Opposing the Religious Right Tracking the Left's Opposition to Christian and Jewish Conservatism

1 posted on 08/06/2002 6:03:48 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK

I'm currently reading a book published 15 years ago titled The Betrayal of the Church: Apostasy & Renewal in the Mainline Denominations. The author is Dr. Edmund W. Robb, a Methodist evangelist, and his journalist daughter. The book is thoroughly researched and documented and builds a strong case to show how the leaders of many of America's oldest and (at one time) largest denominations are so far to the left politically they make Ted Kennedy look like a Bircher. We're not talking about just pro-choice and welfare issues. Some of these honchos were supporting marxist revolutions around the world, defending Soviet persecution of Christians and other political dissidents, and trying to shut down multi-nationals (such as Nestles) on very spurious grounds.

It's interesting that at the time when the term "religious right" was coming into usage, there was a much more threatening "religious left" coming on the scenes. Most of their direct efforts failed, but they did accomplish one thing: they alienated many of their conservative members who left in droves, thereby weakening their own influence. But these people still have a great amount of very dangerous influence in American political and religious life.

2 posted on 08/06/2002 6:26:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mulliner

To: Singapore_Yank

Ranking of states, most conservative to least conservative, based on Senate voting records:

1	97	Oklahoma
2	94	Idaho
3	94	Texas
4	92	Kentucky
5	92	Kansas
6	91	Arizona
7	90	Wyoming
8	89	Utah
9	87	Tennessee
10	87	Virginia
11	87	Mississippi
12	86	Alabama
13	86	New Hampshire
14	80	Ohio
15	78	Alaska
16	74	Colorado
17	69	Nebraska
18	65	South Carolina
19	64	Pennsylvania
20	60	Arkansas
21	57	Nevada
22	56	North Carolina
23	55	Missouri
24	55	Maine
25	52	Montana
26	50	Indiana
27	48	Illinois
28	46	Iowa
29	44	Oregon
30	43	New Mexico
31	37	Georgia
32	32	Vermont
33	31	Louisiana
34	20	West Virginia
35	20	North Dakota
36	19	Delaware
37	18	Rhode Island
38	17	Florida
39	17	South Dakota
40	14	Connecticut
41	13	Wisconsin
42	9	New York
43	8	Hawaii
44	7	California
45	7	Michigan
46	7	Washington
47	6	New Jersey
48	6	Maryland
49	4	Minnesota
50	4	Massachusetts

Ranking of states, most conservative to least conservative, based on House of Representatives voting records:

1	97	Wyoming
2	91	Idaho
3	85	New Hampshire
4	84	Kentucky
5	84	Montana
6	83	South Dakota
7	82	Oklahoma
8	81	Nebraska
9	77	Arizona
10	77	Kansas
11	76	Alaska
12	75	Alabama
13	75	Utah
14	70	Georgia
15	70	Louisiana
16	70	Virginia
17	68	South Carolina
18	67	Mississippi
19	66	Colorado
20	64	Tennessee
21	64	Indiana
22	63	Iowa
23	62	North Carolina
24	61	Florida
25	59	Missouri
26	58	New Mexico
27	57	Delaware
28	55	Texas
29	54	Ohio
30	53	Nevada
31	52	Pennsylvania
32	47	Illinois
33	44	Michigan
34	43	Wisconsin
35	43	Arkansas
36	42	West Virginia
37	41	Minnesota
38	40	California
39	38	Washington
40	36	Maryland
41	35	New Jersey
42	30	New York
43	29	Connecticut
44	24	Oregon
45	20	Rhode Island
46	19	North Dakota
47	7	Vermont
48	7	Hawaii
49	5	Maine
50	5	Massachusetts

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3 posted on 08/06/2002 6:42:50 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK

being there to tell the truth when they deceptively tailor their messages for the mainstream media

Pretty hard to do when it is the Truth you are trying to deny and spin

4 posted on 08/06/2002 9:20:43 PM PDT by LiteKeeper

What galls them is the existence of opinion they can't stomach.

5 posted on 08/07/2002 1:08:42 AM PDT by goldstategop

6 posted on 08/07/2002 11:10:18 AM PDT by Michael2001

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Opposing the Religious Right

Tracking the Left's Opposition to Christian and Jewish Conservatism

While Christian and Jewish conservatives -- members of the "Religious Right" -- are often categorized and labeled in the mainstream media, the people and organizations that actively oppose them (the Anti-Religious Left?) are often spared ideological labels while being quoted as experts on cultural, religious, or constitutional issues. Even the names of their organizations do little to betray their agendas: People for the American Way ... Interfaith Alliance ... almost sounds like folks you'd find in a Norman Rockwell painting. Here are some of the players aligned against the Religious Right, and quotes confirming their status. Bill Clinton "My only enemy is right-wing religious fundamentalism." People for the American Way Norman Lear (producer of "All in the Family" and "Maude") founded PFAW in the 1980's to oppose the Moral Majority. From the PFAW Web site: "People For the American Way Foundation is the nation's pre-eminent expert on the day-to-day activities of the Religious Right. This essential 'watchdog' work involves keeping exhaustive records of what ultraconservative groups communicate to their own target audiences; being there to tell the truth when they deceptively tailor their messages for the mainstream media; and helping to organize other groups and communities to defeat the Religious Right." The Interfaith Alliance From their Web site: "Our agenda aims to counter those, such as the Religious Right, who promote intolerance and degrade the value of a multi-faith nation." Institute for First Amendment Studies From their Web site: "Since 1984, IFAS has monitored the radical religious right and reported its findings in the Freedom Writer newsletter."