(AgapePress) - Senate Democrats have established a new code word in their war against those who are devoutly religious.

William Murray, director of the Washington, DC-based Religious Freedom Coalition, says Democrats in the U.S. Senate have instituted a new code word to justify their bigotry. That code word is actually the phrase: "deeply held beliefs."

"'Deeply held beliefs' is a code word for bias against those individuals who actually believe the Bible," Murray says. "It's a code word for bias against Catholics who obey the church doctrine."

According to Murray, the code "deeply held beliefs" is being used by Senate Democrats in their filibustering sessions to prove that some judicial nominees are unfit to serve on the federal bench -- particularly on the Circuit Court, which he points out is the primary recruiting ground for the U.S. Supreme Court.

"It is becoming more and more apparent that the Democrats do not want anybody on the circuit court ... who has 'deeply held' religious beliefs," he says.

Murray believes pro-abortion Democrats are afraid religious judges will overturn Roe v. Wade and end legalized abortion in the U.S. Some Christian leaders have called the Democrats' tactic "blatant, intolerant bigotry."

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