The Christian Coalition of Alabama (CCA) is accusing trial lawyers, without any evidence, of funding an
anti-Christian agenda through its contributions to judicial candidates. That's a whopper, and CCA knows it. CCA leader John Giles has surely not forgotten that he has criticized trial lawyers in
The New York Times for contributing nearly a million dollars to the 2004 campaigns of three
conservative Christian candidates for the Alabama Supreme Court. Those candidates advertised that they share the same judicial philosophy as former Alabama Chief Justice Roy S Moore, the "Ten Commandments" judge, who wants to
remake America as a Christian nation.
So why is CCA engaged in a baseless smear campaign over judicial contributions? Maybe it's because the agenda that the CCA is pushing these days is not so much a pro-Christian agenda as a pro-corporate agenda. And maybe they're trying to distract conservative Christian voters from the fact that the CCA is embroiled in a scandal over its acceptance of $850,000 in contributions that trace back to one of the Indian tribal clients of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Back in 2000, the Mississippi Band of Choctaws had a problem. A rival tribe over the state line in Alabama planned to build a casino, and that would have cut into the Choctaw's gambling revenue. So the Choctaws hired a lobbyist -- Jack Abramoff -- to help them head off the competition. And as it turns out, the Choctaws' problem was solved, but the solution caused a whole new headache for CCA, which is still suffering from the effects today. FULL STORY AT
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