Rally rebuts GOP stance on filibusters

[Roland99]

Ecumenical crowd of 600 says dissenters can be people of faith
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050424/NEWS01/50424008

A number of religious leaders held a rally Sunday afternoon to denounce congressional Republicans’ attempt to outlaw judicial filibusters, calling the move an un-American threat to religious freedom and to constitutional checks and balances.

The rally, designed to counter a conservative Christian telecast scheduled for Sunday night, drew more than 600 people. They packed into Central Presbyterian Church in downtown Louisville to hear Baptist, Episcopal, Jewish and ecumenical leaders from around the country — all of whom opposed the effort to paint dissidents as anti-religion.

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At the counter-rally, the Rev. Jim Wallis, author of the book “God’s Politics” and editor of the Sojourners Christian-ministry magazine, urged like-minded congregations to “wake up” to what he called a Republican-led “religious war” intended to usher in a “theocracy.”

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“How is it that Jesus has somehow become pro-rich, pro-war and only pro-American?” asked Wallis, a United Church of Christ minister. “Justice Sunday is an attempt to hijack Christianity for a partisan and ideological agenda, and it’s time to take our faith back.”

This atheist was PROUD to see the TRUE Christians in America rise up against the hatred and distortion being exhibited and committed by the radical clerics and their demonic followers.

[Catt03]

1. Thanks for the info

:applause: for the rally participants and organizers

[Roland99]

2. Hey! It's ME! I'm in one of the pictures in their slideshow

See that handsome fella in the last pew (toward the bottom-right) in the orange shirt? :D





Shot of the press cameras at the church

[Roland99]

3. Check out this article about the "Just Us" Sunday event

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050425/NEWS01/504250424

Most of the 1,700 people who attended last night's "Justice Sunday" telecast at Highview Baptist Church appeared to support organizers' efforts, but few would comment after the event.

Garry Gupton, minister to adults at Highview Baptist, said interviews were prohibited because the church "wants to make sure if someone says they're a Highview member, they actually are."

He said the church, with 6,000 members, had no way to verify the information last night.

Several people who were approached by a reporter said they had been asked not to grant interviews.

Gee...I wonder why. Perhaps because some of the people were most likely sickened by what they heard? Can't taint the propaganda, can we?