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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.

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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"Over the last 40 years, the Supreme Court has made itself into a super legislature, imposing radical public policies upon the American people. In this process the Court has systematically chiseled away at religious freedoms, in effect, attempting to erase the Christian heritage that is etched upon the character of our nation." said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.

During the last "Justice Sunday" in April of this year, where some of the same topics were covered, liberal churches and other religious groups protested the the mixture of politics and faith.

"Those in public office must never make religion the lens," through which constitutional issues are seen, said the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of The Interfaith Alliance, according to the Associated Press.

However Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention argued that politics and faith had a close relationship.

"The various elites in this culture have for a half century tried to marginalize religious belief as a significant factor in public policy," Land told the Dallas Morning News.

"People have the right to bring their religiously informed moral values into public policy debate," he added.

Conservative evangelicals have been increasing their efforts to have their voice heard by policy makers.

Haggard, who will speak on Sunday about the roles that churches can play in the judicial selection process has previously stated that evangelicalism can have a prominent role in public life.

"Evangelicalism has no reservation about being a voice in politics," he said in April to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He participates in weekly conference calls with President Bush and has met with him regarding his faith-based initiative of government support for social services by religious organizations.

Bishop Harry Jackson, the head pastor of Hope Christian Church, a megachurch in Washington D.C., will also be speaking at Justice Sunday.

Earlier this year, he launched a grassroots campaign he hopes will empower church, community and political leaders in urban communities to be an influence on moral issues in the country. He helped to draft a "Black Contract With America on Moral Values" initiative.

Sunday, he will speak out on how Black and White Churches can combine to make an impact on the nation.

"The Supreme Court is the front line of the spiritual battle for the culture. We are not fighting with flesh and blood, but we must have a clear, unified strategy that affects the engines of U.S. government," he told Citizen Link.

"We must follow the advice of Jesus to "be wise as serpents and harmless as doves."

Justice Sunday II will air on Sunday, August 14, 2005. It will originate from Nashville, Tenn., and start at 7 p.m. ET. It will be seen across the country on TBN (10 p.m ET rebroadcast), through satellite provider Sky Angel (9pm-10:30pm ET), beamed directly to churches across the country, and also through a radio simulcast. Check your local listings.

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