Dobson, Colson, Frist headline rally against judicial filibusters

[The Straight Story]

Dobson, Colson, Frist headline rally against judicial filibusters

Date: 04/25/2005
Source: 05-37

By Trennis Henderson and Robert Marus

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- Conservative Christian and political leaders declared war on judicial filibusters in the U.S. Senate during an April 24 rally at a Southern Baptist church in Kentucky.

Dubbed "Justice Sunday" by organizers, the 90-minute rally was subtitled "Stopping the Filibuster Against People of Faith." It was hosted by Highview Baptist Church in Louisville and was co-sponsored by the Washington-based Family Research Council and the Colorado-based Focus on the Family organization.

James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, was among conservative evangelical and Catholic leaders who headlined the event. The nationwide simulcast also featured brief videotaped addresses by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries.

The event sought to generate support for Frist's effort to drop a Senate rule -- known as the "filibuster" -- that has allowed Democrats to block 10 of President Bush's judicial nominees for federal judgeships. They have approved 205.

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