National Council Of Churches Calls For Brett Kavanaugh’s Withdrawal
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The National Council of Churches called for the withdrawal of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on Wednesday, citing his behavior during last week’s Senate hearing and his “political record.”
“We believe he has disqualified himself from this lifetime appointment and must step aside immediately,” the Washington-based council said in a statement.
According to its website, the organization represents over 40 million people and 38 Christian denominations.
During his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, the council wrote, “Judge Kavanaugh exhibited extreme partisan bias and disrespect towards certain members of the committee and thereby demonstrated that he possesses neither the temperament nor the character essential for a member of the highest court in our nation.”
The council also accused Kavanaugh of lying under oath.
“In addition, his testimony before the Judiciary Committee included several misstatements and some outright falsehoods,” it said.
The council didn’t list any specific lies, but several comments Kavanaugh made at the hearing don’t add up.
The nominee claimed that he “never attended a gathering like the one Dr. Ford describes in her allegation.” However, the calendars he presented in his defense clearly showed that Kavanaugh had scheduled gatherings strikingly similar to the one that accuser Christine Blasey Ford described.
He also claimed he never drank beer “to the point of blacking out.” Others who knew him in high school and college have described Kavanaugh back then as a heavy and frequent drinker.
In its statement Wednesday, the National Council of Churches also pointed to Kavanaugh’s professional history as a matter of concern.
“Judge Kavanaugh’s extensive judicial and political record is troubling with regard to issues of voting rights, racial and gender justice, health care, the rights of people with disabilities, and environmental protections,” the council said. “This leads us to believe that he cannot be an impartial justice in cases that are sure to come before him at the [Supreme] Court.”
Last week, America Magazine also called for Kavanaugh’s withdrawal, rescinding its previous endorsement of the nominee. The national magazine is published by Jesuits, a Catholic religious order for men also known as the Society of Jesus.
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“Judge Kavanaugh’s extensive judicial and political record is troubling with regard to issues of voting rights, racial and gender justice, health care, the rights of people with disabilities, and environmental protections,” the council said. “This leads us to believe that he cannot be an impartial justice in cases that are sure to come before him at the [Supreme] Court.”
The National Council Of Churches should withdraw itself from itself.
Now Christian religious groups are important ?
Of course, this is the type of hypocrisy witnessed daily.
Use and abuse.... until the wind is blowing in the direction they think is right.
Great, now we know Hal believes churches should control the Supreme Court.
Learn something new everyday.
Seriously? Wow.
Oh, I see … I'm an atheist, I therefore I am filled with hate for all people who are religious, and therefore seeding this article makes me a hypocrite. Lol - possibly the most ignorant sentiment ever expressed on NT regarding atheists. Pat yourselves on the backs, my holier than thou associates.
There is some obvious hypocrisy regarding the topic of this seed, but it's not on the part of atheists. This article sums it up nicely:
http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/10/04/national-council-of-churches-brett-kavanaugh-must-step-aside-immediately/
What’s really sad is that this letter will be seen as little more than a road bump on the way to Kavanaugh’s confirmation because these Christians don’t matter to conservatives. They’re not primarily the white evangelicals who make up the GOP base. They’re also the other Christians who, in many cases, vote for Democrats. And because of that, Republicans will pay little or no attention to their letter.
Because they're them "librul" Christians
Are you saying Democrats would heavily consider a letter from Evangelicals?
I don't believe Hal is referring to 'evangelicals here' those charlatans, frauds, and hucksters. Talking about real christians, the turn the other cheek folks, the Golden Rule folks.
If it were as honest an well reasoned as this letter was, yes. Unfortunately, evangelicals are incapable of that sort of thing. Evangelicals are only capable of getting in line with any position that helps advance their one true goal - to end legal abortion. They will go to any extreme in the process, doing an about face on everything they have claimed to be for in the past, if need be. They are the very definition of hypocrisy.
well yes he is...
Trump could nominate Jesus and the Democrats would rather see him burn in hell than be confirmed.
I've always said that there is only one requirement to be a "real Christian". If you think that Jesus is the son of God, born of a virgin, and died for our sins, you are a Christian, period. That means that evangelicals are in the same boat as Methodists, Protestants, Catholics, etc., no matter how inherently good or evil they are. The fact that they cannot possibly ever get together on matters of morality and ethics just illustrates the inanity of religion in general. Religions are nothing but tools for controlling herds.
If Jesus came back today, evangelicals would murder him for being a socialist hippie.
Oh, these Christians are better than those Christians because you agree with these Christians.
