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Monday, August 01, 2005

Christian groups protest Roberts, Congress

Colorado Springs, Colorado—Christian leaders today assailed President Bush’s Supreme Court nominee, John G. Roberts, for his lack of a “clear and compelling record” of service to the poor.

James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, said today in a press conference that Christians should “look with suspicion” on any judicial nominee who does not have a “demonstrated commitment” to the “poor and downtrodden.”

“Judge Roberts may come from the finest schools,” said Dobson, “but we find nothing in his record to suggest that he has a proper Christian understanding of humility and service, let alone love and charity.  And Judge Roberts may be well-connected, but Christians should set no store by those who lay up treasures for themselves on earth.  The Christian community deserves a justice who will fight against the profound obscenity of people living in crushing poverty amidst a land of plenty, and John Roberts is not that justice.”

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a White House official expressed exasperation with Dobson and other Christian leaders for their intransigence with regard to Roberts’ nomination.  “Ever since we took office, they’ve been Johnny One Note,” said the official.  “Poverty, poverty, poverty—it’s all these people seem to care about.  The truth is that these are religious extremists, and they have a very strict litmus test for the judiciary.  But we see no reason why the President of the United States should be beholden to them.”

In related news, Christian and Catholic leaders are reportedly planning an interfaith protest march in Washington, D.C. to demand Congressional authorization of stem-cell research.  Dubbed the “Heal the Sick” rally, it is tentatively scheduled for October 18, St. Luke’s Day.

Posted by Michael on 08/01 at 12:53 PM
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