Walter Cronkite endorses Campaign to Force Christianity out of U.S. Public Life

LifeSiteNews ^ | 2/28/07 | Gudrun Schultz

[wagglebee]

SAN JOSE, California, February 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A new campaign to force Christian influence out of the public sphere was launched last week in San Jose, California, in response to what is seen as a returning strength of religious organizations in American society.

Led by members of the Interfaith Alliance, an organization dedicated to countering the influence of the conservative Christian Coalition on federal politics, the new campaign is designed to promote policies that would silence the political voice of the “religious right.”

Called ‘First Amendment First’, the campaign has been billed as a defense of the separation of church and state, which organizers claim is threatened by religious organizations’ involvement in political lobbying and endorsement of candidates.

Recommendations promoted by the campaign would see sweeping bans imposed on church activities affecting public policy, including a prohibition on church endorsement of political candidates. Research and health policies should not be founded on “religious doctrine”, the campaign states and a ban should be imposed on schools promoting a particular religion.

As well, campaign petitions include an end to state funding of any charitable organization that “discriminates in its hiring” or requires people hold a particular faith to receive services.

American news personality Walter Cronkite, a veteran of US media, endorsed the campaign, as did the Rev. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance.

Cronkite, now 90, served as anchor for CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981.  He is the spokesman and honorary chairman of the Alliance, which includes multi-faith and atheistic members. In addition to opposing religious influence on politics, the organization is dedicated to promoting public acceptance of homosexuality, calling for an end to “discrimination based on sexual orientation.”

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[popdonnelly]

What we need is a campaign to force Walter Cronkite and his CBS cohorts out of public life.

[hinckley buzzard]

Walter Cronkite reminds me of my 78 year old senile father. I love the "old man" - but he's lost it - just like Walter.

Sorry about your father, but don't waste any love on Cronkite. He was a vicious, lying, anti-American psychopath when he was lucid. This anti-Christian filth is nothing new for him.

[El Cid]

Re 29:
Many of the same people who want Christianity out of public life have no problem inviting Islam in. They call Christians right wing and fanatic and in the next breath respectfully refer to Muslims as devout. They promote gay rights and say Islamic sensibilities must be protected. They accuse Christians of trying to censor free speech, but they self-sensor any reference to the prophet Mohammad. The hypocacy is breathtaking. There really is something fundamentally wrong with these people.

Actually I think 'their' game plan is becoming clear.
These Marxists see their enemy as Christianity (Liberty - Freedom came from Christ: "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."). And to these Marxists, Liberty is anathema.
They have no problem enlisting islam to achieve their ends. Marxists, such as Cronkite, delude themselves that once they browbeat Christianity into the ground they'll be able to turn on the islamics (or somehow think that they can co-opt them).

[rbg81]

Their world view is so narrow that they think that the Islamists will roll over and capitulate the NY Times writes enough nasty editiorials about them.

[warsaw44]

and some forms of self defense is a violation of certain civil rights. It boggles the imagination.

[virgil]

Yeah. What this is really about is silencing the opposition. Just like any bloody little tyrant

[vaudine]

"Uncle Walter is just a bitter, sennile, godless, old liberal"...whose brain was pickled 30 years ago.

Vaudine

[RetiredArmy]

Uncle Walter is just a bitter, senile, godless, old liberal.

Yes, and maybe soon he will be burning in hell where he belongs.

[Tolkien]

Uncle Walter is just a bitter, senile, godless, old liberal.

Aren't you being redundant? sniker

[Nam Vet]

If that idiot Cronkite would have been honest AT ALL about his beliefs in the 60s, he would have been booted out on his ass or never given the anchor chair to begin with. Ol' Walter was/is an accomplished liar and a dyed in the wool socialist.

Nam Vet

[hosepipe]

[.. Cronkite, now 90, served as anchor for CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. ..]

Wally Cronkite.. will meet Jesus soon..

[mplsconservative]

Nam Vet, You are correct.

However, if the traitor had made his views known in the 60's, he would've revealed the Marxist plan.

Take over the media and our institutions of education.

We've got a long uphill battle on our hands, friend, as I'm sure you realize.

People are so dumbed down today by their influence, I'm frightened we'll never recover.

[SuziQ]

I guess they don't see the irony in this plan to "separate church and state" by sic'ing THE State on THE Church.

No, it's totally lost on them. I'm amused at the name "Interfaith Alliance". It seems to me, it's an alliance of groups that no longer HAVE their faith.

[Arrowhead1952]

I copied some of your names from other ping lists, but wanted to let you see this article, just in case you haven't seen it yet. This is despicable. I think Walter needs to be sent to the glue factory.

[Little Ray]

I endorse a campaign to force Cronkheit (which means "sickness" - describing Uncle Walt perfectly!)out of public life and out of the USA.

[beachn4fun]

Thanks for pointing that out.

Also, even if they managed to pass such a law, how in the hell do they expect to enforce it? Anyone who votes regardless of their religious affiliation can affect the our government.

And, IMO, "the religious right" has just as much right to lobby as any other entity.

[ohioman]

That old saggy seditious turd will probably live to be a 100, just like his buddy Jimmy Carter.

[Arrowhead1952]

And, IMO, "the religious right" has just as much right to lobby as any other entity.

Can you imagine the outcry if Walter Cronkite endorses Campaign to Force ISLAM out of U.S. Public Life?

[Unam Sanctam]

"First Amendment First"? So they're going to defend the First Amendment by denying people who happen to be religious their First Amendment rights to participate in the political process?

[beachn4fun]

You could bet a month's paycheck on the outcome of THAT!

Maybe we need to find out what types of lobbyist are currently pounding the halls of our judicial system, huh? I'd bet we'd find all kinds of mixed groups with various religious background.