Christian Conservative Had Secretive Role in Bid to Block Election Result

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JUST POSTED: One of the nation’s most prominent Christian conservative lawyers played a critical behind-the-scenes role in the lawsuit the Texas AG filed in December in an effort to overturn the election of President Biden, documents obtained via FOIA show
Michael P. Farris was one of a team of conservative lawyers who reached out to several state attorneys general to encourage them to challenge the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in court.
Christian Conservative Had Secretive Role in Bid to Block Election Result
Drafts of a lawsuit filed with Supreme Court by Texas’ attorney general in December had been circulated by the leader of an anti-abortion group.
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1:11 PM · Oct 7, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/us/politics/religious-conservative-michael-farris-lawsuit-2020-election.html

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WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s most prominent religious conservative lawyers played a critical behind-the-scenes role in the lawsuit that Republican state attorneys general filed in December in a last-ditch effort to overturn the election of President Biden, documents show.

The lawyer, Michael P. Farris, is the chief executive of a group known as Alliance Defending Freedom, which is active in opposing abortion and gay rights. He circulated a detailed draft of the lawsuit that Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, ultimately filed against states including Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin in an effort to help President Donald J. Trump remain in office.

Mr. Paxton filed the lawsuit on Dec. 7, after making some changes but keeping large chunks of the draft circulated by Mr. Farris.

An additional 17 Republican attorneys general filed a brief with the Supreme Court supporting Mr. Paxton’s lawsuit. Within four days, the matter was rejected by the court.

But Mr. Farris’s role highlighted how religious conservatives supported Mr. Trump’s unsuccessful attempts to retain power by blocking certification of Mr. Biden’s victory.

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Try him.....shoot him.

[msongs]

2. christsofascist taliban runs amok nt

[nakocal]

3. You cannot be a Christian and a Conservative

They support mutually exclusive policies.

[walkingman]

6. My life experience tells me just the opposite in the white church.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. the fundie christian right has been pushing an agenda for a christian theocracy in this country....

since at least Reagan. The reconstructionists and dominionists have been around since before that.

[bahboo]

5. fuck these fucks....

so goddamn tired of them...

[LeftInTX]

7. The homeschooling guy.....

I homeschooled one of my kids for a few years. He basically was the head and face of homeschooling in America in the 90s..LOL
He was in every magazine, wrote tons of articles and editorials etc etc etc.