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April 16, 2005

Could be worse

I half expected them to call it "The End of Days" or something. The timing of this, with all the focus on choosing a new Pope in Rome, has officially started to make me wonder just what they have in mind.

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. Speakers include Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Al Mohler, and Chuck Colson.

Register for this event to receive an email with event details and how you can take part in the simulcast!

Yup, that's the telecast Bill Frist is scheduled to appear in.

Frist, a likely presidential contender in 2008 as well as the man charged with shepherding Bush's agenda through the Senate, is scheduled to make a brief videotaped speech at a rally on April 24 organized by the Family Research Council.

A flyer for the event, viewable on the group's Web site, shows a young man with a gavel in one hand and a Bible in the other and says, "He should not have to choose." Under the title "Justice Sunday," the flyer adds, "The filibuster against faith — the filibuster was once abused to protect racial bias, and now it is being used against people of faith."

Frist's spokesman confirms the story:

Bob Stevenson, a Frist spokesman, said the senator accepted an invitation to participate in the telecast "some time ago" and that the first time the office saw the flier was on late Thursday.

Stevenson declined to answer when asked if Frist agreed with the flier's claim the filibuster was "being used against people of faith."

He accused Democrats of a "double standard" on religion and politics. He cited a story in The Washington Post last October about then Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry using a Baptist pulpit to denounce Bush and speak of eternal life.

"Senate Democrats said nothing in response," Stevenson said.

Justice Sunday Simulcast:

April 2005

Dear Friend:

A day of decision is upon us. Whether it was the legalization of abortion, the banning of school prayer, the expulsion of the 10 Commandments from public spaces, or the starvation of Terri Schiavo, decisions by the courts have not only changed our nation's course, but even led to the taking of human lives. 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.

We now have a President who is committed to nominate judicial candidates who are not activists, but strict constructionists -- judges who will simply interpret the Constitution as it was written. We now have a majority in the U.S. Senate that will confirm these nominees. However, there is a radical minority that has launched an unprecedented filibuster against these outstanding men and women.

Many of these nominees to the all-important appellate court level are being blocked, not because they haven't paid their taxes or because they have used drugs or because they have criminal records or for any other reason that would disqualify them from public service; rather, they are being blocked because they are people of faith and moral conviction. These are people whose only offense is to say that abortion is wrong or that marriage should be between one man and one woman.

Only 51 votes are needed to approve these nominees and most of these candidates, if not all, would receive more then 51 votes if a vote were held on the Senate floor. But a radical minority in the Senate is using the filibuster to block an up or down vote on the Senate floor. They are requiring a super majority, 60 votes, to proceed on these nominees. 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.

We must stop this unprecedented filibuster of people of faith. Join us on Sunday, April 24, as we observe Justice Sunday. On that date, just around the corner, FRC will host a nationwide, live simulcast to engage values voters in this all-important issue of reining in our out-of-control courts.

The simulcast will originate from Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. Participants joining me include Dr. James Dobson, Dr. Al Mohler, Chuck Colson, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

For more information on how your church can participate or how you can find a venue to participate in this critically important simulcast, click the links below. This is an event you won't want to miss, an historic debate we can't afford to lose!

Sincerely,

Tony Perkins
President
FRC Action

Posted by Mike at April 16, 2005 02:34 AM

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