Evangelicals To Speak Out at Justice Sunday II
Influential conservative Christian figures will be speaking out against 'judicial activism' and will press senators to give a fair hearing to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts tonight
Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005
Posted: 11:06:52AM EST

Influential conservative Christian figures will be speaking out against "judicial activism" and will press senators to give a fair hearing to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts in a national broadcast tonight. Some religious groups have criticized the organizers for imposing faith issues on U.S public policy.

The broadcast, called "Justice Sunday II: God Save the United States and this Honorable Court!" will highlight what Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, the organizer of the event, views as a judiciary run amok in its support of a "liberal agenda" that allows abortion, same-sex marriage and "the banishment of God from public places."

Among the speakers on the program that will originate from Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn., will be Perkins, and Pastor Ted Haggard of the National Association of Evangelicals, Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church and James Dobson of Focus on the Family via videotape. House Majority leader Tom Delay (R-Texas), has also been invited to speak at the event.

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