This little piggy went to church

Supreme Court Justice nominee Harriet Miers, left, walks with her brother Jeb Miers, right, and sister-in-law Liz Lang-Miers, center, on their way to church services at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2005. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

The Bush administration's efforts to promote Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers by highlighting her evangelical Christianity is an appalling and hypocritical use of religion, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
On June 25, 2002, Bush said he would select judges who

understand that our rights were derived from God.

Said Lynn,

Any such religious selectivity by the president would violate Article VI of our Constitution, which forbids any religious test for public office. Did Bush pick Miers because of her religious viewpoint instead of her legal qualifications? If he did, that is a disservice to the Constitution and the diversity of the American people

White House operatives have been using Miers' religion to persuade Relgious Right leaders to endorse her nomination.
[Focus on the Family founder James C.] Dobson said [Karl] Rove assured him Miers is

an evangelical Christian from a very conservative church, which is almost universally pro-life

.

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