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This evening, a group called the Family Research Council, in concert with Focus on the Family, held "Justice Sunday - Stopping the Filibuster Against People of Faith, a live nationwide TV simulcast." The featured speakers so twisted the issue in order to bully senators to void over two hundred years of senatorial procedures so that this current Republican majority (not of the party of the past, but the current party beholden to a narrow segment of the population) so that this current Republican majority can have a coronation for a handful of judges. I do not even care if these judges are radicals or not. I do not care whether they are competent or not. The Constitution states that the President makes appointments to the Federal courts, and the role of the Senate is "advise and consent." This President in an unprecedented way has not sought advice, only consent. No wonder some Senators chafe at a few of these appointments and oppose them with the filibuster! And now the religious radical movement comes charging in to save the nominations, bully the few moderate Republicans remaining, and further wed the current leadership of the party to itself.
The Bible says that the Kingdom of Heaven is not flesh or blood, but within the heart. Do not fall for the rhetoric that masquerades as righteousness. The Pharisees of his day rejected Jesus as Messiah in part because he did not try to throw off Roman rule, did not try to reassert the political autonomy of Judea. But what does God care of these things? What does God care of a few judges, appointments, filibusters and politics? How about a word on live nationwide TV simulcast on generosity, forgiveness, kindness, honesty, love?
These are the important things. These are the things we seek and need. And although the community of souls I come in contact with on-line here and in real life does not qualify for the term "family" by the bigoted definition of the so-called Family Research Council or Focus on the Family, I love each and every one of you. For what you are. And for what good you can become. Whatever you choose. This is what the church should be saying. Not that I'm advocating any particular religious belief.
The Bible says that the Kingdom of Heaven is not flesh or blood, but within the heart. Do not fall for the rhetoric that masquerades as righteousness. The Pharisees of his day rejected Jesus as Messiah in part because he did not try to throw off Roman rule, did not try to reassert the political autonomy of Judea. But what does God care of these things? What does God care of a few judges, appointments, filibusters and politics? How about a word on live nationwide TV simulcast on generosity, forgiveness, kindness, honesty, love?
These are the important things. These are the things we seek and need. And although the community of souls I come in contact with on-line here and in real life does not qualify for the term "family" by the bigoted definition of the so-called Family Research Council or Focus on the Family, I love each and every one of you. For what you are. And for what good you can become. Whatever you choose. This is what the church should be saying. Not that I'm advocating any particular religious belief.