Alberto Gonzales is finally gone, but George Bush is still trying to pack
the Federal courts with lifetime appointments for far-right ideologues.
Last year the Senate confirmed Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court to
replace Sandra Day O'Connor, and he has voted with right wingers Antonio
Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, and Anthony on every major case.
It's time for the Senate to Just Say No to Bush's right-wing judges,
starting with Mississippi Judge Leslie Southwick.
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/southwick_d">Please email your Senator today.
Bob Fertik
Dear friend,
In Mississippi a few years ago, the courts took away a woman's 8-year-old child.
Why? In part because the child's mother was a lesbian.
Two of the judges in the majority went so far as to write and sign an additional opinion,
unnecessary to the case's outcome, which stated that the mother must accept the fact
that losing her biological child was a possible consequence of her sexual "choice."
One of those two judges was Leslie Southwick. And today, Southwick
is dangerously close to being appointed to the Federal bench by President Bush.
Only the Senate stands in the way of his confirmation, and we have just a few weeks to
convince them to vote NO.
Make sure your Senators return from their August break with a full inbox saying NO on
Southwick's nomination!
America's highest courts are meant to be protectors of justice, not prejudice. Yet
Southwick's record as a Mississippi judge raises serious doubts about his ability
to apply the law fairly to all Americans. In this case alone, Southwick:
Went so far as to cite Mississippi's irrelevant and outdated sodomy laws, which have
since been invalidated. Focused on "the practice of homosexuality" - refusing to even
mention gay individuals as human beings. Cited Mississippi's law prohibiting same-sex
couples from adopting children - even though this was not an adoption case! The American
Psychiatric Association has long held that sexual orientation is not
a "choice," and that lesbian and gay parents are just as successful as their
heterosexual counterparts.
Yet Judge Southwick disregarded widely accepted science in favor of his personal bias.
This man MUST NOT be given the responsibility to protect the basic
rights of gay and lesbian Americans.
Help protect GLBT civil rights by writing your Senators today.
If approved to the Court of Appeals, Southwick's appointment would be for life. That's why
I'm asking you to take action today - and when you're done, please forward this message on
to everyone you know.
Thank you.
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/southwick_d">Please email your Senator today. Click Here!
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