> From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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
<<http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2004-03-25/cover.html>> > > <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 >:/ I've posted about congressional CNP members before. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
