to be anyways

but one look at how these people are and someone could look differently.

[K-W]

17. THE JUDGES ARE ALREADY CHRISTIAN!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish there was a God so I would know these people were going to hell for thier lying.

[G_j]

37. sorry, these folks get to decide who is and who isn't

Hell? They are determined to turn our planet into a living hell it seems. Misery loves company I guess.

[Shallah Kali]

41. These people don't like small things like facts get in the way of their

fanaticism. I too am scared of what they are doing to my country. I don't want to live in a talibanized world where instead of being beaten and killed in the name of Allah I am beaten and killed in the name of Christ!

[Cobalt Violet]

22. What a scary bunch of lunatics!

[FreedomAngel82]

26. Oh good grief!!

These people make me so mad and sick! Look at president Carter! My God! FUCK THEM!

[Pushed To The Left]

28. These SOBs need to be DESTROYED!

Everybody should get involved with the anti-religious right groups..donating, volunteering, etc.

www.aclu.org
www.au.org
www.pfaw.org
www.tolerance.org

[Corgigal]

29. OH come on

I want to go and listen to this "newsworthy" TV show. I wish I knew which churches were running it. I would put a small video camera on me and then release it to the internet.

[Luminous Animal]

32. Counter protest!!!!

Social Justice Sunday
by George Lakoff:>
Fri Apr 15th, 2005 at 17:01:06 PDT
www.DailyKos.com

The right-wing frame is now complete and Bill Frist has signed on with Tom DeLay: "The filibuster was once abused to protect racial bias, and it is now used against people of faith." This is not just the nuclear option; it is the thermonuclear option. The implicit claim is that every religious person is a right-wing conservative. Filibustering against horrendous right-wing judges is repudiating all believers in every religion - and being racist to boot.  The national campaign is on. Sunday April 24 is booked for national TV at a Kentucky megachurch and called "Justice Sunday."

We must respond. We will call April 24 "Social Justice Sunday." We must show that spiritual progressives are alive and well and willing not just to speak out, but to shout out. The Clergy and Laity Network and DriveDemocracy.org are leading the effort.

Religious progressives support social justice, not injustice. We want to protect life all the way from birth up until the edge of death. We will brook no government interference in difficult, even agonizing family decisions. We believe the common good is necessary if we are to pursue our private goods, and that government should use the common wealth for the common good. And we need our judges, and we need to keep them safe.

There are more religious progressives than right-wing fundamentalists. There are more of us than of them. They may be better organized, but this is changing and that change starts April 24. This is our test. Will we stand up to them? Will we write to our ministers, priests, imams and rabbis asking them to join us in speaking out? Will they put signs on their places of worship celebrating "Social Justice Sunday?"  Will we organize and hold candle-light vigils and marches on the evening of April 24? Will we invite the media to sermons on Social Justice Sunday and to vigils?

We have already begun to organize - in just hours. Drivedemocracy.org and the Clergy and Laity Network issued a press release and activated their coalition of sixty progressive religious organizations. We called upon every religious organization to join with us.


We are members of Martin Luther King's "beloved community."

Social Justice Sunday Press Release

Senate Majority Leader Frist’s Attack on the Religion of his Opponents “Offensive,” says a Coalition of Religious Organizations

Religious Coalition Appeals to Frist to Put the American Value of Religious Tolerance Ahead of Frist's Partisan Political Agenda of Forcing Senators to Accept Bush's Extremist Judicial Nominees

Friday, April 15 – A coalition of progressive religious leaders and organizations today expressed outrage that Republican leaders are attacking the faith of Democrats and progressives in a cynical, partisan effort to win support for a handful of extremist judicial nominees.

“Such an action is immoral, deceitful, and beyond the pale of even politics as usual,” said Rev. Albert M. Pennybacker, Executive Director and Chair of Clergy and Laity Network and coordinator for the Building the Beloved Community Coalition. “We call on Senator Frist to immediately cancel his plans to attend the event, and we urge all Republicans to condemn this wholesale attack on the religious practices of their political opponents.”

According to the New York Times, Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist will join an organization called “The Family Research Council” in a national telecast on April 24. The Council is calling it “Justice Sunday,” are saying Democrats want to use the Senate filibuster “against people of faith.”

“As people of faith, we protest the religious manipulation of the filibuster issue,” said Pennybacker. “Attacks by Republicans on the religion of those who differ politically are offensive in America.”

The Clergy and Laity Network will sponsor a national prayer vigil on April 24 and is inviting citizens of all faith traditions to protest this unprecedented attack, which is add odds with America's religious traditions

The CLN and DriveDemocracy are the coordinators of a national coalition of more than 65 religious organizations. Their national “Breaking the Silence” campaign kicked off April 4 at Riverside Church in NYC and is continuing with a national tour of America. Details of these and other events can be found at www.clnnlc.org and here.

ADL To Senator Frist: Playing Religious Card Is 'Unacceptable' In Judicial Confirmation Debate

New York, NY, April 15, 2005 … Deeply troubled by reports that Senator Bill Frist will appear in a telecast organized by conservative Christian groups that portrays the filibustering of judicial nominees as "against people of faith," the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged Dr. Frist to reconsider his participation in the telecast, stating that: "Whatever one's views may be on this or any other issue, playing the 'religious' card is as unacceptable as playing the race card."

In a strongly worded letter to the Senate majority leader, Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, said he was "deeply troubled" by Dr. Frist's decision to appear in the "Justice Sunday" telecast on April 24.  The program's message, "… is deeply flawed and a dangerous affront to fundamental principles of American democracy," Mr. Foxman said.

 "The heated debate regarding the status of the filibuster in the United States Senate is a quintessentially political contest, not a religious struggle," Mr. Foxman said.  "Nor should it be portrayed as such.  Whatever one's views may be on this or any other issue, playing the 'religious' card is as unacceptable as playing the race card."

Organized by the Family Research Council, the "Justice Sunday" telecast will be aired on Christian television and radio networks and stations and will be broadcast over the Internet.

[MisterP]

33. theocracy now!

[hiley]

34. GOP is pure EVIL !

We have to hit hard and not let up for a second.
If you live in Texas start with Tom DeLay Saturday.
Heard tonight on Mike Malloy about a rally Against Tom DeLay in Houston, Texas
Go to http://houstondemocrats.com/
RALLY AMERICANS TO INDICT DELAY (RAID) -- DELAY PROTEST

Saturday, April 16, 2005. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Hilton of the Americas, adjacent to the George R. Brown Convention Center
1600 Lamar, Houston, TX 77010

We will have two policeman on site for security (to protect us) and crowd control. We are also securing all appropriate permits. We assure you it is our intention to protest peacefully.

snip---

[Technowitch]

35. These people scare the hell out of me

Seriously.

[hiley]

36. me too

:hug:

[rodeodance]

38. and their numbers are increasing, they have powerful learders in

Congress who are in bed with them and the media-Fox will support them.
yes, REAL scary.

[ariellyn]

39. "Values voters"....this smacks of Scaife-like funding and

BushCo marketing techniques. Bullshit.

[spanone]

42. ...And I bet these fuckers pay NO taxes...SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE

[oasis]

43. "What doth sayeth the Lord" is replaced by "What doth sayeth the GOP".

Will fundies be able to sort it out?:dilemma: