I laughed out loud today when I ran across this article on the internet. I never saw it before today. You found a reference that I believe in God and attend a church and that made me a, “stealth religious right candidate?” WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT? If you want to know about me and why I ran please call me and look at my website http://www.griffithforjudge.com. You have a right to free speech, not false speech.

Don’t be afraid. Give me a call. I strongly believe that our public servants need to be accountable to the people. That judges should APPLY the law, not rewrite it. I hope to hear from you.

Dan

To the person who states that Dan’s faith makes him a bad candidate for judge, I’d like to know what they would say about a person who was a KKK member, or member of a Satanic cult? He does not force his values on others, he leads his life the way he believes God wants him to. He would be a fair judge and you would never have to worry about him being unethical or influenced by people. Saying Dan is dangerous makes me wonder what it is you are afraid of.

Incidentally, if I believe abortion is wrong how could it possibly be “constitutional” to make me pay for them with my tax dollars? Can I use tax dollars to get rid of a bully or boss who may be “inconveniencing” me, like we’re doing for those poor unfortunate women? It breaks my heart to hear how calloused some people are to killing human life. Take a look at the “silent scream” video on youtube. It shows ultrasound imaging of a baby while it’s being aborted. The baby squirms and tries to get away while it’s being dismembered by the “doctor” (doctors take the hippocratic oath not to harm patients from fertilization to natural death). I think it’s hardly “empowering” for a woman to choose to kill a child her own body is naturally trying to take care of. Please watch the video and let your heart be softened. I know it’s cliche, but I’ll pray for you Andy. Despite all of my sarcasm, you’re a child of God just like the rest of us, and we Christians want nothing more than for you to come to salvation.

“What do they have to hide?”

Maybe they realize that their personal views on “hot-button issues” have no bearing on how they should decide individual cases. There is nothing wrong with holding such views, and even speaking and debating them in a public forum; we all do, and it is one of the founding principles that makes America great. But in our judicial system, a judge is not just another citizen in a robe: he or she is supposed to be an impartial arbiter, weighing individual cases on the merits of the opposing sides in that particular case. Displaying an independence from strong personal views is vital in this occupation. What is the point of our society even having a judicial system if we demand to know exactly how justices will rule before they are even allowed to hear a case?

I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the rate of social progress — not just religious, gender, and racial equality, but also economic progress — has greatly accelerated since the advent of the independent judicial system in the founding of our nation. I may not personally agree with every judicial decision handed down, but my response is to keep working in the public sector to help change things, not to change the very idea of the independent judiciary. This system, for all of its perceived flaws, has enabled our nation, and our world, to experience a time of social progress unmatched in human history. That can’t be ignored.

Thanks, Dan! You’ve got my vote!