Attorney General Gonzales Deputizes 20 Million Right Leaning Christians

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http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48364/


Bruce Wilson: DOJ asks Southern Baptists to enforce religious freedom laws


Don Byrd, of the Baptist Joint Committee On Religious Liberty, writes:


Imagine if the religious right's beloved "war on Christmas" was a year-round affair. Legions of lawyers ready to pounce on school and civic administrators, the persistent neon buzz of ACLU-paranoia in the air, Pat Robertson and the Bill O'Reilly Persecution Complex (nice band name...) pressuring corporate America to replace every "gesundheit" with a "God bless you." Now, imagine if the leaders of the effort weren't just the Jerry Falwell Admiration Society, but instead the full weight and force of the Department of Justice, training lawyers and enlisting supporters across the country ready to blow the whistle on any perceived slight to religion. Got the picture? It's the DOJ's new "First Freedoms Project" announced earlier this week by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, an effort to tout and enhance the Department's pursuit of religious discimination claims through the Civil Rights Divison.

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US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sought out a meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee as his venue to unveil the new religious liberty initiative of the Department of Justice during a speech in Nashville on Tuesday. The "First Freedom Project" touts the Administration's record arguing religious freedom claims through its Civil Rights Division, provides resources on free exercise rights, and a new "Report on Enforcement of Laws Protecting Religious Freedom."


The project also invites tips on potential discrimination the DOJ might investigate. Gonzales made special mention of this near the end of his talk:

ake no mistake, I am here to ask the Southern Baptist Convention, and all of you in this room, for your help. The Department of Justice has many tools to protect religious freedoms in this country, and we are using them. But even with all of our passion and our dedication to this cause, we cannot do it alone.Associated Baptist Press has more


For the full story see:

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/2/22/104711/204

Could this possibly have anything to do with the US Marshal's new "Church Court" pilot program slated to kick off in over a half dozen US cities in the summer of 2007 ? Probably not, but the new DOJ "religious freedom: initiative looks rather suspicious and very possibly directed to compete with the Americans United For The Separation Of Church And State/Interfaith Alliance joint "First Freedom First" project

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remember when we had a country with seperation of religion from govt. laws.

[msongs]

1. should that headline read Wrong leaning..? nt

[DeepModem Mom]

2. K&R

[helderheid]

3. this belongs on the front page

[williesgirl]

4. Glad to be 5th rec - we must stop this.

[Lars39]

5. "But my church isn't like that! We don't do that kind of thing!"

I can just hear the excuses from the Southern Baptists I know.
These 'good Germans' better pull their heads out of their asses.
I will fight every damn step of the way before I live in a theocracy.

[PassingFair]

6. Do more than K & R, DONATE....

Bricks and mortar for the wall of separation, available here...

http://www.au.org/site/PageServer

[BearSquirrel2]

7. They're called Brownshirts ...

NM

[sakabatou]

8. Blech

:puke:

[bperci108]

10. Or here in Kansas...

Brownback shirts.... ;)

[bperci108]

9. They know their time is short, so they are getting desperate.

Their religion is on the way out, so don't be surprised when they lash out violently against the inevitable end.