Holsinger's critics have a problem with his faith, says observer

OneNewsNow.com ^ | July 18, 2007 | Allie Martin and Jody Brown

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An official with the Institute on Religion and Democracy says many critics of President Bush's nominee for surgeon general have no problem with his qualifications. Their main concern, says Mark Tooley, appears to be his faith.

Recently, the first hearings were held concerning the president's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James Holsinger, Jr. The Kentucky cardiologist has come under fire by homosexual activist groups who have condemned him because he is president of the Judicial Council in the United Methodist denomination, which is the church's top court. One of those groups, the Human Rights Campaign, has attacked Holsinger for what it calls his "anti-gay beliefs" and for his association with a church that has an ex-"gay" ministry. Both stances, says HRC, would conflict with his responsibilities as surgeon general.

Mark Tooley is with the Institute on Religion and Democracy in Washington, DC. He says most of Dr. Holsinger's critics are unhappy with his stand on homosexuality and same-sex "marriage." According to Tooley, cases have come before the council involving the church's official policies on homosexuality.

"So, predictably, these homosexual organizations focusing on Dr. Holsinger's church activities have said that he is not qualified to be U.S. surgeon general because, supposedly, he is too extreme to serve in the role as top doctor for the American people," Tooley observes. "But of course, Dr. Holsinger belongs to a mainstream denomination which, if anything, is left of center," he adds.

The IRD spokesman says it seems as if critics of Holsinger want to prohibit all traditional Christians from holding public office. Tooley also says it is telling that Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John Edwards have voiced their opposition to Dr. Holsinger.

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"As a man thinketh, so is he"

Seems the evil in our nation are incapable of determining that a good man may be a man of faith ... which translates into a belief, more than likely, in a Judeo Christian biblical God ... until some element of his thought processes points to the formation of his thoughts, which they thought was so good .. did not come from a government school indoctrination, but a clear understanding of what the Bible has to say.

Trully, men love darkness and they are blinded to the truth.