The Anti-Defamation Leaguewants less religioustalk from Lieberman. The First Amendment requires that government neither support one religion over another, nor the religious over the non-religious. Al and Joe Lieberman both believe that we need to give parents the tools they need to strengthen their families.
Values are an important part of that.
Other religious groups gave a full-throated defense of Lieberman. But far more important than the language itself is the impact it will have on public policy, and whether such language sends a message of inclusion or exclusion to those of minority faiths or those of no particular faith. Both of these areas help explain why an unprecedented majority of American Jews will support Al Gore and Joe Lieberman on November 7th. Senator Lieberman not only has a First Amendment right to exercise his freedom of speech, he has a moral obligation to share with Americans his religiously-informed vision of the polity. We've been chastised and ridiculed for saying these things in the past.