‘Ecstatic’ Jesus Junkies See SCOTUS Appointment As Chance To Overturn Roe, Obergefell
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They’re weeping for joy in Jesus Land as Religious Right leaders and organizations click their heels in downright glee at the announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, seeing it as an opportunity to reverse the Supreme Court’s recognition of a woman’s right to choose and the right of same-sex couples to be legally married.
The president of the National Organization for Marriage, Brian Brown, declared in an email alert about Trump and the Senate putting another “Gorsuch” on the court:
It is impossible to overstate the importance of this moment. We will go from a 5-4 split that redefined marriage to a 5-4 pro-marriage majority. It will give us a legitimate opportunity to remove the lie of same-sex ‘marriage’ that was illegitimately imposed on the nation.
Ralph Reed, a certified Bible Bullshitter, whose Faith and Freedom Coalition recently honored Mike Pence, called Kennedy’s retirement with regard to Roe Vs Wade:
A seminal moment in the modern history of the Supreme Court imposed abortion on demand by judicial fiat. President Trump won the evangelical vote overwhelmingly in 2016 in no small measure because he made an ironclad pledge that he would nominate pro-life, strict constructionists who would respect the Constitution, not legislate from the bench. President Trump and the U.S. Senate have an ideal opportunity to restore the rule of law and create a culture of life.
Catherine Glenn Foster of the anti-choice Americans United for Life was described by the Christian Broadcasting Network as “ecstatic.” and Concerned Women for America’s Penny Nance declared:
This is the moment conservative women have been waiting for—the chance to return justice and constitutional limits to the nation’s highest court. This is the reason they voted overwhelmingly for Donald J. Trump over Hillary Clinton.
Randall Terry, an extreme anti-choice activist, and the founder of Operation Rescue denounced Kennedy for having voted to uphold Roe v. Wade.
Because of Kennedy’s treachery to God, the babies, and his oath before God to uphold the U.S. constitution, tens of millions of babies have been discarded in sewers and landfills, where their blood cries to God for vengeance, and cries as a witness against Justice Kennedy, and all his comrades in judicial fiats.
Terry also denounced Kennedy’s support for marriage equality, which Terry described as “audacious belligerence against God.”
We would do well to remember that of the four sins that cry to God for vengeance, the “shedding of innocent blood” is first, and “sodomy” is second. If America reaps the judgment it beckons, Justice Kennedy could find himself in the front row of the guilty defendants appearing before God’s Judgment Seat where Kennedy’s Supreme Court opinions and rulings will only serve as a witnesses against his immortal soul.
Alliance Defense Fund’s (ADF) Michael Farris, in contrast, played it cool, saying,
We respectfully disagree with those decisions where Justice Kennedy created ‘rights’ not found in or intended by the United States Constitution. He deeply disappointed many Americans with his constitutional jurisprudence favoring abortion and same-sex marriage. But we also praise Justice Kennedy’s insight and forceful celebration of First Amendment freedoms, his sensitivity to the danger of authoritarian government, and his refreshing desire to preserve and teach the necessity of freedom of speech to future generations.
When speaking before anti-choice audiences, ADF is more forthcoming about its goals, as Kennedy’s replacement with a far-right justice will boost ADF’s strategic plan to “eradicate” Roe and ban abortion altogether.
The Heritage Foundation, the massive and infamous right-wing think tank and advocacy organization that helped vet candidate Trump’s list of potential justices, said Kennedy’s resignation has handed Trump “the biggest gift of his presidency.” Heritage immediately began promoting its favorites from Trump’s list and profiled the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo, an architect of the long right-wing campaign to achieve ideological dominance of the federal judiciary and Trump’s closest adviser on judicial nominations.
The Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins wrote,
On cases involving abortion and issues of sexuality and gender, there stands to be a major sea change with Trump’s next SCOTUS pick. “As the first GOP nominee in history to say that he would only appoint pro-life justices to the bench, Trump won over plenty of skeptics by releasing his list of solid and impartial jurists in advance of the election. For voters who ranked SCOTUS as the number one priority in 2016 (and there were a lot of them), Kennedy’s retirement gives them another major opportunity to help President Trump appoint another Neil Gorsuch-type justice to the Supreme Court.
Mat Staver, head of the anti-equality Liberty Counsel, made a similar point in a press release that said Trump has “another chance to fundamentally reshape the top of the judiciary and to create a solidly conservative court that could last for decades. “The Supreme Court is why many people voted for President Donald Trump,” said Staver. “With Justice Kennedy’s retirement, the next justice will have a huge impact on the future of America.”
“Wow,” declared Catholic Vote, declaring that it is gearing up to pressure red-state Democratic senators who are up for re-election this year:
Remember, this isn’t merely a political game. In many ways, this will be a spiritual war. Anyone paying attention knows what is at stake. … We find ourselves at what seems a surreal moment in American history. The future of the country hangs in the balance. For the people of life, the stars are aligned to score a major victory. If we capture it…
Ed Martin of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles says Trump has “the chance for decades of impact on America’s legal landscape.”
Independent Women’s Forum’s Erin Hawley said in a press release that Kennedy’s retirement is an opportunity for Trump to appoint…
…a second Supreme Court justice who believes in originalism and will take the words of our Constitution seriously. This will likely be his most important and most enduring legacy.
And from the National Religious Broadcasters’ Jerry Johnson:
This week’s 5-4 decisions are a vivid reminder that we must have Supreme Court justices who honor the values of life and liberty at the very core of our Republic. Free speech and religious liberty hang in the balance, and those values would have suffered dearly if Justice Gorsuch had not been on the bench. I urge President Trump to nominate a Constitution-honoring individual in the mold of Justice Scalia once again, and for the Senate to confirm him or her quickly.
I’m exhausted, dear reader, from spending an afternoon collecting crazy. No doubt there will be more as these Jesus Junkies bring themselves, bowing and scraping, to the Altar of Trump, in anticipation of all those American women who may be forced to the Butcher’s Back Alley in the name of The Risen One. It is His will they will say, and we all understand Jesus Knows Best.
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Would it not be odd if the next pick by Trump were to be another Earl Warren who was a conservative from California. Feeling confident then the conservatives got flip on their heads by the Warren court.
They won’t do shit because they need these wedge issues to get Reich wing morons out to the polls to keep them in power. If these things go, they have nothing to run on and nothing to put out in email form to get them money on a regular basis.
America has a virulent minority of religionist throwbacks possesing a mentality and reasoning capacity of someone from the Dark Ages.
tRump and the bible thumping morons who support him are the enemy freedom, liberty , and the exercise of rational free will.
In keeping with the rhetoric of the thumpers, Damn then to help.
But what “They” have that “we” do not, is organization, through their churches, and leadership from the church leaders. It is not just the Evangelicals, Catholics, some Methodists, Presbyterians and especially the Baptists. They all oush that anti abortion line.
What do we have? Loose groups of people who’s biggest talent is eating their own.
Hear! Hear! And with the passing of each day the Liberals are getting hungrier and hungrier, it seems as they move farther to the Left, which will not sell in the next election. Free college and health care are fine, but those who support Trump want border controls, jobs, a strong military, and Jesus everywhere.
Fucking religious idiots! Willing to let women get back alley abortions just so they can satisfy their mythical madness. How can anyone believe that shit anyway? Crazy Christians!!!!