Posted on 08/04/2004 6:44:15 AM PDT by DoctorMichael
Democratic adviser backed atheist in suit
The Democratic National Committee's new adviser for religious outreach was one of 32 signatories on a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief backing an atheist who sought to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance.
In February, the Rev. Brenda Bartella Peterson was one of almost three dozen Christian and Jewish clergy who - along with the Unitarian Universalist Association - asked the Supreme Court to support Michael Newdow, the California plaintiff trying to change the Pledge's wording.
The Supreme Court restored the words "under God" to the Pledge in June, ruling that Mr. Newdow had no standing or legal right to bring the case.
Mrs. Peterson was already well-known in Washington, where she was executive director for the Clergy Network for National Leadership Change, a group trying to oust President Bush and undermine religious conservatives..................SNIP
..............Sen. John Kerry's religious adviser, Mara Vanderslice, by bringing up her past connections with radical political groups.............SNIP
Mrs. Peterson rallied religious liberals since she took the Clergy Network post in November. Her husband, John Peterson, is communications director for the Interfaith Alliance, a liberal ecumenical group. ..............SNIP
"Religion has been manipulated by this administration to a new and disgusting level," she told Agence France-Presse.........SNIP
Mrs. Peterson told the PBS show "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" last week that her hiring "is a strong statement that the Democrats and John Kerry and John Edwards want to reach out to religious voters, want to hear what they have to say.
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Kerry can't even pick advisers that are capable of pretending to be like normal Americans.
I see no inconsistancy here. In fact, it's entirely consistant with Democrat 'theology' to name someone like this. I'm glad they finally had the courage to stay with their convictions!
It's not inconsistancy, but it is stupidity. In an effort to reach out to religioius people, the Dems pick someone who doesn't believe that religion belongs in the public square. How can you reach out with that kind of philosophy?
Hmmmmmmmmm........."Wolf in sheeps clothing"?
No doubt it's stupid. Isn't there a saying that goes something like "Praise God for the stupidity of my enemies"?
Kerry must be asked why he has a Micheal Newday supporter advising him!!
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