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By Frederick Clarkson
05/05/2006 11:03:36 PM EST

This week in blogging about the religious right was, as always, full of interesting and important blogs. Indeed, without blogs, it would be difficult to develop a comprehensive understanding of the religious right. I say this even as many political and religious blogs rarely report or seriously discuss these matters except to highlight something wacky that the "wingnuts" have said or done.

Renee from Ohio, writing at Street Prophets has everything you could want to know about Bill Moyers' Now program on the Ohio Patriot Pastors including where to get the video and read the transcript.

Blog from the Capital reports that Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) has introduced in the House, Sen. Robert Byrd's (D-WV) amendment to the Constitution that would reintroduce prayer in the public schools. Yes, that's right -- Democrats introducing a religious right oriented Constitutional amemdment.

DefCon has a post pointing out where to find the archive of their broadcast interview with Conrell University historian Isaac Kramnick.

At Talk to Action:  

Mainstream Baptist has the third in a series on the anticonstitutional and theocratic background to the planting of a monument to the Ten Commandments on a courthouse lawn in Oklahoma.

Tanya Erzen reports on a Christian Right conference about immigration policy and notes:

The future growth of the Christian Right depends on whether it can mobilize African-American and Latino conservative Christians around policy issues, especially as the mid-term elections approach.

Diarist Tacitus explains how the Dobson empire has taken over the official National Day of Prayer, which has been annually proclaimed by the White House since Harry Truman.

Almost by default, they have become the only national organization affiliated with the event, and have no shame in allowing others to assumed that they act in an official capacity on behalf of the whole nation.

The NDPTF website lists hundreds of events to take place all around the country tomorrow--and they make it easy for you to list your own, except, you have to sign a statement of faith before you do:

You must be: Commitment to Christ. A volunteer must be an evangelical Christian who has a personal relationship with Christ. I acknowledge that I am working for the Lord Jesus Christ and the furthering of His Work on earth and agree to perform my work with the highest standard of Christian faith.

That's tough luck if you're a Muslim, a Hindu, or even a moderate Christian. In essence the Dobsons are saying "You are not welcome here at this, the official NDP website--go find your own prayer meeting. Oh, and good luck with that.


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I find it quite remarkable (none / 0)
That even though the religious right political movement has been wildly successful at winning elections at all levels for many years, and is already, arguably, one of the most successful movements in American political history, how little otherwise well informed people know about this movement.  

Ignorance has never in the history of the world, proven to be an effective component of political strategy.  

by Frederick Clarkson on 05/06/2006 12:19:42 AM EST

It's railroad time (none / 0)
if you were arrested by the feds in the mid 90's and represented by a law firm from Chesapeake,Va..That's right, the Christian Coalitions national headquarters was at one time located in that city.(I've known wino's with more integrity than either Ralph Reed or Jay Sekulow.)

by jlspruill on 05/07/2006 04:17:47 PM EST

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