You're going to run over them. Get around them, run over the top of them, destroy them - whatever you need to do so that God's word is the word that is being practiced in Congress, town halls and state legislatures. That's your job. - Bill Thomson, Christian Coalition Field Director
People For the American Way Foundation got its start 25 years ago when a bipartisan group of business, religious, civic, and civil rights leaders got together to counter efforts by Jerry Falwell and his ilk to advance a far-right political agenda through partisan religiosity. Now, 25 years later, we have taken the very first TV spot we ran – stressing the dangers of manipulating religion for political gain – and made it the centerpiece of our newest ad.
PFAW Foundation was motivated to update this prescient spot because crass political abuse of religion is no longer restricted to the Jerry Falwells and the Pat Robertsons of the world – it has become a tool of elected officials at the highest levels.
On Sunday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) took part in a simulcast broadcast into churches around the nation called, “Justice Sunday – Stopping the Filibuster Against People of Faith.” This simulcast was a product of the right-wing group Family Research Council, which hoped to use “Justice Sunday” to spread the lie that efforts to preserve the filibuster’s checks and balances are really just a liberal attack on people of faith. Frist’s support for this event and its divisive message have been denounced by hundreds of religious leaders.
It was indefensible for the nation’s Senate Majority Leader to participate in an event that slanders his colleagues – and millions of Americans – as anti-Christian based on political differences over the use of the filibuster to preserve an independent judiciary that will stand up for Americans’ rights.
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