SATIRE:Key Conservative Christians Pull Support from *'s Judicial Nominee

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From: The Swift Report

May 19, 2005

Key Conservative Christians Pull Support from Bush's Judicial Nominee

President Bush's nomination of Priscilla Owen to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana received a blow late yesterday when a prominent conservative Christian organization announced that it is pulling its support for the nominee on the grounds that she is a divorcée. The Coalition for Traditional Values wants President Bush to withdraw Ms. Owen's name in favor of a married nominee.

Questions raised about whether a "divorcee lifestyle" and a conservative judgeship go hand in hand

By Deanna Swift

WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush's nomination of Priscilla Owen to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana, received a blow late yesterday when a prominent conservative Christian organization announced that it is pulling its support for the nominee on the grounds that she is a divorcée. The Coalition for Traditional Values says that it plans to press President Bush to withdraw Ms. Owen's name in favor of a married nominee. The group's chairman, Pastor Roy DeLong, says that he will also urge GOP senators to reject Ms. Owens should the White House fail to withdraw her name.

Ability to defend marriage in question
At issue is the fact that the 51-year-old Texas Supreme Court Justice is divorced. And while that might not have been an issue in the past, says Rev. DeLong, it certainly is now, when defending traditional marriage is a priority.

"I don't want to be disrespectful to the nominee, but she was apparently unable to defend her own marriage," says Rev. DeLong. He questions whether Ms. Owen's status as a divorcee might force her to recuse herself from important cases regarding the defense of marriage, including state and federal efforts to ban adultery and make divorces more difficult to obtain. "Does her lifestyle as a divorcee really befit the weighty responsibilities of such a high office?"

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