Values
139 "Q" Street, NW
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 547-8570
Fax: (202) 546-6403
January 14, 2005
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We celebrate with you this week because Christ has allowed you to be His servant in this nation for another
presidential term. But already there is a challenge to the biblical norms that you stand for, and it comes
from within your very own family. This Thursday, your two daughters, Jenna and Barbara, will appear
before the earthly world in attire that cannot be described in any sense as modest.
As you know, dress and appearance are an important reflection of our Christian values. We are what we
wear, as the saying goes, and according to this edict, your own daughters, bejeweled and bedecked in
garments that plunge of neckline and cling of fabric, cannot be said to reflect the deeply-held believes of
the tens of millions of values voters who sent you back to that highest office in the land.
As you prepare to lead this country for another four years, remember your role as leader of your own
family. "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is
the Savior." (Ephesians 5:23)
When you advise your daughters as to the essential importance of dressing to glorify God, remind them of
these words from Timothy: "I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with
braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes".
You have four years, a brief time only, to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings
with it the blessings of Almighty God. Do not risk offending Him in these early days of your second term
by presenting forth your own daughters as Oholah and Oholibah, who, like Jezebel, painted their eyes and
decked themselves with ornaments to entice men to commit adultery with them (Ezek 23).
Sincerely,
Lewis Sheldrick
Coalition for Traditional Values
Beverley Hayden
Concerned Women of America
Robert Wilder
American Family Organization
Randy Thomas
Campaign for Families
Dennis Patton
Silver Ring Thing
Sandy Slokum
Defend Our Marriages
Roy deLong
Baptist Leadership Council
