Is Alito the Dream Candidate of the Religious Right? 
What the religious right wants, the religious right gets.At least that was message sent yesterday by the Bush Administration in nominating Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
After conservative Christians rallied to oppose Harriet Miers, President Bush caved and withdrew her nomination. In her place, he has nominated a darling of the religious right. According to Jay Sekulow, head of the conservative American Center for Law and Justice, on abortion Alito is "just fantastic." Sekulow went on, "you look at school prayer cases.... he has consistently ruled in our position."
Sekulow was not the only religious right leader rushing to support Alito. Within hours, Gary Bauer, Pat Robertson, Phyllis Schlafly, Tony Perkins and James Dobson all rallied to Alito's defense in national media.
Robertson: "I think this is a grand slam home run."
Dobson: "We are extremely pleased."
Schlafly: "Alito has a terribly impressive record."
Bauer: "If Harry Reid's disappointed, I think that's good news for us."
Alito's dedication to the religious right's agenda is no secret. Over the years, he has voted to restrict a woman's right to choose, to support the public display of religious symbols, and to oppose the longstanding "Lemon Test" (for decades the legal standard for upholding the separation of church and state).
As Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins told ABC, "To think that we're going to reverse the liberal activist court without a fight is wrong. There's going to be a fight. There needs to be a fight. We are ready to rumble."
The Religious Right is Ready to Rumble. How about you?
KEYWORDS: Alito, Religious Right, DefCon
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