When religion is a litmus test - Why Miers was Shot Down by Fundies [View All]

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Roddy has dug up some interesting info here - frightening how the Fundies are taking control of our government and the SCOTUS. This clown suggests that if Miers was attending St. John's cause Bush went there and not her denomination, that it was a red flag to them that her loyalty to Bush was greater than to her Lord!

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05303/597121.stm

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The Rev. Rob Schenck, head of the National Clergy Council, a small Christian right group with surprising access to power players in Washington, swung a brief meeting with Ms. Miers. He described it as "pastoral" in nature. Rev. Schenck asked her about her faith, her prayer habits, her beliefs in whether God directly intervenes in this world.

"We just talked generally about prayer," he said. "She said that it was extremely important to her. She asked for our prayers, which I assured her she would have -- and she's had all along. We talked about the importance of her knowing the will of God for her life, for the court, for the nation. She said that was of utmost importance to her."

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Thus assured of Ms. Miers' religious orthodoxy, Rev. Schenck did a little more digging. He discovered, after their meeting, Ms. Miers belongs to The Church of Christ back in Texas but, while in Washington, attends St. John's Episcopal Church, across the street from the White House and across the theological divide from the Christian Right.

Rev. Schenck discovered that the church hosted the Rev. Peter Gomes, pastor of The Memorial Church of Harvard University and an openly gay clergyman. Digging deeper, he found St. John's had also received an Episcopal monk from New Jersey whose monastery, Rev. Schenck said, hosts an annual retreat for gay couples titled "Gay and Committed and Christian."

"It was a liberal church in every way," Rev. Schenck said. "The more I probed, the more I discovered the same. We were assured Ms. Miers would not change once in office, but it looked like she had already changed. She is attending a theologically and morally liberal church."