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By Frederick Clarkson
12/02/2005 01:22:12 AM EST

Blogger DefCon Clark thinks there's "somthing fishy going on" regarding the next Justice Sunday. You remember -- those rallies organized by Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and James Dobson of Focus on the Family in favor of Bush's most extreme judicial nominees.  But for all the appearances of a raw exercise of power, all may not be as it seems.

He writes:  
First they quietly changed the date from Dec 4, to Jan. 8. Secondly, despite massive promotion by the religious right for the first two events, there hasn't been a peep from anyone regarding its most recent incarnation. All we know is the date, the place (Greater Exodus Baptist Church in Philadelphia) and a limited who (thus far only Tony Perkins, James Dobson, and Greater Exodus' Pastor, Herbert Lusk have been announced as speakers).

This may be all about to change however. It seems that ...[today], Fri. Dec 2nd, Tony Perkins is holding a Pastor-Only breakfast at the People for People building in Philadelphia.

Clark has Perkins' letter posted over at Street Prophets.  


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What's Up with Tony Perkins? | 2 comments (2 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Well, what's your take? (none / 0)
You are the resident expert here.

It would seem to me that they're beginning to think it's better to promote their agenda -- as they have for decades -- from behind the scenes, instead of in-your-face as they've been doing for the past several years.

Maybe they're getting the message that the American public thinks their agenda is kinda nuts?

by SusanG on 12/02/2005 09:40:59 AM EST

well, (none / 0)
I haven't followed the Justice Sunday situation closely. But my hunch is that they are probably having trouble getting name speakers who can stay on message, as it were. I suspect too, that the religious right is divided about the current Supreme Court nominee.

Also in the stew is the possibility that because a pretty wide swath of Americans are fighting back -- sick of rightwing hacks hijacking Christianity for narrow partisan ends on the one hand -- and seeking to smash the separation of church and state on the other -- that this has thrown the religious right into a bit of a tizzy.

In that sense, part of it too, is the Dems finding that elusive spine -- and mainstream religious leaders making the same kind of discovery.

But what exactly is up with Tony Perksins, I don't know. I pose it as a question because I think this is worth keeping an eye on and thinking about. To the extent that my informed speculations above are so, it could suggest a fairly major shift in American politics.

by Frederick Clarkson on 12/02/2005 01:05:33 PM EST

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