November 2003 Archives

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 27, 2003 | Permalink

Dear Chief Justice,

Please remember the words of our Brother Paul: “But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; . . . And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the word without fear.” Philippians 1:12 & 14

We Love You,
Doug Phillips and the Staff of Vision Forum

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 16, 2003 | Permalink

After receiving the verdict of his expulsion from office, a resolute Chief Justice Moore, accompanied by his bride Kayla, explains to the Press that he would rather lose his job than deny his God.

Chief Justice and Kayla Moore review the transcript of the trial in his chambers.

This shot was taken of the Chief Justice just before entering the court room to hear the verdict of the Court of the Judiciary.

This rare photo shows the last of the team of Chief Justice Moore leaving the courtroom after the reading of the infamous verdict. I will always remember the touching and rousing applause of the many Moore supporters present at the departure of the Chief Justice. In this image you can see Attorney General Pryor and his team. One of the Assistant Attorney Generals sat next to me for part of the trial and demonstrated the bitter contempt and disrespect they had for the Chief Justice by exclaiming “Roy Moore is unrepentant to his God.” I responded to him by pointing out that it was an amazing thing that he and his boss were not only able to prosecute him for perceived ethical violations, but also serve as a spiritual inquisition over the soul of the Chief Justice. For the rest of his life, Mr. Pryor will be known as the man who thrice asked the Chief Justice if he would continue to acknowledge God, notwithstanding orders to the contrary. On the basis of this unwillingness to acknowledge God, Mr, Pryor declared Chief Justice Moore “unrepentant” and demanded his removal.

This is one of the few, rare photographs ever published of the actual closet to which the Ten Commandments monument was banished by Senior Justice Gorman Houston and his associates. I shot this image three hours after the verdict was announced.

Friends, family and staff of Chief Justice Moore gather in his chambers to pray for God’s will to be done, for those misled individuals who persecute the Chief, and for all glory to go to the Lord Jesus Christ, before going down the hall to receive the verdict of the Court of the Judiciary.

The attorneys for the Chief Justice address the Press after the trial. You can see me in the foreground.

As Chief Justice Roy Moore, wife Kayla and daughter Heather enter the Supreme Court Building on the day of the trial, they are swamped by Press and supporters. I took this shot from his chambers.

Former Alabama Governor Fob James addresses the Press after the trial. Governor James, who appointed Attorney General Bill Pryor, explains the profound hypocrisy of the Attorney General for prosecuting Chief Justice Moore for doing the very thing which Pryor had promised to do himself as a precondition for getting his appointment. At the time of his appointment, Mr. Pryor promised to stand with then Circuit Judge Moore and the Governor in opposing any federal order to remove prayer or the Ten Commandments from the public square. Governor James also stated: “This young man needs to go back to law school.”

The Chief Justice and his attorney Steve Melchior consult. Melchior was deputized as an Assistant Attorney General by Bill Pryor. He resigned his position, citing gross ethical misconduct on the part of Bill Pryor.

Hundreds of reporters gathered at the Supreme Court for the kangaroo court/star chamber proceedings at the hand of Bill Pryor and his court of unelected political appointees. Despite requests by the defense to have a fair and public trial so that the people of Alabama could witness the lynching of their popular Supreme Court Justice, Bill Pryor’s Court of the Judiciary refused to allow cameras or recording devices, with one exception. After the trial was over and there was no more opportunity for the Chief Justice to influence the people with his persuasive testimony, the Court of the Judiciary brought cameras into the court for the reading of the verdict and public condemnation of the Christian Chief Justice.

Jeff Butler of Cabin One Productions was on location filming for Vision Forum and the Institute on the Constitution. Jeff is an outstanding videographer who is always able to get the best shots. He hustles more than any other professional camera man I have ever seen. Yes, he is a home school father.

After the trial, Jeff films me giving a report on the events of the day

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 16, 2003 | Permalink

I was disappointed to see that in the recent coverage of the trial of Chief Justice Roy Moore by World Magazine, not a single word was uttered about Bill Pryor’s outrageous inquisition in which he three times asked the Chief Justice if he would “continue to acknowledge God.” Below is yet another of the dozens of letters we have received urging our friends at World to take a more responsible position.

