COURT TO BLOCK CHRISTIAN PARTICIPATION IN INAUGURAL
Atheist activist Michael Newdow has filed a request for an injunction from the U.S. District Court to bar engaging in Christian religious acts related to President Bushs inauguration.
‘This is the day we have been warning America would come,’ said Rev. Louis P. Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition. The coalition and other leading Christian organizations are sponsoring Christian Inaugural Eve Gala to celebrate the inauguration.
‘It is appalling that Christians are being singled out by Mr. Newdow for this sort of harassment,’ said Rev. Sheldon. ‘If any other religious group was being targeted for demotion to second-class citizenship, the ACLU and the liberal lobby would be shrieking. Today, they watch silently as a court considers taking another step towards barring the free and public exercise of religious beliefs.’