Posted on 10/09/2005 5:55:54 PM PDT by Constitution Restoration Act
A minister asked Harriet Miers' fellow worshippers on Sunday to pray for her as she prepares for public scrutiny and intense political debate over her nomination to the Supreme Court.
The congregation of the Cornerstone Christian Church, a group meeting at a Dallas hotel after breaking away from another local church, stood and applauded when the minister noted Miers' presence. She had attended services earlier in the morning at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, where her brother and other family members belong.
Cornerstone Minister Ron Key asked the 150-member congregation at the hotel to understand "the crucible of pressure that Harriet is about to be exposed to" and called on them to pray for her every day. She was not mentioned during the Episcopal service.
Outside the Church of the Incarnation, Miers smiled at reporters but did not stop to answer questions as she walked inside with her brother. When asked by a reporter outside the church if she was surprised by the conservative reaction to her nomination, Miers replied, "Nice to see you."
Several prominent conservatives have criticized President Bush for nominating a person without a strong background in constitutional law and a decidedly conservative view of jurisprudence. Miers has spent most of her career in private practice in Dallas and has served Bush as his personal attorney, White House secretary and counsel.
Other conservatives have hailed her experience and called on like-minded people to trust Bush's judgment that Miers will rule according to the Constitution. They also have pointed to her past pro-life activities in Dallas as a sign of how she might decide abortion cases.
The Senate, which must confirm or reject the nomination, will hold hearings to learn more about her views.
Miers has attended services before at the Church of the Incarnation, which Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, attends. When in Washington, she attends St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House, which Bush also attends.
After the Episcopal service, Miers spoke briefly with longtime friend Molly Steele, whose husband is a priest at the church. "I just said God bless her and everything she's going to be going through for the next few weeks. It's going to be tough," said Steele, who, like Miers, is a former president of the Dallas Bar Association.
For years, Miers was a member of Valley View Christian Church, but she and about 150 of its 1,200 active members left the church to form another congregation, according to Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht. A friend of Miers, Hecht also is part of the breakaway group, which decided Sunday to adopt the name Cornerstone Christian Church.
Valley View is part of a movement known as Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. These conservative congregations grew from a reform movement in the 19th century that aimed to break down denominational barriers among Christians.
As a child, Miers attended Roman Catholic and Protestant churches. In 1979, she was baptized at Valley View, and she later taught Sunday school classes there.
The Bible confirms that human life begins in the womb.1 The Bible demonstrates that God values life before birth and states that anyone who induces an abortion or miscarriage is to be punished.2 Jesus often quoted from Deuteronomy. In fact, it is almost invariably from this book that He quotes.3
Jesus, in Matthew 19:18 reiterated Deuteronomy 5:17 "You must not murder."4 "Abortion is murder, plain and simple." 5
32 states recognize the unlawful killing of an unborn child as homicide in at least some circumstances.6 The source most often cited by the Founding Fathers in their political writings(1760-1805) was the Bible, which accounted for 34% of all citations. Deuteronomy was the most frequently cited book of the Bible.7
In Romans Chapter 13, verses 3, and 4 the terms ‘good,’ and ‘evil’ are used three times. Verse 9 describes "evil" by repeating the second half of the Decalogue found in Exodus 20:13-17, and Deuteronomy 5:17-21. The latter part of verse 9, and verse 10 describes "good." Is murder good, or evil? Genesis 9:6 "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man." If murder is evil, then mass murder(abortion) isn’t good. Proverbs 6:16-17 "These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him...hands that shed innocent blood…." The "rulers" are "ordained" "ministers of God" to be a "terror to evil" by "executing wrath upon those that do evil."
Let the following facts be submitted to the nominee:
1. "The Virginia Declaration of Rights strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the first part of the Declaration of Independence. It later provided the foundation for the Bill of Rights." 8
2. "I - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." 9
3. Thomas Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence, acknowledged the source of Rights and expressed the fundamental purpose of government: "....all Men are created equal...endowed by their Creator with...unalienable Rights, that among these are Life....to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted...." 10
4. Preamble to the U.S. Constitution," We the People of the United States, in Order to....secure the Blessings of Liberty to...our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution...." 11
5. "No person shall be...deprived of life...without due process of law...." 12
The National Lawyers Association takes the position that the practical effect of the legal connection or relationship between the Declaration and the Constitution is that the Constitution is to be interpreted in the light of the principles set forth in the Declaration.[...] The Preamble introduces and explains the purpose of The U.S. Constitution, and links it to The Declaration of Independence."
The Preface to the United States Code - Annotated states that "this code is the official restatement in convenient form of the general and permanent laws of the United States in force December 7, 1925...." The Preface also states that there is also contained therein a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Ordinance of 1787 and the Constitution with Amendments.13
"Report: 30 States Ready to Outlaw Abortion, Tuesday," October 05, 2004, FOXNews.com ."14The State-by-State Consequences of Overturning Roe v. Wade," September 2004, The Center for Reproductive Rights15
Notes
She needs protection from the looney left and looney right.
While they're at it, they should pray for any future Bush nominees for the Supreme Court, should any more vacancies occur.
No kidding. There hasn't been this much hysterical overreacting around here since TS.
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