Current Events: July 2005 Archives

G.O.P. Asks Conservative Allies to Cool Rhetoric Over the Court

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"In a series of conference calls on Tuesday and over the last several days, Republican Senate aides encouraged conservative groups to avoid emphasizing the searing cultural issues that social conservatives see at the heart of the court fight, subjects like abortion, public support for religion and same-sex marriage, participants said."

Sure, ask us to forsake the whole point we have in selecting a Supreme Court nominee.

Newsweek reported in its June 27th issue that Billy Graham said the following concerning same sex marriage: "I don't give advice. I'm going to stay off these hot-button issues." He also explained that he "just wants to preach the Gospel". Hello, how can you preach the Gospel without preaching the immorality of homosexual conduct? I am disappointed in him ...