David Black, Green Party candidate for Attorney General, rejects Moment of Silence defense

David Black, Green Party candidate for
Attorney General, rejects Moment of Silence defense

David Black, the Green Party candidate for Illinois Attorney General, told me, today, that he would not defend the Student Prayer Act "Moment of Silence" case in federal appeals court.

"The law is unconstitutional. It is not defensible and it is a waste of taxpayer resources to try and defend it," said David.

Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an order to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to file her brief in support of the law by September 8th, as noted in my other story, today, Appellate Court rejects Madigan request to delay Moment of Silence case.

Lisa does have the option of withdrawing her appeal of my daughter's federal court victory in the case. Do that, Lisa! Tell the Appellate Court what David would tell the Court: that the law is unconstitutional and the State of Illinois chooses not to defend such a law.

It's things like this that inspired me to join the Illinois Green Party early last year. No wishy washy stuff about pandering to the religious community for votes by supporting things that are clearly unconstitutional, like the Moment of Silence law or the donations of tax dollars to houses of worship, parochial schools and religious ministries, as I've frequently reported on, including here. The candidates of the Green Party know right from wrong and have the courage to do the right thing, without sticking a finger up to see which way the political winds are blowing.

Too bad that Pat Quinn and Lisa Madigan don't do the same thing. Of course, there's always Richard Whitney and David Black running as the Green Party candidates for Governor and Attorney General, respectively, along with a full slate of Green Party candidates for the Illinois constitutional offices and US Senate in next year's election.