Phyllis Schlafly’s Introduction of Judge Roy Moore

 

Publisher‘s Note…

            On Friday, October 24th, my wife and I had the privilege of attending Phyllis Schlafly's 32nd Eagle Council Convention at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel in Clayton, MO.  Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was the evening's featured speaker. Prior to introducing Chief Justice Moore, Mrs. Schlafly, the President and Founder of Eagle Forum, gave what I consider to be one of the most important speeches of our time related to judicial tyranny in our nation.  The following is Mrs. Schlafly’s introduction speech.

 

Introduction of Judge Roy Moore by Phyllis Schlafly

 

            The biggest issue in Congress since George W. Bush was elected President has been the refusal of the Democratic Senate to confirm his judicial nominations, combined with the failure of the spineless Republicans to do anything about it. The hardball played by the Democrats is not just petty partisanship. This is not just a game of Senate rules and protocol. We are in a life and death struggle for the future of freedom in America between the arrogant, imperial, out-of-control, activist federal judges and constitutional government by our elected representatives.

            The left has discovered it can get activist judges holding lifetime jobs to cram their liberal and atheist social policies down our throats. No legislature of elected representatives would ever pass a law banning the Pledge of Allegiance, or the Ten Commandments, or our national motto "In God we trust," or the National Anthem, or the oath of office "so help me God," or the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman. But activist judges do these things and then have the gall to say it's the law of the land and we must obey. The activist judges are working in tandem with atheist and secularist organizations all over the country to bring lawsuits before judges appointed by Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and even Lyndon Johnson.

            In the face of this assault on our most sacred traditions, I'm sorry to say that some of our so-called conservative and Christian leaders are silent or even mouthing such shibboleths as "The Constitution is whatever the Supreme Court says it is" and any judge's ruling is "the law of the land."

            That's not true, and this issue is not rocket science. The true function of judges is to be like baseball umpires. We need them to call the close ones, but you know what the fans would do to any umpire who called a batter out after two strikes. The umpire cannot change the fundamental rules. We should not let activist judges amend the Constitution any more than we would let umpires change the rules of baseball. We have a procedure for amending the Constitution, and judges are not part of the deal.

            Dear friends, we are in a battle to decide who rules America: the judges or we the people through our elected representatives. We need to educate Americans about this issue, we need to discuss it in our local meetings, debate it on talk radio, chat about it on the internet, and lobby our Congressmen to withdraw jurisdiction from the federal courts which commit these unconstitutional outrages such as banning the Pledge of Allegiance, the Ten Commandments, laws against partial-birth abortion, or the traditional meaning of marriage. We must educate the American people about what the Constitution says and how it provides a remedy.

            Dear friends, this is not rocket science. You don't have to be a lawyer. Even Bill O'Reilly showed that he understands it when he said on the O'Reilly Factor, "We are not going to let those judges run the United States any more."

            When it comes to the Ten Commandments, let's be clear. The issue is not Roy Moore or what he did or didn't do about a court ruling. The issue is not that controversial rock with the Ten Commandments inscribed on it. The problem is the out-of-control federal judges. The times cry out for leaders who will stand up and defend the United States Constitution they way it was written, not the way some activist judges would like it to be.

            Judge Roy Moore has been the catalyst who has brought this issue to national attention. He had the courage to take on the risks of controversy, to accept the perils of leadership, in order to stand up for true American principles. Like Moses, we hope he can lead us out of the desert of judicial tyranny, to restore America as one nation under God.

            In times of controversy, it's so easy to be silent. It's so easy to do nothing when the situation demands difficult action. It takes courage to speak. The issue of judicial activism calls for real men to make the hard decisions. In the words of a famous poem:

"God give us men. A time like this demands

Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands!

Men whom the lust of office does not kill,

Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy,

Men who possess opinions and a will,

Men who love honor, men who cannot lie."

            God did give us a real man named Roy Moore. Please welcome the Chief Justice of the State of Alabama, the honorable Roy Moore.

 

 

Phyllis Schlafly is the founder and president of Eagle Forum. For more information about Eagle Forum go to Eagle Forum's web site at www.eagleforum.org or write to them at Eagle Forum, PO Box 618, Alton, IL 62002. You can also contact them by calling (618) 462-5415.