dilloduck
Diamond Member
Bullypulpit said:<blockquote><center><b>American Religious Leaders and Supporters Opposed to Justice Sundays Manipulation of Faith</b></center>
April 21, 2005
The Honorable Bill Frist
509 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Frist:
We write as religious leaders who cherish Americas distinctive tradition of religious respect, tolerance, and pluralism. We write as members of religious traditions that revere truth and are guided by prophetic calls to seek justice. We are gravely disappointed that you have lent support to those who are trying to create confusion and sow division with false charges of religious discrimination and persecution. Good people can and do differ on policy questions like the filibuster. We emphatically reject claims that those who seek to uphold the countrys traditions of checks and balances are forcing Christians to choose between their faith and public service. It is simply not truthful to assert that supporting the filibuster amounts to an attack on people of faith. Most, perhaps all, of the 95% of the Bush nominees who have been approved, have been people of faith. They enjoyed support from both sides of the aisle. As Senate Majority Leader, you have a responsibility to defend your colleagues on both sides of the aisle, public servants whom you know to be deeply religious people, from shameful and divisive accusations that they are attacking people of faith. You have a responsibility to defend the nation from efforts utilizing deception and fear-mongering to manipulate Americans of faith. And, perhaps most importantly, as one of our nations highest elected officials, you have a responsibility to repudiate those who misuse religion for political purposes and who impugn the faith of any who disagree with them. Your participation in the Justice Sunday event gives your personal stamp of approval and legitimizes an event built on inflammatory falsehoods. We urge you either to withdraw your participation in this event or, if you participate, to use that opportunity to repudiate the message of divisiveness and religious manipulation that is at the core of the gathering. Sincerely,</blockquote>
For the complete list of signatories, 400+, to this letter, go <a href=http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/%7bE9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03%7d/ReligiousLeadersOpposedtoJusticeSunday.pdf>here</a>.
It's in PDF format...so you'll need Acrobat to read it.
As for ass kickings, OCA, no one stayed on the topic of the "nuclear option". Instead, they chose to drink the kool-aid and focused on the hot-button non-issues they have been instructed to raise.
Who wrote and circulated this petition,Bully ?