I tend to agree with people who exhibit morality and a conscience.
These Christians are ok now. Are you aware that Catholics are part of this council?
Am I supposed to hate Catholics more than Methodists or Protestants? Sorry, but I have friends from all varieties of religion. Perhaps you need to learn what an atheist actually is.
Jesus a socialist? Jesus never taught to be a slave to the state. Jesus was a humanitarian...far from a socialist.
Correction - Jesus was a fictional character in a book written by bronze age goat herders.
Relevance? Jesus was not a socialist. Fictional or non.
I find it odd that you give substance to people who believe what you feel is nonsense and consistently condemn and mock.
Jesus, by today's standards would be a flaming far left wing liberal.
Christianity is a good thing today right?
Full stop on that after Kavanaugh gets confirmed.
It will be back to throwing Christians to the lions for many on the left after that. Back to normal as it were
Mr Hallelujah is an ardent believer in Christianity-- when it suits his political agenda!
(Otherwise...not so much...Heh
Mr Hallelujah is an ardent believer in Christianity
Funny, I always had the impression you had reading skills. Apparently I was wrong.
Well, apparently Krishna's ENTIRE post was understandable for most everyone but you. So be careful with those stones in your glass house.
Lol - even the part I quoted? Speaking of sorely lacking reading skills ….
A more glaring case of selective quoting i’ve never seen ...... but you digress ....
Does it, or does it not imply that Hal is susceptible to being a puppet to religion under certain circumstances? That would never happen ... ever. Guaranteed.
However, it’s not unreasonable for atheists and theists to share certain secular positions on matters unrelated to religion. After all, we both share the real world - we just don’t share the make-believe world of angels and demons.
Interesting wording ...... once again that huge chip on your shoulder is showing. Throw a tarp over that thing.
No need to complicate it. Its pretty simple and the comment in question frames it very well. You are clearly supportive of, that which you are normally VERY unsupportive of, when it in some way is progresses/supports your chosen narrative.
Perhaps in the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that is normal but many others would calll that hypocritical. But hey, thats just my opinion ..... i could be wrong.
Confucius would say to you, when you find yourself in a deep hole, stop digging. The realms of religion and secularism are entirely unconnected, but inevitably overlap.
And like you ..... Confucious would be wrong
The problem I have with the National Council of Churches is that they are judging him off of him getting angry at what looks to be false allegations. Any thinking person will get angry at being falsely accused of something and the vast majority will show it. A judge is supposed to be an impartial arbitrator, but this isn't about him ruling on a court case where he has no personal stake in the matter. This is him being accused of doing something that will tarnish his reputation forever and, if he is not confirmed because of it, may destroy his career. It may have already destroyed his family. For them to come out and say he should withdraw is essentially stating that we are going to judge him now before all the facts are brought forward and without ANY evidence to support his accuser; which is the very meaning of the term "rush to judgement". There have been four people whose lives were destroyed in this fashion with far more evidence provided over what turned out to be false accusations of rape. 3 of them were the players on the Duke Lacrosse team and the 4th was their coach, whose only offense was to defend those 3 players.
One wonders where the left is right now. Pontificating loudly on the virtues of Separation of Church and State.
Awfully quiet in here on that topic right now
Kavanaugh knew what he was before he agreed to be interviewed for this position. He knew what kind of drinker he was, what was written in his high school yearbook, what his friend wrote about him in a book that was published, etc. If he didn't want to be scrutinized for behavior totally unbecoming of a future US Supreme Court judge, he should have settled for the circuit court position he already was enjoying. There are OBVIOUSLY better candidates out there for the US SC than a guy who straight up lies to congress and the county on national tv over things that he could have just admitted to, and been seen as honest guy who made honest mistakes. He could have done that without admitting to sexual assault. He is a liar, and a fraud, and does not deserve to be in a position that will dictate matters of utmost importance to millions of Americans.
Not according to the ABA!
As you were saying?
Please, if you have ANYTHING, anything at all, showing that the ABA has changed their rating on Kavanaugh from its best-possible rating, present it.
The ABA called for an FBI investigation.
The FBI did so.
Time to move on and get him confirmed!
They called for an "appropriate background check". That did not happen. What happened was a Trump-led farce whereby the FBI wouldn't even return calls to those who had information that could have proved valuable in establishing his background and character.
The appropriate background check has now occurred 6 or 7 times.
Just because you didn't see the desired results of the checks doesn't mean they didn't happen/
If the ABA lowers its ratings, then you MIGHT have a point.
Until then, not so much.