WORLD Magazine
Attn: Editor
Dear Sir:

Thank you for your organization’s request that I renew my subscription to God’s World News. While my daughter, for whom I bought and extended the original subscription, now reads The New American, my son has reached the age and interest level where he would appreciate the reporting you provide in your current events magazine geared toward youth. The added benefit of contributing to Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) makes your offer irresistible. My husband and I began contributing to HSLDA upon the birth of our first child, and we have been members for the past nine years. Few organizations are, in our opinion, so worthy of financial support. I set aside the renewal form, nevertheless, but with the intent to handle it later, and so have not yet accepted your generous offer.

In the meantime, Vision Forum’s Doug Phillips has brought to my attention summer issues of WORLD Magazine, featuring articles maligning Chief Justice Roy Moore for his stand and the basis for it. The courageous example set by the Ten Commandments Judge is cause for rallying and rejoicing. Rather than unite for God and country, however, professing Christians have separated from the battle as well as from each other. As a result, momentum has been needlessly lost, and God’s Church is further away, still, from winning the so-called “culture war.” Your magazine bears much of the blame because you helped create confusion in the camp while the foe was scrambling to organize its own forces. By discouraging believers from seizing the opportunity garnered by Chief Justice Moore, you aided the enemy in our defeat. You helped divide, and the enemy, for the time being, has conquered.

Your September 13, 2003, cover article presents Alabama Attorney General William Pryor as both victim of circumstance and man of the hour. As a graduate of Bob Jones University (BJU), I was surprised and disappointed to learn that the author of that piece is Bob Jones IV. I was a student while the school was under attack for its dating policy. Dr. Bob Jones III was battle-worn but steadfast, motivating us by his example to stand firm on Bible-based principle. I remember the looks, comments, and questions from people who learned I was attending the school which, seemingly overnight, had come out of obscurity and into the spotlight. When I expected believers to unite against an attack against religious freedom, it was Christians, in my experience, who, rather, reprimanded me for the school’s disobeying the law and, adding with an air of righteous indignation, presenting a poor testimony to the world. As events in Alabama unfolded, I couldn’t help but see similarities between that case of 20 years ago and the present one and to remember with admiration Dr. Jones, who counted the cost and paid the price.

Chief Justice Moore, too, counted the cost, and he is paying dearly. Like a true disciple, he has sacrificed all to follow Christ, for the glory of God and the benefit of His Church. With your readership and reputation, you wield much influence over both the opinions and actions of Christian Americans. Over the past several months you had uncommon opportunity at a critical time to draw Aarons to the support of this present-day Moses. To your shame, you abused that influence when you publicly attacked a righteous man in a righteous cause. You inflicted much damage and wounded one of our own.

Bob Jones III eventually changed his mind and the administration changed the school’s policy. In an act of humility, the university’s president recently appeared on national television for public repentance. His son should be such a man. I trust WORLD magazine will provide the platform for a similar public pronouncement and that your editorial staff will collaborate on a retraction, a correction, and a hearty endorsement of Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Until then, my children’s subscription to God’s World News will continue to lapse, but I pray you will give me reason to renew it.

Sincerely,
Mrs. J.H.

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 15, 2003 | Permalink

COLORADO SPRINGS — “This decision is an insult to all people of faith, who are being told that the public acknowledgement of God is unconstitutional,” Dobson said. “Throughout this judicial charade, and throughout all the controversy leading up to it, Chief Justice Moore remained committed to his oath of office, to the Alabama Constitution and the U.S. Constitution, all of which include references to God. This is further proof that our federal judges are determined to excise every reference to God from the public square. In their hypocrisy, they ignore the fact that there are three depictions of the Ten Commandments and Moses in the U.S. Supreme Court building itself. Each day is opened with the phrase, ‘God save the United States and this honorable court.’ References to God abound all over Washington, yet the liberal judges choose to look past these historic acknowledgements of the Creator and beat up on the people of Alabama and its duly elected chief justice.”

Dobson said he was “extremely disappointed” with Bill Pryor’s role in the judicial debacle, saying “It appears that the attorney general is putting his own professional future ahead of what he knows as a Christian to be right and fair.... The Court of the Judiciary has confirmed Judge Thompson’s ruling — and the opinion of all judicial tyrants — that elected officials can neither publicly acknowledge God, nor proclaim the truth that the laws of this country are based on the perfect moral law of God. Who would have thought we would arrive at a day in this country when a man could be stripped of his livelihood simply for acknowledging his Creator?”

