Frist speaks to Christian anti-filibuster rally
Other religious leaders call rally a false union of faith, politics
Monday, April 25, 2005 Posted: 5:01 AM EDT (0901 GMT CNN
(CNN) -- Conservative Christian leaders used a nationally televised rally Sunday night to urge an end to Democratic filibusters against several of President Bush's nominees for federal judgeships.
In the rally, sponsored by the Family Research Council, one of the leaders called the congressional tactic of delaying debate, or blocking legislation, "judicial tyranny to people of faith."
"The future of democracy and ordered liberty actually depends on the outcome of this struggle," Focus on the Family founder James Dobson told the crowd at the "Justice Sunday" rally at a church in Louisville, Kentucky. [...] Ordered liberty? Is that a new Republican "Christian" way to say that they are going to force their religion on us and we will be under fascist rule? Well, read the rest at: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/24/justice.sunday/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/8heva
© Virginia Metze
Monday, April 25, 2005 Posted: 5:01 AM EDT (0901 GMT CNN
(CNN) -- Conservative Christian leaders used a nationally televised rally Sunday night to urge an end to Democratic filibusters against several of President Bush's nominees for federal judgeships.
In the rally, sponsored by the Family Research Council, one of the leaders called the congressional tactic of delaying debate, or blocking legislation, "judicial tyranny to people of faith."
"The future of democracy and ordered liberty actually depends on the outcome of this struggle," Focus on the Family founder James Dobson told the crowd at the "Justice Sunday" rally at a church in Louisville, Kentucky. [...] Ordered liberty? Is that a new Republican "Christian" way to say that they are going to force their religion on us and we will be under fascist rule? Well, read the rest at: http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/24/justice.sunday/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/8heva
© Virginia Metze
Starmail - 27. Apr, 14:41
