This Sunday, Evangelicals across the country will join together via satellite and cable to rally to advance their beliefs in this country. The topic de jure will be the next Supreme Court justice. As Reuters reports, though, not all Christian leaders are pleased by the prospect of this event.

Some religious leaders yesterday criticized this weekend's evangelical rally on judicial issues, arguing that the event suggests an imposition of faith on matters of U.S. public life.

"Those in public office must never make religion the lens" through which constitutional matters are decided, said the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance.

The Justice Sunday II rally in Nashville is the second in a series of televised church demonstrations organized by the Family Research Council to pressure legislators to follow evangelical positions on the judiciary. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) is scheduled to speak.

"It is entirely inappropriate to assume that a person's ideology is a barometer of their personal faith," said the Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of Churches USA and a former Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania.

This event raises some of the fundamental differences between the Democratic and Republican Parties. What could be more telling than the appearance of Tom DeLay at this event?

It is entirely understandable for groups of faith -- like all other groups in this country -- to organize to achieve a common political goal. However, to hold a rally at which those like Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist are not allowed to attend simply because they believe stem cell research to be moral is in my estimation an undue imposition of religion into politics.