U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft was criticized for attending an event with a preacher who called United States a “Christian nation.” Ashcroft praised D. James Kennedy after the televangelist said, “As Christians we should prefer and select Christians to rule over us.” Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State said, “Ashcroft’s failure to repudiate Kennedy’s bigoted version of America is appalling.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
