Justice Sunday II

Lance at Red State Rant, Captain Ed and Trey Jackson, among others are liveblogging Justice Sunday II from Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville.

Of course, the protesters are already out ("Outlaw viagra, not abortion." Is this an either/or proposition? Of course, without the first we might have fewer of the second.) And I fully expect voices from the left to carry on about the religious right, the US becoming a theocracy, in other words, the usual.

I'm not opposed to Christians reaching out to politicians or vice versa. But I'm with Captain Ed, here:

What I want to hear from Justice Sunday II is a demand from these speakers that religion and the lack of it disappear from these proceedings in the future, replaced by a demand to avoid any influence except the Constitution and respect for the will of the people. I don't want to hear about promoting religious judges as a counterbalance to whatever we have now; I want to hear people speak about meaningful and lasting reform that will restore the system so that the will of the people sets the policy. If we return to that system, no one need fear the personal predilections of the men and women we appoint to the bench -- we only need to ensure that they remain loyal to the Constitution in the matters that come before them, and that they have the competence to understand that.

The message of the conference so far is "We do not claim the right to speak for every American, but we do claim the right to speak." Fair enough. Judicial activism is a target. Ostensibly the sort of activism that finds emanations of penumbras. Roe v. Wade anyone?

But what of Roe v. Wade? The pro-life lobby loves it. But not everyone on the left thinks it's a good decision. However, if Roe v. Wade were overturned, would abortion be outlawed? Not likely. Instead the issue would be turned over to the individual states. Likely blue states would enact more liberal laws, while red states would restrict abortion. The pro-life lobby has done a good job bringing to the public's attention such issues as partial birth abortion, but I doubt they'd succeed in getting abortion abandoned in all 50 states. I wonder if they'd succeed in any state?

So what do the organizers of Justice Sunday II expect to achieve? And what do you think about it?