NEW YORK — Secular humanists and leftist activists convened here over the weekend to strategize how to counter what they contend is a growing political threat from Christian conservatives.
Understanding and answering the "religious far right" that propelled President Bush’s re-election is key to preventing a "theocracy" from governing the nation, speakers argued at a weekend conference.
"The religious right now has an unprecedented influence on American politics and policy," said Ralph White, co-founder of the Open Center, a New York City institution focused on holistic learning. "It is incumbent upon all of us to understand as precisely as possible its aims, methods, beliefs, theology and psychology."
… "This may be the darkest time in our history," said Bob Edgar, general secretary of the left-leaning National Council of Churches and former six-term Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania. "The religious right have been systematically working at this for 40 years. The question is, where is the religious left?" [Source][Via Hugh Hewitt]
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Jeff, I started reading your “news article” about the conference assuming it was a spoof. But I guess you just can’t make this stuff up!
I noticed a typo in the article. It should have read “National Council of Churches that Nobody Goes to Anymore.”
Besides which, if they think that a coalition of countless denominations is a “theocracy,” they really are clueless.
We can’t agree on theology, the correct number of books in the Bible, or what “This is My Body” means, so how do they expect us “Religious Right-ers” to take over the government?
The scary part is how many people vote for the less-than-learned left…
Wait aren�t these people suppose to believe in democracy? If so and if their really not communists or fascist elitists then what�s the big deal if people do vote in the �religious right�? If 78% people vote for religious politicians over atheist ones than obviously the majority want religious politicians and in democracy the majority rules or have they forgotten that?
When liberals go to the polls its democracy. When conservatives go to the polls its a conspiracy.