What is appropriate about ignoring the input of people who Kavanaugh was surrounded by during the time in question?
Not one person has corroborated Ford's claims.
Time to let it go.
It is a loser for Democrats, and the tighter and longer they hold on to it, the worse it will be for them.
Which I am perfectly fine with.
Yes, it did happen, Democrats just don't like the results and will just have to take it.
Who claims that now they were at the party with Ford and Kavanaugh?
When the White House tells the FBI not to talk to anyone who can corroborate Ford's claims then yeah, it is kind of hard to learn if they are true or, not.
Also, Ford has stated that the FBI hasn't made any attempt to question her about her testimony to Congress and, no attempt has been made to question Kavanaugh. It sounds like a whitewash to me.
What is there to question her about?
She claimed he assaulted her, he denied it, and not a one of her own witnesses corroborated her story. Case closed, Kavanaugh confirmed.
What it sounds like to you is irrelevant.
The White House recorded that and told the FBI to interview anyone they felt necessary .
Well, well, well.
Looks like Democrats got caught lying again.
And all because the investigation didn't turn out like they wanted.
Now they are just being whiny little wonks.
Well, we don't know about the witness's since the president won't let the FBI ask them.
Flake said when he asked for the investigation that if the report looked like it wasn't complete he would vote against confirmation, I guess we'll have to see what he does today.
And, it doesn't matter what you believe is right, what matters is the fact that the Republicans have once again Anita Hilled a witness in a judicial hearing.
And, the FBI said that in spite of what Trump tweeted they never received anything from the White House that confirmed they could "open up" the investigation from the restrictions they were given.
The White House rescinded that and authorized the FBI to interview any they felt necessary.
That letter is actually only the opinion of the President of the ABA. The ABA board never voted on sending that letter and in fact stated after the letter was sent and published that Kavanaugh still had their highest rating.
Excuse me, but why does the FBI have to interview her? If she has anything to add to her Congressional testimony, it was incomplete and possibly a lie. If she says one word different than what she gave as testimony, it is perjury. Frankly, by calling for the FBI to interview her it is extremely stupid of her lawyers as it sets up the very real and major possibility that she lied to Congress and the FBI investigation was just a sham to delay the entire process until after the election. /if I was her lawyer, I would not want the FBI to interview her after her Congressional testimony as all it would do is create a greater chance that she would be caught in a lie.
So Trump claimed on Twitter but, the FBI has said differently and, according to this report,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/administration-says-white-house-is-not-limiting-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-but-is-against-fishing-expedition/2018/09/30/aa7b796e-c4bb-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html?utm_term=.184ee974258c
Grassley and, McConnell seem to be the ones deciding for the White House and, the FBI what is to be investigated and, who is to be questioned. Once again, Anita Hill comes to mind.
So, if Ford says anything else about it, it must be a lie and, perjury, does that also hold for Kavanaugh? Does that mean that the Op-Ed he recently penned is perjury and, a lie?
Because it is their job to follow the evidence.
Doesn't appear that an appropriate background check was conducted on Bart O'Kavanaugh before he was a Federal judge or now. There was at least one college roommate that the FBI never spoke to before Bart became a judge.
I had a friend who worked for the FBI and they talked to EVERYONE. Friends, neighbors, family, EVERYONE.
But all those people who the FBI didn't speak to - will be going to the press now.
Sounds like everything out of his mouth is a whiny, sniveling, little bitch, lie - if he answers at all. He's already perjured himself many times.
More like some Democrats tried to Anita Hill Kavanaugh.
I am sure many are disappointed with their futile efforts at it.
That's too bad.
I have three words for you, Alan J. Dixon. Look him up.
'J' isn't a word, it's a letter. Just sayin'!
LOL, I know, I couldn't remember if his middle name was John or, not. Check him out, I think you'll find his fate interesting.
I have 3 words for you, too.
JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH
So... much... winning...
Never gets old, does it?
The National Council of Churches called for the withdrawal of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on Wednesday, citing his behavior during last week’s Senate hearing and his “political record.”
The National Council of Churches?
LOL!
Seriously Mr. "Hallelujah"-- are you going to give credence to any of those folks who actually believe in an imaginary fairy who lives in the sky...????
Of course. What do think I am? A guy who only associates with atheists? I also hate lima beans. Should I poll my friends about their opinion on lima beans and cast aside those who favor them?
I like lima beans. Does this mean we can't be friends anymore?
No … but it does change my opinion of you a little.
The churches need to clean their own houses first. Until then, they need to just shut up.