Everything I have to say about that I have already said here. But buried in the NYT story is this:
In a televised prayer on Tuesday for Judge Roberts' confirmation, for example, the television evangelist Pat Robertson asked his viewers to pray: "Take control, Lord! We ask for additional vacancies on the court." (A "prayer point" on the Web site for Mr. Robertson's "Supreme Court Freedom Project" includes "additional vacancies" as well.)I couldn't quite believe that, so I went looking. Sure enough, Pat Robertson has posted a list of "Prayer Points" on the CBN website, advising his followers on what to pray for in connection with what he calls "Operation Supreme Court." Included as the fourth item on the list is an injunction to:
Pray that additional vacancies occur within the Supreme Court.He says he is only suggesting prayers that someone else will retire, ala Justice O'Connor. Maybe. But "retirement" is not what the "Prayer Point" asks for, and one will be excused for thinking that what he really wants is for God to strike some of them dead, starting, probably, with Justice Kennedy. *
What CAN these people be thinking?
* A member of the majority in Casey v. Planned Parenthood, "that kept abortion alive" and the author of Lawrence v. Texas, that " basically established a constitutional right to sodomy". [Note: characterizations are Robertson's].
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"Pray that justices who believe in a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution be replaced by those who are strict constructionists"
I went to the site you mentioned, and found the above Prayer Point…..This is my favorite, because it suggests that God has an opinion between loose and strict construction of the constitution. By inference, then, the issue of strict v. loose construction is a matter of theology, that God Almighty himself, has some sort of immutable truth as to how our constitution should be interpreted. Does that suggest that God also has similar dogmas concerning other legal documents, such as the Egyptian Constitution ( if they have one), or other documents written by men. Does this mean that God would support overruling the case that held the Bill of Rights applicable to the states? And of course, God would overrule Brown v. Board, because separate but equal is still strictly "equal", is it not, well AMEN. Or what if, by chance, some way out State such as Mass. passed it's own constitutional amendment stating that Gays had a right to be married.? Well this one is really easy for P. Robertson. Because such a Constitutional provision would be obviously contrary to the law of God, then the provision would be ultra vires. But somehow, even for the believer doesn't a prayer like this really cheapen prayer….just think of how this sounds to God.
Our Father, who art in heaven, blessed be thy name. They kingdom come, thy will be done, and please give us a strict constructionist on the Supreme Court.
- Lou
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