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 15, 2003 | Permalink

Republican Bill Pryor, the Homosexual Community, People United for Separation of Church and State All Applaud the Ouster of Christian Chief Justice Roy Moore Because, from Their Perspective, the World is Better With this Radical Christian Justice Off the Bench

1. Speaking to the national media, Attorney General Bill Pryor rejoiced in the removal of Chief Justice Moore, a man he described as “unrepentant” before the imperial judiciary.

2. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (one of three groups that brought the lawsuit against Moore’s Ten Commandments display), applauded Moore’s removal. “America is a safer place with Roy Moore off the bench,” Lynn said. “After all, this is a man who said in a court decision that the state has the power to execute gay people. His repeated attempts to mix his personal religion with government power was dangerous, and I’m glad he’s no longer a judge.”

3. The Homosexual Community: Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, called Moore “a nightmare for lesbian and gay people in Alabama.... Justice Moore has invoked his own personal religious beliefs as a justification for taking children away from lesbian and gay parents,” Minter told the Gay.com/PlanetOut.com Network. “It is frightening to have such an overtly homophobic person on the bench, and his removal is a welcome development.” (Posted November 13, 2003.)

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 14, 2003 | Permalink

Attorney General Bill Pryor Prosecutes Chief Justice Moore and Claims the Chief Justice is “Unrepentant” for Acknowledging God Notwithstanding Court Orders to the Contrary.

The following is a partial transcript from yesterday’s trial of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. Like Luther standing before the tribunal at the Diet of Worms, Chief Justice Roy Moore was explicitly condemned for being “unrepentant ” in his unwillingness to submit to a federal order prohibiting him from acknowledging God as a state official. Attorney General Bill Pryor demanded the Court of the Judiciary to immediately remove him from office for his refusal to deny God and for “inciting the public to support his misconduct.” It must be stressed, that Attorney General Pryor did not cross-examine Chief Justice Moore on his future position towards Ten Commandment monuments, but only the issue of the acknowledgment of God as a public official. Please stay tuned for more in-depth reporting from the Alabama courtroom. In the meantime the following is a partial transcript of the concluding questions in the cross-examination of Chief Justice Moore by Attorney General Bill Pryor.

Q: Mr. Chief Justice? And your understanding is that the federal court ordered that you could not acknowledge God; isn’t that right?

A: Yes.

Q: And if you resume your duties as Chief Justice after this proceeding, you will continue to acknowledge God as you have testified that you would today?

A: That’s right.

Q: No matter what any official says?

A: Absolutely. Without — let me clarify that. Without an acknowledgement of God, I cannot do my duties. I must acknowledge God. It says so in the constitution of Alabama. It says so in the first amendment to the United States Constitution. It says so in everything I have read. So - -

Q: The only point I’m trying to clarify, Mr. Chief Justice, is not why, but only that, in fact, if you do resume your duties as Chief Justice, you will continue to do that [acknowledge God] without regard to what any other official says; isn’t that right?

A: Well, I’ll do the same thing this court did with starting a prayer; that’s an acknowledgement of God. Now, we did the same say thing that justices do when they place their hand on the Bible and say, “So help me God.” It’s an acknowledgement of God. The Alabama Supreme Court opened with, “God save the State and this Honorable Court.” It’s an acknowledgement of God. In my opinion, which I have written many opinions, acknowledging God is the source — a moral source of law. I think you must.

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 13, 2003 | Permalink

Dear Friends, the following cartoon is copyrighted by the Vision Forum. However, we are releasing the copyright for this week only to anyone who wishes to reproduce or distribute it. We only request that you attribute it to Vision Forum, and that you let us know how you are using it. Blessings, Doug Phillips

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 10, 2003 | Permalink

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 10, 2003 | Permalink

Vision Forum has received numerous responses to our article “As the World Turns”—every single letter we have received to date has been sympathetic with our article and has expressed concern over the irresponsible journalism and editorial policy of World Magazine concerning Chief Justice Roy Moore. To view the original article, go to www.visionforum.org. Some of the letters we received were actual copies of complainst forwarded to World. Some are posted below:

Dear Vision Forum:
Thank you for spotlighting a shift in World’s editorial stance. I have been relying on World over the years to be the Christian news magazine and am disappointed in this shift. My wife and I were in the process of moving at the time the issues you mention were published and did not receive them. I have been dealing with this pluralism issue in the United Methodist church and in fact finally left the UM for a church that teaches the sovereignty of God’s word, all of it, not just the parts that are distorted to fit our current hedonistic culture. Harry.

