Washington D.C., Jul 6, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The nation's largest pro-life grassroots organization is outraged by members of the United States Senate in their attempts to block the nomination of Catholic, pro-life judge J. Leon Holmes to the federal district court.
"Once again, we are witnessing an outright attack on a judicial nominee because he is openly pro-life and lives by the tenets of his professed Catholic faith," said Joseph M. Starrs, director of American Life League's Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church, in a press release issued yesterday.
According to a recent newspaper article in the Washington Times, opposition to Holmes' nomination is bi-partisan, with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) trying to convince other senators to vote against the nomination.
Joseph R. Giganti, American Life League's director of media and government relations, said Specter’s actions are not surprising.