Blessings

hubris - excess pride or arrogance, usually leading to ruin (a serious flaw in Greek heroes); excess of pride which shows disrespect for gods and man.

Hijacking Christianity . . .

The statement by one of the sponsors of tomorrow's event, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, is an example of the Holy War that is being launched by the right. In one of the most outrageous smears to be uttered by a so-called religious leader, Perkins said that "activist courts, aided by liberal interest groups . . . have been quietly working under the veil of the judiciary, like thieves in the night, to rob us of our Christian heritage and our religious freedoms." That is an unmitigated lie that should not be allowed to stand.

. . . Smearing Christian Judges

People calling themselves Christians are gathering once again for a crusade against what they consider to be the secular humanist subversion of Christian values. This time the object of their wrath is the judiciary. In the wake of the fanatical and fruitless assaults against the judicial system for letting Terri Schiavo die, the Family Research Council will convene tomorrow what it calls "Justice Sunday," a live simulcast to pit Christian values against "our out-of-control courts."

While we should be outraged by Sunday's "Justice Sunday" and continue to say so we should also see it as a blessing. Like the Terri Schiavo debacle it is an opportunity for the American people to see what the Senate majority leader Bill Frist and the House majority leader Tom DeLay really represent. We should be happy to see that many more people of faith will be protesting the event than participating in it.

Update
Chuck Currie reports that Louisville Baptist Leaders Tell Highview Baptist Church: Cancel “Justice Sunday”

17 Baptist ministers in Louisville, Kentucky held a press conference on Friday urging Highview Baptist Church to cancel "Justice Sunday." The event – being held this weekend at Highview – is sponsored by conservative evangelical Christian groups and Republican Senator Majority Leader Bill Frist with a stated intention of painting democrats and those who oppose the president’s judicial nominees as "people against faith."

Another sign that this gathering does not even represent the majority of "Evangelical Christians".