Vigil planned in response to "Justice Sunday" -Apr. 24

http://www.clnnlc.org/

Clergy and Laity Network and DriveDemocracy call for a National Prayer Vigil on April 24th in response to the proposed national telecast by the Family Research Council.


Senator Bill Frist has joined with this organization and they are attacking the faith of Democrats and progressives in a cynical, partisan effort to win support for a handful of extremist judicial nominees. The Council is on record saying that Democrats are "against people of faith."


For more information on the disheartening comments that Senator Frist supports, read the article at the New York Times.


Click here to download Clergy and Laity Network and Drive Democracy's press release.


More information on the prayer vigil will provided soon.

this is good news, and check out the groups involved
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New Break the Silence Bus Tour Dates

At each stop, we'll have a rally and meet with local members of the Beloved Community. National figures from the faith community will speak out about the War inIraq, poverty, privatizing social security, and other moral issues. Check back here soon to find updated information on Bus Tour stops and dates. Or you can visit DriveDemocracy.org for the latest on the bus tour.

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Co-sponsors include the National Council of Churches, United for Peace and Justice, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq (CALC-I), Fellowship of Reconciliation, Unitarian Universalist Association, The Shalom Center, Faith Voices for the Common Good, Drive Democracy, Disciples Justice Action Network, Pax Christi USA, Progressive Christians Uniting, Baptist Peace Fellowship, Christians for Justice Action, Rainbow-PUSH Coalition, World Sikh Council - America Region, Faithful America, True Majority, Tikkun Community, Bruderhof Communities, Protestants for the Common Good, WHALE Center, Call to Action, Church of the Brethren Witness / Washington Office, The Witness Magazine, Global Justice and Peace Ministry - Riverside Church, Episcopal Divinity School, Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education, Lutheran Human Relations Association, People for Peace and Justice, Gold Star Families for Peace, Peace and Security Project of Iowa, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Mercury Public Media, House of Imagene Shelters, Jewish Voice for Peace, African American Women's Clergy Association, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Disciples Peace Fellowship, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Episcopal Peace Fellowship of East Carolina, Plowshares Institute, The Witherspoon Society, United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, Independent Anglo-Catholic Church of America, OneLife Institute for Spirituality & Social Transformation, Jewish Peace Fellowship, American Ethical Union, Dare to Dream Network, Interfaith Alliance, The Mountain Retreat & Learning Centers, South Texas Alliance for Peace and Justice, Word and World, Sojourners, Starr King School for the Ministry, Topia.net, Peacecentral.org, South Texas Interfaith Coalition, Erie Benedictines for Peace, Lexington Diocesan Council for Peace and Justice (Catholic Diocese of Lexington, KY), Peace and Justice Committee of the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, CA, and a growing number of religious and social justice bodies. The Riverside Church is graciously serving as the April 4 host church. Clergy and Laity Network (CLN), also a co-sponsor, serves as coordinator. A regularly updated word document is also available that contains the growing list of co-sponsors. For links to the co-sponsoring organizations visit Building a Beloved Community.

I hope it goes well.

I'm Catholic and I am appalled at the hierarchy. We, Catholics, must break our silence... I am tired of sitting in the pews quietly dropping money in the basket listening to bs.

I want my church back... The Church used to stand up for the little people. The hierarchy has sold us out for 3 pieces of gold aka the faith-based initative and school vouchers.

I am Polish, Catholic, pro-union, pro-environment, progressive, and, by the Grace of God, Democratic!

Social Justice Sunday (George Lakoff)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/15/2016/11711

God and Other Famous Liberals
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/16/111722/105

Let's publicize this as much as we can, especially to those in KY and surrounding states.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Clergy and Laity Network and DriveDemocracy call for National Prayer Vigil

A coalition of progressive religious leaders and organizations today expressed outrage that Republican leaders are attacking the faith of Democrats and progressives in a cynical, partisan effort to win support for a handful of extremist judicial nominees.
Such an action is immoral, deceitful, and beyond the pale of even politics as usual. We call on Senator Frist to immediately cancel his plans to attend the event, and we urge all elected Republicans to condemn this wholesale attack on the religious practices of their political opponents.

According to the New York Times, Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist will join an organization called "The Family Research Council" in a national telecast on April 24. They are calling it "Justice Sunday." They are saying Democrats want to use the Senate filibuster "against people of faith."

The Clergy and Laity Network and DriveDemocracy.org will sponsor a national prayer vigil on April 24 and urge citizens of all faith traditions to protest this unprecedented and intolerant act by a few misguided, extremist elements.

The CLN and DriveDemocracy are the coordinators of a national coalition of more than 60 progressive religious organizations. Their national "Breaking the Silence" campaign kicked off April 4 at Riverside Church in NYC and is continuing with a national barnstorming tour of America. Details of these and other events can be found at www.clnnlc.org and www.drivedemocracy.org.

it is a very special place and so appropriate for kicking off an act of liberal reclamation, so to speak. MLK gave probably his greatest speech there.

God hep us all.

If you can't make it to the CLN/Drive Democracy vigil, you may want to organize something locally

This info thanks to post from Roland99 (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=154x498):

We are all aware of "Justice Sunday" ( http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LH05D02 )

The FRC plans on simulcasting this to churches and persons interested. I don't normally advocate protesting outside of a church but the radical nutcases are forcing our hands. We MUST not let them succeed in this attempt to stage a religious coup in the faux name of Christ.

Clicking the following link (and registering with a throwaway email address) will get you information sent to you on where in your area this simulcast will be held (sent the Fri. before the event)
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=EV05D03&f=LH05D02

It's originating at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. I'm presuming at their new mega-location in the east end, a $10 million construction project.

Don't let the Christian Reconstructions turn our great Republic into an authoritarian theocracy!

We should gather a huge crowd and protest vocally and visually in front of this monstrosity!

www.missionnotaccomplished.us (a day to reflect on what Jesus would be doing if he were in Iraq today; if he were in DC today)

Thank you and Peace.

In response, to "Justice Sunday" several events have been scheduled in Louisville....

On Friday at 10:00 a.m. there will be a press conference at Highland Baptist Church - 1101 Cherokee Road

On Sunday at 2:30 there will be a response (Social Justice Sunday) at Douglas Blvd Christian Church - 2005 Douglass Boulevard - this is being implemented by the Clergy and Laity Network - an interfaith community and will be somewhat spiritual/religious in nature. They have invited several national speakers and are expecting 1000+ in attendance.

Then at 4:30 on Sunday there will be a response by the local Democratic party outside the courthouse downtown.

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