Today, ahead of the Presidential Candidate Forum at Regent University, Jeb announced his Religious Liberty Advisory Committee. The coalition of political and religious leaders will help Jeb identify threats to the First Amendment and assist in crafting strategies to protect our first freedom. See the story from National Review and the entire coalition list on Jeb2016.com.
Religious Liberty Advisory Committee
Jeb’s Religious Liberty Advisory Committee is a coalition of political and religious leaders that will help Jeb identify threats to the First Amendment and assist in crafting strategies to protect our first freedom. The full committee list is below.
“Jeb understands the critical importance of religious liberty and is personally and passionately committed to its preservation. No one at the top tier of politics has demonstrated a greater commitment to the cause of religious liberty than Jeb. I’m honored to be a part of his team.” – Robert Schenck, President, National Clergy Council
“I’m honored to serve as a member of Governor Bush’s Religious Liberty Advisory Committee. Jeb is committed to safeguarding the rights of religious believers and to ensuring that religious freedom retains a robust place in our society. As religious liberty comes under increasing attack, we need a President like Jeb who understands the importance of religious freedom and who will stand up for the rights of religious believers to freely and openly live their faith.” – S. Senator Orrin Hatch
“With our religious liberty under unprecedented attack, we desperately need a President like Gov. Jeb Bush who truly comprehends the foundational significance of freedom, and has a proven record of embracing and standing firm with us on our concerns.” – Representative Jim Kallinger, former FL State Representative
“I am honored to endorse Governor Bush for President of the United States. I am convinced he will provide the leadership to ensure the men and women in the military will be guaranteed the right to practice their faith without any fear of retribution.” – Major General Charles Baldwin, U.S. Air Force (ret.), former Chief of Chaplains for the U.S. Air Force
“Jeb Bush has demonstrated that he has the leadership experience America needs at this critical time. He has also shown that he will defend the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom and respects the many faiths that are observed in our diverse nation.” – Jane Abraham, Chairman of the Board, SBA List
“I have known Jeb Bush for decades, and have discussed most of the issues of our time with him. As a life-long conservative, I find it easy to support Jeb with enthusiasm. Bush is a man of great integrity; he listens to the advice of others, and genuinely loves and cares about all people. Jeb has a passion for protecting our Constitution, and fighting to preserve our basics religious liberties. He shares the values we hold dear, and has a proven life-long record of protecting life and liberties.” – Deborah DeMoss Fonseca, former Senior Policy Advisory, Marco Rubio for Senate, former Senior Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Senator Jesse Helms
“Governor Bush understands that religious liberty is not just the first freedom protected in our Bill of Rights, but a fundamental freedom of civic society. As President, Governor Bush will govern our country according to this principle.” – Geoffrey Surtees, Senior Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice
“No candidate for the presidency has spoken out as clearly and reasonably about religious freedom and the right of conscientious objection as has Governor Bush. Speaking to the media recently he called for protecting the right of conscience while likewise respecting opposing views, and for allowing people of conscience to act on their faith yet also avoiding discrimination. These comments show how clearly the governor understands the issues surrounding religious freedom in the United States. He is an effective leader proposing a fair and practical framework for dealing with the issues and enhancing, rather than undermining, our personal liberty.”– Ambassador Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
Governor Jeb Bush’s Religious Liberty Advisory Committee
Current Members of Congress
United States Senator Orrin Hatch – Utah
United States Senator Dean Heller – Nevada
Congressman Mark Amodei – NV-2
Congressman Gus Bilirakis – FL-12
Congressman Ander Crenshaw – FL-4
Congressman Carlos Curbelo – FL-26
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart – FL-25
Congresswoman Kay Granger – TX-12
Congressman David Jolly – FL-13
Congressman Patrick McHenry – NC-10
Congressman John Mica – FL-7
Congressman Jeff Miller – FL-1
Congressman Tom Reed – NY-23
Congressman Mike Rogers – AL-3
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – FL-27
Congressman Pete Sessions – TX-32
Congressman Dave Trott – MI-11
Congressman David Valadao – CA-21
Congresswoman Ann Wagner – MO-2
Co-Chairs of the Religious Liberty Advisory Committee*
Jane Abraham – Chairman of the Board, SBA List
Pastor William Andrews – Senior Pastor, Heart of Mercy Community Church
Representative Frank Attkisson, former FL State Representative
Major General Charles Baldwin – U.S. Air Force (ret.), former Chief of
Chaplains for the U.S. Air Force
Hon. William Barr – former U.S. Attorney General
Charles Bender, III – Founding Executive Director, Place of Hope
Joseph Canizaro – Founder and Board Member, LEGATUS New Orleans
Hon. Eric Cantor – former U.S. House Majority Leader
