Christian Conservatives Target Seated Judges

[harry_pothead]

Source: MSNBC

SAN DIEGO - A group of conservative attorneys say they are on a mission from God to unseat four California judges in a rare challenge that is turning a traditionally snooze-button election into what both sides call a battle for the integrity of U.S. courts.

Vowing to be God's ambassadors on the bench, the four San Diego Superior Court candidates are backed by pastors, gun enthusiasts, and opponents of abortion and same-sex marriages.

"We believe our country is under assault and needs Christian values," said Craig Candelore, a family law attorney who is one of the group's candidates. "Unfortunately, God has called upon us to do this only with the judiciary."
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The challenge is unheard of in California, one of 33 states to directly elect judges. Critics say the campaign is aimed at packing the courts with judges who adhere to the religious right's moral agenda and threatens both the impartiality of the court system and the separation of church and state.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37426719/ns/politics/

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Very not good.

[MajorChode]

1. This is exactly why judges shouldn't be elected

nt

[No Elephants]

2. God's ambassadors? Stay humble, nut cakes.

Guess it's okay for God "to legislate from the bench."

[harry_pothead]

3. Yeah. Don't eat shellfish or mix fabrics in San Diego.

[Politicalboi]

4. "We believe our country is under assault and needs Christian values,"

FU and your "christian values". I so hate these "morans". And I mean HATE!

[elocs]

5. Posted here at DU on Sunday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4404397

[SemperEadem]

6. what the fuck does "Unfortunately" mean?

that it's unfortunate that the only device left to them is to run for office? that they can't just go drag the judges out of their houses and lynch them at the street corner because they refuse to allow religion into their judicial decisions, like they're supposed to do? Is that what "unfortunate" means to this piece of disgusting filth?

And once they begin making rulings based upon their own personal brand of xtianity, will other religious sects complain?

See, this shit is going on all over the middle east right now--mullahs being superior elected officials, rendering those in elected offices no more than puppets to entertain the people.

is their god so weak that he has to resort to using them to do his dirty work? and isn't it the height of hubris to nominate yourself as god's designate commander in a supposed, made-up war on xtian values? What these assholes dont' get is god gave everyone a choice to believe or not and in this country, one's right to believe whatever they chose is guaranteed through the constitution and it's separation of church and state.

[formercia]

8. +1,000,000 K&R's

They want to turn California into the Xtian version of Iran.

[SILVER__FOX52]

7. I guess

these idiots have never read the Constitution. Odd for attorneys.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

9. The only time they read anything about the Constition is

when GlenBeck writes about it on his blackboard.