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DeSantis appointee to Florida Supreme Court belongs to Christian group using law to spread the Gospel
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/09/15/desantis-appointee-to-florida-supreme-court-belongs-to-christian-group-using-law-to-spread-the-gospel/
Grosshans, from the Orlando suburb of Winter Garden, was named Floridas seventh justice Monday, filling the vacancy created last year when President Trump named two of DeSantis' previous appointees, Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
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Both times Grosshans applied to the states high court, she left out some details on her application: specifically her membership in the Alliance Defending Freedom, her work as a Blackstone Fellow, a prestigious but secretive national award that trains rising star lawyers in the conservative teachings of the Alliance Defending Freedom, and her 2011 work with Orlando attorney John Stemberger to prevent a young woman from having an abortion.
The Alliance Defending Freedom is a national organization that, according to its website exists to keep the doors open for the Gospel by advocating for religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, freedom of speech, and marriage and family.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Grosshans
Grosshans is a member of the Christian Legal Society and a Blackstone Fellow of the Alliance Defending Freedom, which has been designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-LGBTQ hate group.
DFW
(54,047 posts)The more a right-wing organization uses the word "freedom" in their name, the less they seem to be for freedom?
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)DFW
(54,047 posts)The Freedom Toast !!
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)DFW
(54,047 posts)Rats, too late now............
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)I can think of at least two organizations that don't meet your characterization.
The Texas Freedom Network
The Freedom From Religion Foundation.
I do get your point though.
DFW
(54,047 posts)It isnt an ironclad rule to which there are no exceptions
Roland99
(53,342 posts)DFW
(54,047 posts)From minorities, women, LGBTQ, liberal men...yeah...
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)czarjak
(11,191 posts)pfitz59
(10,196 posts)with lawyers and judges like this. Same with School Boards, City Councils and County Supervisors and other "under-the-radar" positions. This doesn't even touch on all Advisory Boards and Committees they populate. A stealth takeover of our nation.
C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)Some worm god in a steaming pile of dung?