Dear Vision Forum
Thank you for Doug Phillips’ recent article, “As the World Turns”, commenting on World magazine’s recent journalistic shortcomings. I hope it is heeded by the magazine as well as many of its readers.
Sincerely, Mrs. G. E.

Dear Vision Forum
I appreciated your article regarding Chief Justice Roy Moore, and the opposition to his stand. I have been following this issue closely, and I have an uneasy feeling about the opposition, namely Bill Pryor. It is clear to me that Justice Moore’s interposition is a peaceable way to bring this issue to a head. He is absolutley justified in the position he has taken, and the Supreme Court should take this opportunity to resolve the real “monumental” issue: Are we really “One Nation Under God” and are we still a nation who will live by the motto “In God We Trust”? This is a time to rally as true believers. We have allowed ourselves to become splintered, and too many have become fish that do not know they are wet. Our country is blessed with so many great Christian organizations. Each organization is doing good things in its own right. However, it may be time to unite in order to bring our country back to its roots: “In God We Trust”. The slippery slope that our country started down has become decidedly steep. At a time when “Absolute Truth” is being questioned seemingly at every turn, is it time to pool our resources together? I would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for standing for God.

Love in Christ, J.M.

I was surfing through the Vision Forum website today and came across Mr. Phillips’ article (As The World Turns) about World Magazine and their disingenuous reporting on Chief Justice Moore of Alabama. I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Phillips that there is an “opportunity to provide relevance when relevance is so desparately needed,” and that there is an entire “generation of subscribers who desparately want to see a real magazine with guts.”
For His Glory, TW

Dear Vision Forum,
I am 15 years old, my name is Kelsey Weller, I am just going to tell you that I respect that man that is being tried. We have been talking about call to action in my youth group, and this man is doing that. Thank you for informing me of what is going on.

Dear World,
Each week, I look forward to receiving World and reading it from cover to cover. However, as a subscriber to your magazine and to God’s World for my children, as an advertiser who has participated in SermonAudio’s full page ads in the past, and as one who has promoted World to others in hopes of boosting your readership, I am writing to share a few concerns with you.

Your editorial stance in regard to Chief Justice Moore and your recent article on the Pope both have given me great concern. All you need to know about my view of the 10 Commandments issue is that I am a supporter of Doug Phillips’ work and I merely wish to “ditto” his recent article “As the World Turns?” (see link below) Two things that particularly bother me about this are: 1) That World has not interviewed the Chief Justice or written any hard news or analysis that closely examines his point of view and 2) That Marvin Olasky would write “Biblical pragmatism should underlie our responses to this month’s ‘gay marriage’ onslaught. In a pluralistic society, the reason government should support marriage is not because God says so but because the historical record shows that promoting marriage is part of promoting the general welfare” in his June 21, 2003 article, “Growing Old Together: The Historical Record Supports Biblical Pragmatism.” What is Biblical Pragmatism exactly? I’m sorry, but this is reprehensible. In a pluralistic society, government should not support the Biblical model of marriage at all, but should support the rights of the ultimate god of all pluralistic societies, individuals. By taking this stance, Mr. Olasky indicates that he would only argue against murder (including abortion) on “pragmatic” bases. Mr. Olasky, right is right and wrong is wrong for one reason and one reason only, because God says so, and He says so only in His revealed will to man, the Holy Scriptures.

