The Religious Wrong
Be afraid. Be very afraid. From the site, theocracywatch.org:
"The Republican Party of Texas affirms that the United States is a Christian nation." --Texas Republican Party Platform, 2002Here we are in the year 2004 and a small group of religious extremists have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. This web site demonstrates how we got here and how the media, even the progressive media is missing what is the most important story in modern American politics.
Please don't misunderstand the title: the Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party. This site is not about religion, nor about Christianity, nor about Republicans. This site is about how a small group of Republican strategists targeted a religious constituency to expand the base of their party, and how a small group of religious extremists targeted the Republican Party to bring the United States government under religious control.
Paranoia? Well, as the saying goes, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you."
(via Metafilter)
You're not paranoid, this is the nuts and bolts of US politics, and has been for some time. In fact, the Christian right took over the Texas Republican Party in 1994, the selfsame year that George W became governor. Sad to say, hijacking of the political agenda by religious extremists is old news; for more recent developments, check out the story in Monday's New York Times about the college in Virginia whose student body is made up almost exclusively of Christian home-schoolers, and which is now churning out graduates in government-related studies and sending them to Washington to start climbing up the political ranks. See http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/08/education/08HOME.html
modestproposal at March 10, 2004 9:15 AM
Unfortunately I am aware of all of this, but a great site nonetheless.
I don't know if you're aware of it or not, but just in case you're not, www.landoverbaptist.org
is the best religious site on the entire Net. Bar none
chris at March 10, 2004 4:32 PM
Landoverbaptist.org is a parody site, isn't it?
Amy, have you read "The Battle for God"? It's a book about fundamentalist movements in the "Big Three" monotheistic religions: I thought the part on latter-day (sorry) Christian fundamentalism particularly interesting. It's a solid piece of work, at any rate.
M at March 11, 2004 7:13 AM
Actually, David Rensin, I think, recommended it to me. I bought it, and it's sitting in the queue to be read on my floor. Only 10 books in line in front of it. Sigh.
Amy Alkon at March 11, 2004 7:38 AM