The first two Justice Sundays were heavily publicised, the only two things that seemed to be hard to find out were the TV networks carrying it live (and I was able to find THAT after some searching--it's via a dominionist (yes, literally, as it's in their name even) "pro-Christian" DBS provider called Sky Angel/Dominion Satellite (I've posted a bit of scuttlebutt about them and their involvement in the previous Justice Sundays here).

There is not a peep on the FRC website announcing the Justice Sundays (http://www.justicesunday.com).  We probably won't know until late December if Sky Angel will be broadcasting Justice Sunday III or not (but they DO keep their schedules online, and one does not have to subscribe to a specific pay-per-view event to watch Justice Sunday stuff, just subscribe to their DBS service or find a satellite store carrying it :3)

I'm thinking one of three things:

a) Unwelcome attention has been brought on the dominionist movement and they are trying their best to conduct meetings in stealth, much like the days of the CNP/COR et al.  (Both Justice Sunday I and Justice Sunday II were met with both counterprotests at local churches and complaints with the IRS regarding the tax exempt status of the churches they were held at; Tom Delay and Bill Frist, who have appeared at Justice Sunday events in past, are now both being investigated for violations of elections laws specifically relating to nonprofit groups.  FRC's sister groups Focus on the Family is also now being investigated by the IRS, and Family Research Council (and nearly all other dominionist activist groups) share the same tax exempt status.)

b) They are planning something particularly big and particularly nasty that they do NOT want to get out in the public, probably including planning illegal activity (if so, it may be particularly important for someone to get a Sky Angel feed to monitor and record this).

c) Both.

by dogemperor on Fri Dec 02, 2005 at 08:05:30 AM EST

At this point further rants from the Justice Sunday crowd can only serve to put more focus on Alito's very conservative views on abortion and other social issues, and they know that. Best to keep quiet and hope nobody notices.

by tacitus on Fri Dec 02, 2005 at 08:23:27 PM EST

One of the objectives of the event is certainly going to be Alito's confirmation. That nomination may be in trouble as a result of Alito's statements regarding abortion -- he has pretty much said that he believes that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned. There is a threatened fillibuster in the Senate, and the next Justice Sunday needs to be scheduled to take advantage of those events.

My guess is that things are not settled because they are still leaving the schedule tenatively open. They may want to move it again.
Alonzo Fyfe

The Atheist Ethicist
by Alonzo Fyfe on Fri Dec 02, 2005 at 08:25:15 AM EST