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- From: Nigel Allen <nigel.allen@canrem.com>
- Subject: ADL Response to Gov. Fordice Remarks on "Christian Nation"
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- Here is a press release from the Anti-Defamation League.
-
- ADL Response to Gov. Fordice Remarks on "Christian Nation"
- To: National Desk
- Contact: Myrna Shinbaum of the Anti-Defamation League,
- 212-490-2525, ext. 145
-
- NEW YORK, Nov. 18 -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
- today deplored statements by Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice
- labeling America "a Christian nation" and asserting that "the less
- we emphasize the Christian religion the further we fall into the
- abyss of poor character and chaos in the United States of America."
- In a letter to the governor, Melvin Salberg, ADL national
- chairman, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director, said, "we
- find your comments appalling" and "unworthy of any governor elected
- to represent a diverse and pluralistic constituency.
- "Whether or not it was your intent," Salberg and Foxman
- continued, "the effect of your remarks was to demean all Americans
- who are not Christian." In referring to Gov. Fordice's reported
- rejection of South Carolina Gov. Carroll A. Campbell Jr.'s
- assertion that America is based on "a Judeo-Christian" heritage,
- the ADL leaders said the Mississippi governor's response "reflects
- a shocking and incomprehensible insensitivity to Jews and Judaism."
- Saying that "America is a nation of many religions," and citing
- the Constitutional guarantee "for everyone to worship as he or she
- chooses," the ADL leaders urged Fordice "to reconsider your views
- on the subject, which we believe cast doubt on your ability and
- willingness to govern fairly all of the citizens of your state."
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