US National Council of Churches calls for Kavanaugh to step aside
In its intervention, the NCC, which represents around 100,000 congregations and 45 million churchgoers, says Kavanaugh has 'disqualified himself from this lifetime appointment and must step aside immediately'.
The statement also said Kavanaugh's testimony before the Judicial Committee 'included several misstatements and some outright falsehoods'. It also criticised his record on 'issues of voting rights, racial and gender justice, health care, the rights of people with disabilities, and environmental protections', saying 'This leads us to believe that he cannot be an impartial justice in cases that are sure to come before him at the Court.'
The mainstream NCC is at odds with evangelicals, who largely back Kavanaugh. Pastor Robert Jeffress, one of President Trump's most loyal supporters, said on Fox & Friends on September 30: 'They realize now, conservative Christians, that the left is willing to...
