Says
Americans United For the Separation of Church and State Executive Director Barry Lynn, in a
press release accompanying AU's 22 page
Pdf report detailing what AU calls
"Alito's troubling legal record on church-state issues" :
Judge Alito appears to be exactly what the extreme right wants for the nation's top court a judge eager to seriously weaken the wall separating religion and government. As a federal appeals court judge, Alito has consistently sided with powerful religious groups who have sought government help in promoting their work.
Says Dr. Bruce Prescott,
on Talk To Action,
In my opinion, religious liberty for everyone -- not just Christians -- is our first freedom. It's the first freedom because it is the bedrock foundation upon which every other form of freedom rests. It secures our right to a free conscience and protects the rights of minorities. If you can strip away the right of any minority to worship as they please, to be free from indoctrination into someone else's religion, and to be exempt from paying taxes to support someone else's faith, then you can undermine any other right that minorities enjoy in our society.
I encourage others to join AU in opposing the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
This dairy really serves as an extension to Cedwyn's excellent Daily Kos diary series detailing Alito's troubled record.
On of these two diaries - Cedwyn I'd say - really should be on the recommended list.
Alito - if his nomination passes - will have great power to remake America....
Consider that.