SUPREME COURT (AP) _ Two Washington-based Christian activists say they’re praying for Judge Sonia Sotomayor (SUHN’-ya soh-toh-my-YOR’) and for the senators who’ll decide whether to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
Minutes after President Barack Obama appeared with Sotomayor at the White House, The Rev. Rob Schenck (shank) and the Rev. Patrick Mahoney held a news conference outside the Supreme Court building.
Schenck, who heads the National Clergy Council, said he and Mahoney are wary of Obama’s choice, but for now they’re “suspending that judgment and hoping and praying for the very best.”
Schenck said he wants Sotomayor to know, “We will pray for you, that God will illuminate your conscience and your mind.”
But Mahoney, who heads the Christian Defense Coalition, said that if Sotomayor has a record of expanding abortion rights, there will be an “aggressive response by the faith and pro-life community.”