Opposing the Religious Right

[Freedom_from_Chains]

Public Theology

It is now necessary to explicitly oppose the religious right, its leaders, its beliefs, its immoral political influence.

The religious right practices an irresponsible politics threatening the future of the United States, the peace of the world, and the integrity and purpose of the historic Christian church. We encourage everyone, citizens and people of faith, to actively and publicly work to challenge the religious right and its leaders, to reduce its influence in the public sphere, and remove them from electoral offices.

The groups and candidates of the religious right are not responsible actors within local or national political processes. They are hurting themselves, the constituencies they claim to represent, and the communities in which they become involved. They also do not reflect the faith and witness of the historic Christian church.

It is therefore necessary to organize specifically against them. Religious right candidates have been able to insert themselves into the political process through the Republican Party, to the degradation of that party. They get elected often by hiding their true beliefs and priorities. Every effort needs to be made to expose them, make sure they do not get elected, and where they hold elective office to remove them.

In the past three decades the quality of the political process in this country has greatly deteriorated. One of the principle reasons for this has been the rise of the religious right. Claiming to be legitimately Christian the religious right in this country has engaged in a politics of irresponsibility both in the content of their political and religious views as well as the methods they have been willing to use to influence the political process and even get themselves elected to office. It has become important for citizens and responsible people of faith to organize specifically against the groups and leaders, candidates and public officials who represent the religious right.


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[Maat]

1. Ummm..

I've been fighting the good fight for years; one way I do is by faithfully contributing to AU every month (Au.org). Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

2. I have become a card carrying member of the ACLU n/t

[Maat]

3. Yahoo!

I think I have to renew my dues there.

I've been focusing on DU, NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League), PFLAG (Parents, Friends, Family of Lesbians and Gays), and AU (Americans United for Separation of Church and State).

Oh, and Democracy for America.

[yorkiemommie1]

4. Harper's Magazine, May 2005 has an excellent trio of articles

about the historical development of the religious right dating 200 years back and covering its current underpinnings.

1. "Let There Be Markets" - The Evangelical Roots of Economics, by Gordon Bigelow. p. 33.


2. "Soldiers of Christ" - Inside America's Most Powerful Megachurch, by Jeff Sharlet p. 41.


3. "Feeling the Hate with the National Religious Broadcasters" - by Chris Hedges, p. 55

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[Freedom_from_Chains]

5. I have seen several articals covering the same subject

What many people don't realize is the social phenomenon we are currently dealing with, which we call the religious right, is something that goes back at least 150 years and is just now reaching fruition.

[ladjf]

6. Have preachers totally abandoned the idea of preaching

the gospel?

[NAO]

7. Radical Clerics have covert agenda - "Dominionism" - threat to Democracy

Fundamentalist Radical Clerics such as Falwell, Dobson, and Robertson are not merely medieval throwbacks or misguided religious hacks. They are part of a well organized subversionary movement known as "Dominionism".

Dominionism constitutes a serious threat to American Democracy. These Radical Clerics have developed and are executing a detailed plan to gradually replace the free, secular democratic society of the United States with a Theocracy.

The Swift Advance of a Planned Coup: Conquering by Stealth and Deception - How the Dominionists Are Succeeding in Their Quest for National Control and World Power
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheSwiftAdvanceOfaPlannedCoup.htm

The Despoiling of America: How George W. Bush became the head of the new American Dominionist Church/State
http://www.yuricareport.com/Dominionism/TheDespoilingOfAmerica.htm

Video on the Christian Reconstructionist Dominionist Theocratic Agenda
http://www.theocracywatch.org/av/video_dominion.ram

The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party
a public information project from TheocracyWatch.org
http://www.theocracywatch.org

The Yurica Report - News, Intelligence, Analysis
http://www.yuricareport.com

[Kat45]

8. Would that fall under the definition of "treason"?

[Freedom_from_Chains]

9. And maybe someday, after the wars this brings us is over

We will be able to go through the files and find out who was supporting these people and try them for just that.