The Right smearing Christian judges that don't follow their agenda

[kwassa]

Smearing Christian Judges

By Paul Gaston

Saturday, April 23, 2005; Page A19

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What these self-avowed Christians do not acknowledge -- and what the American public seems little aware of -- is that the war they are waging is actually against other people calling themselves Christians. To simplify: Right-wing and fundamentalist Christians are really at war with left-wing and mainstream Christians. It is a battle over both the meaning and practice of Christianity as well as over the definition and destiny of the republic. Secular humanism is a bogeyman, a smoke screen obscuring the right-wing Christians' struggle for supremacy.

The assault on the judiciary is especially revealing. The vicious attacks on Judge George Greer, the Florida jurist who presided over the Schiavo case, reveal the bizarre nature of right-wing Christian fantasies. A regular recipient of hate mail and threats against his life that required him to walk to court with an armed marshal, Judge Greer is a lifelong Southern Baptist, a regular in church and a conservative Republican. None of those credentials protected him from the assaults of fellow Christians, including messages saying he would go straight to Hell. What he found "exasperating," he told a journalist, "is that my faith is based on forgiveness because that's what God did. . . . When I see people in my faith being extremely judgmental, it's very disconcerting."

Nearly all of the demonized judges are, in fact, practicing Christians, not secular humanists. Perhaps half of them are Republican appointees, and at least that many regard themselves as conservatives.

(much more in the article)

[xray s]

1. need the link

This looks like a good article. Well thought out.

You'll never hear anything like this on CNN, MSNBC of FoxNews.

[tofubo]

3. heerz the linc

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10687-2005Apr22.html

[coloradodem2005]

2. Let the infighting begin.

[kwassa]

4. kicking an important issue

[Freedom_from_Chains]

5. That's a point the Republicans are going to great links to stay away from

Most of the judges in the Terri Schiavo case have been conservative judges. When you look at the federal court system, which the zealots are riling against, it is about 50-50 liberal, conservative judges. The notable exception being the 9th Circuit Court in CA, which the religious right hates over the pledge case, is predominantly liberal. Of course, the religious right has a plan in the works to deal with those minions of Satan.

H.R. 211: Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)

Bill Summary & Status for the 109th Congress H.R. 211

Confronting the Judicial War on Faith

[MissMarple]

6. These so called fundamentalists will be arguing among themselves.

Their arrogance, pride, and tunnel vision will drive them apart if they feel they have reached any position of ascendancy over the government of the United States. Hummm....maybe that time has come. And if these guys begin to break openly into factions, it's going to get really ugly. Their nasty judgementalism will become their worst enemy.

[TaleWgnDg]

7. A very good read . . . thanks for the *heads up* . . .

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Is Justice Scalia *auditioning* for the job as Chief Justice?


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[Demit]

8. Very very good piece. Lays out the whole story & what can be done about it

Thanks for posting it.