> The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few Excerpts. Read the whole thing, it's quite > long: > <<http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/cover.html>> > America the theocracy
<snipped rest> I couldn't access the article, but here is one I could: http://www.buzzflash.com/farrell/04/03/far04007.html 'On a Mission From God': The Religious Right and the Emerging American Theocracy [To skip some of the ranting, scroll down to "1) The Council for National Policy" and ff. Personally, I think Howard Stern is a foul-mouthed schmuck, but if adults want to pay to listen to him, that is their right -- and removal of that right is a Bad Thing.] "The Council for National Policy -- Deemed by ABC News as "the most powerful conservative group you've never heard of," the Council for National Policy, which was co-founded by former Moral Majority head LaHaye [co-author of the various Left Behind series], has included John Ashcroft, Ed Meese, Ralph Reed, the editor of The National Review, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Grover Norquist and Oliver North among its members... "The Christian Coalition -- On Dec. 24, 2001, the Washington Post featured an article entitled "Religious Right Finds Its Center in Oval Office: Bush Emerges as Movement's Leader After Robertson Leaves Christian Coalition " in which reporter Dana Milbank explained exactly how significant the Supreme Court's selection of George W. Bush was. "For the first time since religious conservatives became a modern political movement, the president of the United States has become the movement's de facto leader," Milbank wrote... "Christian Reconstructionists -- Ever hear of Rousas J. Rushdoony? Didn't think so. Before he died in 2001, he was the leader of the Reconstructionist movement, which, in a nutshell, seeks to toss out the U.S. Constitution and turn the United States of America into a theocracy. "Active in the GOP for quite some time, the movement's greatest influence has been, according to a 1998 article in Reason, "in helping change the terms of discourse on the traditionalist right." Journalist Walter Olson put it this way: "One of their effects has been to allow everyone else to feel moderate. To wit: Almost any anti-abortion stance seems nuanced when compared with Gary North's advocacy of public execution not just for women who undergo abortions but for those who advised them to do so. And with the Rushdoony faction proposing the actual judicial murder of gays, fewer blink at the position of a Gary Bauer or a Janet Folger, who support laws exposing them to mere imprisonment..." The article is much longer, and has multiple links to the articles/sites it cites. To read about a Virginia law that requires citizens to 'sleep in their bedrooms' as opposed to other rooms {I am *not* making this up}, and "that House Majority Leader Tom Delay had openly admitted he was "on a mission from God to promote a 'biblical worldview' in American politics" is to realize that some of those who 'support less government intrusion in our lives' are either lying, deluded, or have a radically different definition of "government intrusion". Debbi Don't Interfere With Dumping Toxic Waste Into America's Waterways, But Keep Tabs On Where -And With Whom- Citizens Are Sleeping Maru >:/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
