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August 30, 2006

Theocracy Proponents Prepare Fall Campaign Push

If you have never heard of the Family Resource Council or its non-profit, tax-exempt legislative action arm, FRC Action, you might want to start paying attention now. The "education and lobbying organization" is feverishly working to legislate Christian morality and stack the bench with biased judges who will further impose Christian views on such matters as abortion, gay rights, school prayer, and more. This is part of a concerted, partisan effort to move the country toward a Republican-controlled theocracy, and the movement is taking important steps in preparation for the Fall campaign season.

FRC Action has just announced that Sean Hannity, co-host of "Hannity & Colmes" and host of "The Sean Hannity Show," (and demonstrable idiot) will speak at its first annual Values Voter Summit in September. Other speakers will include FRC Action President Tony Perkins, Dr. James Dobson (who founded the FRC), Gary Bauer (who now runs the FRC), Don Wildmon (head of the American Family Association), Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bennett, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. George Allen (recently exposes racist), Sen. Sam Brownback, and Gov. Mike Huckabee, among others. FRC Action also plans a series of "Stand for the Family" rallies throughout the Fall to activate voters who will support like-minded candidates. Additionally, the group is actively working with churches to frame the issues and affect voter decisions.

If you are a conservative Christian, you may wonder why people are concerned about this so-called "family values" agenda. You should recognize that while you would likely feel perfectly comfortable under theocratic rule, many Americans would find the imposition of Bible-based laws oppressive and authoritarian. They value their freedom to choose their own belief system and, so long as others are not harmed, to live their lives as they see fit. They look to rational thought and science for guidance rather than to faith or dogma. And often, the very values that Christians hold dear are undermined when imposed legally on an unbelieving society.

The abortion issue provides an excellent example of this reality. Under pro-choice President Clinton, education about birth control and safe sex was emphasized and abortion rates declined because unwanted pregnancies were more effectively prevented. Under pro-life President Bush, Bible-based morality guided public policy, and education about birth control and safe sex was replaced with abstinence instruction. People still had sex, but either because their reliance on abstinence left them unprotected in a moment of passion or they did not know how to obtain and use contraception, unwanted pregnancies have increased and so has the rate of abortions.

As I stated above, the Values Voters Summit is part of a partisan effort to move the country toward a Republican-controlled theocracy. If the list of speakers is not enough to convince you of the partisan bias, then look at the organizers.

Connie Mackey, who has of late been extremely focused on the matter of putting the "right" judges on the bench, has a lengthy career as a political insider. She was a consultant to John Ashcroft's Senate campaign, the Senior Deputy Campaign Manager for Gary Bauer's 2000 presidential campaign, Director of Finance for Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign, a Bush Sr. appointee at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and President Reagan's White House Director of Student Correspondence.

Tony Perkins has been the primary organizer of Justice Sunday I & II, and has convened high-level Republican strategy meetings attended by Tom Delay and Bill Frist. His Pastors' Outreach program is very effectively turning the pulpit into a political arm for the Republican party. His focus, like Mackey's, is on taking over the Judicial Branch with Christians who will legislate according to the Bible.

More disturbing is his apparent support for white supremacists. He has addressed the Louisiana chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens, which is the successor of the anti-integration White Citizen's Council. He also purchased former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's mailing list.

I recommend reading this article as a beginning step toward understanding this movement.

Posted by Becky at August 30, 2006 11:43 AM