As far as your recent article on the Pope is concerned, I am sure you are well aware that large numbers of Reformed and Orthodox Presbyterians believe his office to be the very fulfillment of Antichrist. While I do not believe it to be the fulfillment, I do believe that the office of the Pope (and thus he who holds it) is Antichrist (an Antichrist, not the Antichrist). So when you combine those who believe the Pope to be the antichrist with those who believe him to be an antichrist and then add in those who at least believe him to be the head of an apostate church (by very virtue of his being called its “head” seeing that Christ is and always will be the only head of the Church), you get a large number of your readers! I am not complaining of your writing about the Pope, or even about chronicling his life or his good points. What I am complaining of is your not putting the Pope or his office, much less the Roman Catholic Church, in the proper historical and Biblical light. Of course, if your goal is to attract readers from a large demographic group…

As a result of these issues, I have contacted SermonAudio.com, which I supported in the purchase of a full page ad in the past, as well as my friend Charles Nolan, and encouraged them to no longer support your magazine with advertising money until you begin to get it right in regard to Judge Moore and reporting on the head of the idolatrous and profane organization known as the Roman Catholic Church. I am also giving thought to publishing an editorial about this matter in our church magazine which goes to over 3,000 Reformed Christians worldwide.
In Christ, M.A.

Dear World:
You recently sent me a free issue of World about a month ago. As I looked through it, I was amazed that this was a Christian magazine because it was so professionally done. I told my wife that we are going to subscribe to this. (Please see the issue you sent me)

I have a major problem though: It’s an article that I read on Vision Forum concerning your magazine’s handling of the Judge Moore case. I’m sure that you do not understand that this man is our modern day Samson, Deborah, Jonah. (The fact that he has the title JUDGE should make it even more revealing to you.)

Not only do you need to correct everything listed in this article, you need to promote his cause as your front page till this issue is resolved. When you make steps in this direction, I will subscribe to your magazine. I have CC”d a copy of this email to a friend of mine who manages a verylarge email list. We will all anxiously await your response to this issue. I am very sure that many of them will respond as I. Your first assignment is to press Pryor to open his proceedings to the public.

Sincerely, D.G.

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 5, 2003 | Permalink

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Nov. 3, 2003 —

Statement by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore made today at a press conference held at the Legends at Capitol Hill in Prattville, Ala.

“Thank you for coming today. I’d like to address a few points, of course we realize that the United States Supreme Court has declined to hear the petitions which we filed before them and of course I’m disappointed and that they would fail to hear one of the most fundamental issues which confronts us in the 21st Century, that is whether or not the state can acknowledge God and that is the issue in this case, that was the issue in this case, and will remain the issue in many cases across this land. The United States Supreme Court may turn a deafening ear to the people of the state of Alabama, but they will not be able to avoid the thunderous roar that’s going to be heard across this country, because we do not intend, as a people, to allow such an invaluable right to be taken from us.

“It’s a sad day, but not for me, it’s a sad day for the people of the state of Alabama, because they’ve had one, unelected federal judge tell the Chief Justice of this state that we cannot acknowledge God when indeed the Constitution of Alabama states that we must acknowledge God to establish our justice system. And I certainly find it strange that on the very day the President of the United States visits Birmingham, and said that liberty and freedom is a valuable right given by the creator God, by the Almighty I believe were his words, and yet the Chief Justice of Alabama can’t acknowledge God.”

Remarks of the Chief Justice Below:

“It’s not completely unexpected that the Supreme Court would decline to hear these petitions. Indeed just last year they overturned a precedent which existed for nearly 20 years regarding sodomy, and certainly this issue about God exists in nearly every state of this union, in their Constitution. When they overturned that precedent just last year, they turned to international law, disregarding the Constitution. Indeed many have said that the Constitution is no longer a relevant document. Indeed we’ve got a problem in this country when judges like Judge Myron Thompson who is the judge in this case, makes a speech before the ACLU in Atlanta just a few weeks ago about International law. We’ve got to understand that the law, the rule of law we uphold in this country, is not international law, it’s the Constitution of the United States which all judges are sworn to uphold under Article 6.

“But I want to tell you one thing, it’s not over. We do not intend to stop educating the people of this country. And indeed when one third of our country rejects God we are going to turn to the other two thirds, both the Executive and the Legislative branches. We intend to send the petition that we sent to Congress to all the Congressman so that they too can understand what this issue is about. Today, in this very building we are holding a conference in attempts to restrict a runaway judiciary, because that’s what we’ve got in this land.

“Now we do not intend to give up. We have only begun to fight. And that is exactly what the message to this people, of this country, need to hear. This battle’s not over. Judges are elected to uphold the law, not to make it. And we intend to fight this battle.”

