Only Christians Need Apply
Fundie Whackjob Sunday is over. If you missed the hatefest, Athenae at first draft liveblogged it.

Frist's speech was fairly bland--he wants to have his cake (the evangelical vote) and eat it too (get a pass from the media on aligning himself with those who have been calling for violence and other retaliation against the judiciary). However, under the standards applied by the Republicans and the corporate media to Democratic and progressive events, Frist should be held accountable for the entirety of the speeches and remarks at Sunday's Bund Rally™ (see gilliard), including this statement from Albert Mohler, as reported by the AP (with thanks to dave at Eschaton for the tip):

Putting more evangelicals on the court will mean rulings more in tune with the religious convictions of churchgoers, said R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville.

"We are not asking for persons merely to be moral," Mohler said. "We want them to be believers in the Lord Jesus Christ."

So there you have it, folks. If you don't profess to be a Christian, you can't be a judge in Frist's America. How long until they start making it a requirement of citizenship?

PEOPLE, WAKE THE FUCK UP OR YOU WILL BE LIVING IN GILEAD BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
- posted by TJ @ 12:34 PM