Alberto Cardenas – former Chairman of the American Conservative Union
Henry Cashen – legal counsel, Franciscan Monastery of Washington, DC
and Commissariat of the Holy Land, Washington, DC
Dr. Grazie Christie, M.D. – Policy Advisor, The Catholic Association
Kenneth Connor – attorney, former President of the Family Research
Council, former President and Chairman of Florida Right to Life
Councilman Tom Cope – City Councilman, Johnston City Council (IA)
Ann Corkery – Senior Advisor, The Catholic Association
Neil Corkery – President, Sudan Relief Fund
Anthony de Nicola
Christie de Nicola
Mark DeMoss – Founder, DEMOSS
Professor Robert Destro – Professor of Law, The Catholic University of
America’s Columbus School of Law and Distinguished Fellow, Newseum
Institute’s Religious Freedom Center
Andrew Ekonomou – Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of
Constantinople and Senior Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice
Michelle Engler – attorney, former First Lady of Michigan
Sean Fellows – Director of Government Affairs, The Rogich
Communications Group
Dr. Kingsley Fletcher – Founder and Senior Pastor, Life International
Deborah DeMoss Fonseca – former Senior Policy Advisory, Marco Rubio for
Senate, former Senior Professional Staff Member, U.S. Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and former Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Senator
Jesse Helms
Rene Fonseca – President, The Fonseca Group
Dr. Stephen Freeman – Senior Pastor (Springfield, TN)
Rabbi Doniel Ginsberg – Associate Dean, Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel of
Waterbury, CT and Associate Dean, Ohr Somayach-Tanenbaum College,
Jerusalem
Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon – former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
and Professor of Law, Harvard University
Representative Carlos Gonzalez – New Hampshire House of Representative,
Hillsborough- District 45
Speaker John Hambrick – Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, Assemblyman
District 2
Cherie Harder – non-profit president, writer, and former White House
Special Assistant to the President and Director of Policy and Projects
for the First Lady
Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes, Jr. – Pastor and President and Founder, National
Save the Family Now Movement
Kay Coles James – former Director of U.S. Office of Personnel
Management
Representative Jim Kallinger – former FL State Representative
Pastor Pablo Lago – Senior Pastor and Founder, La Roca Firme Brethren
in Christ Church
Dr. Richard Lee – President, There’s Hope Ministries
Jay Lefkowitz – partner, Kirkland & Ellis; former senior White
House advisor; former U.S. Special Envoy on Human Rights in North Korea
Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson, Jr. – Rector, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
Pastor Guillermo Maldonado – Co-Founder and Senior Pastor, King Jesus
Ministry
Francis Manion – Senior Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice
Dr. Yuri Mantilla – Associate Professor of Law, Liberty University
School of Law
Hon. Michael Mukasey – former U.S. Attorney General
Secretary R. James Nicholson – former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
and former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Attorney General Scott Pruitt – Attorney General of Oklahoma
Representative Samuel Rivers, Jr. – Pastor and State Representative,
South Carolina House of Representatives, District 15
Rev. Windell Rodgers – Pastor, Greater Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Ambassador Francis Rooney – former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See
Thane Rosenbaum – Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Forum on
Law, Culture & Society at NYU School of Law
Rev. Robert Schenck – President, National Clergy Council
Bobby Schindler – President, Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network
Attorney General Bill Schuette – Attorney General of Michigan
Pastor Waldemar Serrano – President and Founder, Ministerio Mundial
Betania
Rev. Bill Shuler – Lead Pastor, Capital Life Church
Senator Kelli Stargel – Florida Senate, District 15
Geoffrey Surtees – Senior Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice
Dr. Larry Thompson – Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Ft.
Lauderdale
Jim Towey – former Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives and former legal counsel to Mother Teresa of
Calcutta
Steven Valentine – former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division, U.S. Department of Justice and former Executive Director and
General Counsel, Americans United for Life
Hon. Vin Weber – former U.S. Congressman (Minnesota)
Hon. Dave Weldon, M.D. – former U.S. Congressman (Florida)
Dr. Luder G. Whitlock, Jr. – President Emeritus, Reformed Theological
Seminary and President, Excelsis
Committee Members
Thomas Abraham – Florida
Charlie Amick – Veteran, South Carolina
Harvey Amick – South Carolina
Henry Auton – Veteran, South Carolina
Phyllis Auton – South Carolina
Fritz Brogran – Washington, D.C.
Tony Calatayud – Florida
Edward Fant – Veteran, South Carolina
Brooke Henderson – Washington, D.C.
Pastor Anibal Heredia – Puerto Rico
Ashley Hickey – Washington, D.C.
Ruth Hiddleson – Iowa
David Livingston – South Carolina
Dorothy Livingston – South Carolina
Annie Livingston – South Carolina
Jean Nixon – Pro-Life Advocate, Florida
*Organization
names are listed for identification purposes only and should not be
construed as endorsements by such organizations.
