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April 22, 2005
The Bad Doctor

Bill Frist is getting criticism from the very people he means to stir into a frothy religious bloodlust.

As the Senate battle over judicial confirmations became increasingly entwined with religious themes, officials of several major Protestant denominations on Thursday accused the Senate Republican leader, Bill Frist, of violating the principles of his own Presbyterian church and urged him to drop out of a Sunday telecast that depicts Democrats as "against people of faith."

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Religious groups, including the National Council of Churches and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, plan to conduct a conference call with journalists on Friday to criticize Senator Frist's participation in the telecast. The program is sponsored by Christian conservative organizations that want to build support for Dr. Frist's filibuster proposal.

Among those scheduled to speak in the conference call is the Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, a top official of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., in which Dr. Frist is an active member.

New York Times

Good good. See, not all religious people are certifiably insane, just the ones running the country. It's really way past time for the multitude of "real" religious folks in this country to stand up to these crazies.

Posted by ahecht at April 22, 2005 2:12 PM
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