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 4, 2003 | Permalink

by Matthew Chancey

Well, the good ol’ boys have done it again. No matter where one stands on the Ten Commandments case, there is absolutely no excuse for what is taking place in Montgomery, Alabama. Chief Justice Roy Moore— love him or hate him— is the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. He was constitutionally elected by an impressive majority. Moreover, he is the highest paid state official in Alabama. Why then, at a trial to decide whether Moore is removed from office, is the panel of judges limiting participation from the public and baring all recording devices from the court room?

The Chief Justice specifically requested that the trial be held off-site at a location that can accommodate as many people as would like to attend his public trial. Given the unprecedented nature of this trial, it is natural that this exception should occur and the trial be moved to a large auditorium or convention center-as has been done in past high- profile cases.

Furthermore, a “gag order” has been issued on the press. No recording devises will be allowed in the courtroom-again contrary to the wishes of the accused Chief Justice. Why is the panel of judges so afraid to question the judge in front of his constituents? Why are they afraid of the trial being recorded for future generations?

The Ten Commandment case is an opportunity for our civil institutions to shine as an example to other nations of the world that do not have the means to settle emotional disputes in a civil manner. But instead of being a model political system, what’s going on in Montgomery today is the organization of a new “Star Chamber,” where political non-conformists can be tried out of the public eye and sent packing before voters know what hit them.

If Moore is so wrong, why not expose him publicly during his trial? If his arguments are so fallacious, why try to bury him as quickly as possible, leaving many doubts about the propriety and fairness of his treatment? If Moore’s detractors are trying to end this issue, they are going about it in the worst possible way. By issuing gag orders and limiting public witness, the judicial panel will do nothing but enrage Moore’s allies and make him twice the political liability. In addition to winning the hearts of many Alabamians because of his courage, Moore will win additional support from people who don’t necessarily agree with the merits of his case, but nonetheless frown upon the good ol’ boy “network” that contributes so much to the stereotypical image of corrupt southern politics.

Whether you love Moore or hate him, the plain fact is that this one man has the whole political machine in Alabama running scared and trying to avoid as much fallout as possible. But in their haste to bury the Chief Justice, Moore’s enemies are unwittingly planting a crop of “political kudzu” that might stop present erosion, but will eventually overthrow what it was meant to protect.

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 3, 2003 | Permalink

It is a sad day in America. The United States Supreme Court has denied cert and refuses to hear Chief Justice Roy Moore’s petition regarding the state’s ability to acknowledge God. Stay tuned to Doug’s Blog for further updates.

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 3, 2003 | Permalink

In 2001, I was conducting a Vision Forum Ministries Father and Son Retreat in the snowed-in mountains of California when I received news of the death of R.J. Rushdoony. The influence of this man on twentieth century thought was vast and extended to many who drew heavily from his writings though they were unwilling to formally associate with him because of his vigorous advocacy of biblical law. My own appreciation for him is deeply personal. Dr. Rushdoony was the man primarily responsible for leading my father to Christ. He was a spiritual father to my Dad. For that I am eternally grateful.

At the request of my father, I left the Father and Son Retreat to deliver a personal message to Dr. Rushdoony’ widow, Dorothy. We drove half a day to the funeral of Dr. Rushdoony, where my son Joshua and I arrived just in time to participate in the internment. I found Mrs. Rushdoony, kissed her, and delivered my father’s confidential message. She responded kindly, then wept: “My husband was my life. What shall I do without him.”

The Lord saw fit to give Mrs. Rushdoony several more years of life before calling her home to Glory. Precious in the eyes of the Lord are the deaths of His saints. Below is her obituary:

Dorothy Barbara Ross Rushdoony went to be with her Lord and Savior October 30, 2003. She died of heart failure at the home of her stepson in Vallecito, California. She was 87.

Other details will be posted on the Chalcedon website www.chalcedon.edu as they are available. You may also contact Chalcedon Office at 209-736-4365 Ext.10. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in her memory to the Chalcedon Foundation, P.O. Box 158, Vallecito, CA 95251, to be used in the publication of the works of her late husband, R.J. Rushdoony, whose work she faithfully labored to further for so many years.

Posted by Doug Phillips on November 2, 2003 | Permalink