Bad Religion, Bad Politics
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
April 25, 2005
I'm writing this on the eve of " Justice Sunday "--a telecast being promoted by evangelical Christian conservatives who charge that Democrats opposing President Bush's judicial nominees are acting "against people of faith."
The Senate Republican's Defender of the Faith, Bill Frist , who supports a "culture of life" but not lively debate, is scheduled to join in this televised show--designed to smear those who have honest differences over policy issues as religious bigots. As the Boston Globe asked in a tough editorial attacking Frist's intolerance: "Will every political difference now open opponents to such accusations? And whose definition of 'faith' is in use here?" [...] Read the rest at the Nation web site: http://tinyurl.com/aue4m
© Virginia Metze
April 25, 2005
I'm writing this on the eve of " Justice Sunday "--a telecast being promoted by evangelical Christian conservatives who charge that Democrats opposing President Bush's judicial nominees are acting "against people of faith."
The Senate Republican's Defender of the Faith, Bill Frist , who supports a "culture of life" but not lively debate, is scheduled to join in this televised show--designed to smear those who have honest differences over policy issues as religious bigots. As the Boston Globe asked in a tough editorial attacking Frist's intolerance: "Will every political difference now open opponents to such accusations? And whose definition of 'faith' is in use here?" [...] Read the rest at the Nation web site: http://tinyurl.com/aue4m
© Virginia Metze
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