Santorum Added As Speaker At Justice Sunday III

With his popularity in Pennsylvania dwindling, Sen. Rick Santorum (R) recently made efforts to distance himself from the far religious right. In 2003, Santorum praised Dover School District, which made “intelligent design” a mandatory part of the curriculum for “attempting to teach the controversy of evolution.” But late last month, he withdrew “his affiliation with the Christian-rights law center that defended a school district’s policy mandating the teaching of ‘intelligent design.’” He called the Thomas More Law Center’s decision to defend Dover “a huge mistake.”

Apparently, Santorum now has to make amends for his transgression. He was just added to the program of Justice Sunday III, a notoriously offensive effort by right-wing religious leaders to rally support for President Bush’s judicial nominations.

If you’ll recall, a flier for the original Justice Sunday called any attempt to filibuster a judicial nominee an attack “against people of faith.” Santorum is back in his comfort zone.